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The River Cats have assumed control in California's state capital. Not to worry: These heavy hitters are a local fan favorite, and it's all thanks to a multi-year partnership with Skyview Networks.

Publicly traded Veritone Inc. has greatly increased its visibility and brand awareness in the U.S. radio broadcasting industry over the last several months. Now, the provider of artificial intelligence analytics and cognitive solutions is being covered by no less than three financial analysts. All of them are high on the company's stock, which trades on Nasdaq.

The NAB Education Foundation (NABEF) will present its Corporate Leadership Award to FedEx during its 19th annual Celebration of Service to America Awards, scheduled for June 20 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

"Although newer advertising platforms such as internet and other digital media are gaining traction in the advertising market, radio still represents a powerful advertising medium." That's the key selling point of a new global study that took a deep worldwide look at what was in 2016 a $32.5 billion medium for advertising, and presently boasts a compound annual growth rate of 2.2%.

Creative featuring "fresh, top-of-mind execution" is what led The Richards Group to earn the $50,000 Best of Show award at the 2017 Radio Mercury Awards, held Thursday night at Stage 48 in midtown Manhattan.

A newly forged joint initiative matches Kantar Millward Brown’s Ignite panel of mobile and PC users with Samba TV’s 13.5 million smart TV and connected device households. This creates a single-source verified passive measurement of TV advertising, the companies boast.

A new survey of U.S. teenagers suggests that the majority both find ads helpful and enjoy watching promos starring celebrities. What could this mean for your radio or TV station, and their respective online, social, and digital media platforms?

For a television network operating in 2017 and beyond, cross-screen planning, forecasting and measurement capabilities are more important than ever. That's one reason why Univision Communications has forged a partnership with Videology, a software provider for converged TV and video advertising.

Could the Memorial Day holiday be a good time for home repairs and hardware supply purchases? Ace Hardware certainly thinks so, based on last week's Media Monitors Cable Spot Ten report.

Nielsen on Thursday released its top-line findings from its Q4 2016 Comparable Metrics Report, and the overall picture is a rosy one for the TV industry. However, the portrait requires a closer look. There's some significant issues in a key advertiser demo for TV, and we've got an RBR + TVBR Observation on how AMC Networks may be a big giant ostrich in the C-Suite Zoo.

The agreement gives CBS Radio a license to the Veritone platform, enabling the division of CBS Corp. to integrate artificial intelligence-based cognitive computing to seamlessly and automatically process, transform and analyze audio data.

How can AI "supercharge" a radio station advertisers' return on investment? That question, among others, was answered by two top executives at Veritone today during the first in a series of exclusive webinars hosted by Streamline Publishing's Radio INK and RBR+TVBR.

"Thanks, Washington." Why would any radio station owner say that? The U.S. Department of Transportation invested a whole bunch of money into radio spots, according to Media Monitors' just-released Spot Ten Radio chart for the week ending May 21.

Chevrolet and Honda just couldn't sit back and watch their competitors use TV to help drive Memorial Day Weekend interest in a new vehicle. Thanks to a big bump in TV spots from dealer associations for each brand, half of the latest Spot 10 is all about cars, trucks and family-friendly wheels of choice.

The owner of an AM/FM combo and the CBS affiliate in America's Finest City has renewed its agreement with the audience measurement estimates provider.