Intelligence Briefs

It's a "watershed moment" in consumer technology adoption, and according to new data from AI User Metrics from Edison Research at SSRS, it signals that Artificial Intelligence has crossed from early adopter territory into mainstream usage.

Radio + Television Business Report's Winter 2026 magazine is a digital PDF in flipbook format, making it easy to read on the web browser and device of your choice. You can download it for on-demand reading, too, as this 32-page publication is full of stories you'll want to go back to and share with your team.

In November 2009, Chuck Francis, as the owner of Remerge Media, penned a Media Information Bureau column on how radio can capitalize as "an effective and affordable marketing vehicle." Today, Francis is the founder and owner of Take & Bake Marketing — and his words still matter to Radio today.

A change of setting and the company of loved ones can shift your outlook. But, respected public relations professional and "Zoom expert" Rosemary Ravinal did not anticipate that her grandson, Mo, would provide a fresh perspective on storytelling during her visit.

Capital markets activity by publicly traded media and telecommunications companies in North America "plummeted" both year over year and sequentially in August, with the sector raising $4.70 billion, newly released data from S&P Global Market Intelligence show.

Generative AI adoption surged in early 2025, reflecting a significant shift in how organizations are integrating this technology. This transpired despite challenges that impact project success, new research from S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals.

With first quarter 2025 earnings results coming in the next few weeks, Senior Analyst Robert Fishman and the MoffettNathanson team revisited its financial forecasts. Why? They wished to consider "how such a bleak economic backdrop might affect our coverage universe." Here's what they came up with.

Video consumption will continue to transition from traditional pay TV networks to streaming platforms in 2025, which will pressure linear TV networks in the U.S. That's a key finding from Seth Shafer, Senior Research Analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence, offered in a 2025 Trends in Global Media report.

Some 700 marketing professionals have chimed in on consumer, advertising, and media trends for the first half of 2025, and Mediaocean is now presenting them in an ad outlook report that is steeped in digital and connected TV suggestions. Does this leave linear media out in the cold? 

What’s in store for the Media & Entertainment sector as we head into 2025? The just-released S&P Global Ratings 2025 Media & Entertainment Industry Outlook examines the sector’s risks, opportunities, trends, credit quality and outlook. Naveen Sarma, who oversees U.S. media and entertainment for S&P Global Ratings, chimes in.

Access to latest music and live updates is driving market growth for Radio on a worldwide level. But, there's a caveat — the upward momentum comes with a trend toward online radio services, a newly released study from U.K.-based Technavio finds.

Is it an existential threat to broadcast radio and TV, or is it a potential investment or partnership opportunity? New data from Pew Research Center suggest either may be of consideration, as nearly 40% of young adults queried say they get news from influencers on social media.

A 2016 communiqué to the incoming Trump Administration from the MMTC suggested the creation of a “Glide Path” for AM radio station owners that preserves minority ownership following AM's end. Is the MMTC crafting a similar letter outlining "imperative actions" the White House must consider come 2025?

Hispanic consumers are fueling 16% of total consumer packaged goods (CPG) growth in the United States, with spending trends that vary from non-Hispanic counterparts in both dollar and unit sales, as well as the channels they shop.

Minneapolis investment bank Piper Sandler has released its 48th semi-annual survey of U.S. teens in partnership with non-profit student organization DECA, which prepares the emerging leaders and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Among the findings of interest to broadcast media executives are this demographic's top tech and social media choices.