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Just ahead of this year’s NewFronts and Upfronts, iSpot is offering a "sneak preview" of its Q1 2023 TV ad report, released later this week. It highlights "all of the big trends from last quarter, along with the most interesting year-over-year trends." We've got some of the report's highlights to share.

The 2023 NAB Show is now in the past. What were some of the key takeaways from the affair? RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson trades notes with Radio Ink Online Editor Cameron Coats in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

The Radio Mercury Awards are issuing a last call for entries with five days remaining. The deadline was extended two weeks to April 24, covering any audio aired from that day back to January 1, 2022. The awards ceremony is scheduled for June 8th at Sony Hall in New York City.

It calls itself the largest independent platform for advanced TV advertising. It's just been chosen by the company founded by Byron Allen to maximize advertisers' potential reach across two of its digital platforms.

S&P Global Market Intelligence finds that U.S. television and streaming sports media rights payments will likely total $25.57 billion in 2023 across broadcast, cable, RSNs and streaming services. There is a digital trend, and S&P believes it is here to stay. But, what sport was consumed the most in U.S. internet homes during Q3 2022?

How does the intersection of race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, and other variables affect Gen Z's perception of identity, the role media plays in shaping their viewpoints and what it takes to build brand trust among this highly informed and connected audience of 14-to-24-year old consumers? A Horowitz Research study conducted with Vox Media yields some intriguing conclusions.

Podnews, an audio-on-demand industry newsletter focused on podcasting, has completed its acquisition of Podcast Business Journal, a newsletter launched in 2018 by Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report parent Streamline Publishing Inc.

The NAB Show will host its third annual NAB Diversity Symposium, open to all attendees, at the 2023 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Designed to help broadcast organizations develop corporate DEI strategies and embrace diversity in media and the workplace, this year's symposium will focus on inclusion.

With a four-day series of exclusive presentations highlighting new content, talent, and advertising opportunities, the 2023 IAB NewFronts reveals what’s next in data-powered advertising across digital video, advanced TV, and connected TV.

The Advertising Research Foundation's Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), has moved forward with a study focused on assessing the opportunities that exist for "enhancing the value of Smart TV data as an input to TV measurement solutions."

For the last week of Women’s History Month, Rosemary Ravinal took a deep dive into the reasons why women and men speak differently. "It is a fact that there are gendered ways of communicating which may hold women back from their highest potential," she writes.

Linear television can leverage its strengths in creative opportunities, data analytics, and live events to maximize advertising revenue in the digital age. This is especially so now, says Beatgrid founder Daniel Tjondronegoro, as streaming competition no longer sits in its “ad-free ivory tower.”

Caroline Beasley returns to the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, to talk about what the upcoming NAB Show will bring to her team and perhaps add to her knowledge sphere. Caroline also shares a little more about an invitation-only Cocktails and Conversation reception during the show. LISTEN HERE

Marketron has updated its ROI Calculator tool, which allows users to forecast radio over-the-air, third-party digital advertising and the newly added local TV OTA. Updates include refreshed growth rates for 2023, 2024 and 2025. Additionally, the calculator has new benchmark numbers for third-party digital by organization size.

When our Editor-in-Chief met the woman who would become his wife some five years ago, she listened exclusively to a series of Sirius XM Satellite Radio channels both in the car and at home through a smart speaker device. As of March 1, she's been happily listening to a mix of Spotify playlists and FM radio stations — and is happily saving money. Is she alone?