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TelevisaUnivision has confirmed that its Chief Financial Officer will be stepping down for undisclosed health reasons. An interim CFO has been named and will take on the role September 1.

The past decade has seen some substantial shifts in the amount of time U.S. listeners age 13+ spend with various types of audio in an average day.  How significant these shifts are were detailed in a just-released report from Edison Research.

Time is ticking for AM radio on Capitol Hill and automakers continue to spend big in their attempt to ensure the clock keeps running. Led by General Motors, five car manufacturers shelled out millions in Q2 lobbying against a mandate to keep AM radio in the dashboard.

The Austin radio programming veteran is ready to conclude his career in radio some five years after the end of his former longtime home, KGSR. His final show will be from Noon-4pm Central on Friday. Denberg will be celebrating — it will be his 65th birthday.

The "local first" digital and broadcast media company has agreed to part ways with a station in a city that's home to its highest-billing property. It allows Townsquare Media to focus on its two giant FMs, and an AM devoted to inspirational programming, as its second kHz-band station is being spun. 

As the 2024 Summer Olympics begin in Paris, iHeartMedia has launched its exclusive audio coverage of the games thanks to its previously announced partnership with NBCUniversal. Events can be heard directly through select iHeartMedia broadcast stations and on dedicated digital platforms via the iHeart app.

In October, BIA Advisory Services' initial forecast for 2024 had local advertising revenues hitting $175.6 billion. In March, that forecast was tempered by 2% to $172 billion. Now BIA has readjusted that forecast one more time while adding a first look at 2025.

Liberty Media Corporation has announced the date it expects to complete its merger with SiriusXM to simplify the satellite broadcaster’s ownership structure. “New SiriusXM” will combine multiple ticker symbols – including LSXMA, LSXMB, and LSXMK – into SIRI.

The court-appointed Chapter 7 Trustee in the bankruptcy case involving former radio station licensee Ed Stolz has filed a complaint in a Nevada federal court indicating that he failed to share the fact that he owns land in a Sacramento suburb and a home nearby, too.

Sara McClure has been named Vice President of Unified Partnerships for California at iHeartMedia. This sees a successor take her role leading Sacramento.

In mid-May, Jeffrey Warshaw shared in an InFOCUS Podcast how his radio properties in three distinctive suburban areas helped make Connoisseur Media a small but influential operator. Now, Connoisseur has made the decision to focus solely on its properties close to New York City.

REC Networks is a 40-year-old group that has championed LPFMs, and helped secure the passage of the Local Community Radio Act of 2010. Now, it is speaking up about a proposal that would create a new "Class A10" FM radio station. While it likes the plan, its support is contingent on one big ask.

Jim Loftus is now seven months into his role as CEO of Times-Shamrock Communications. How are things going for this owner of radio stations, out-of-home and digital media in Northeast Pennsylvania, with radio stations in Milwaukee and in Baltimore? Loftus shares all in this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM.

Healthy subscriber gains. Improved monetization. The second quarter of 2024 proved to be the best one yet for audio on-demand streaming giant Spotify, and that led to a buying spree of the company's publicly traded stock on the NYSE.

It's official: the owner of six radio stations and a digital company serving Mississippi and Alabama has acquired locally focused community-based Darkhorse Press, described as the "fastest-growing news source in Mississippi."