News

Did News/Talk Radio Bungle “The Interview”?

Where was News/Talk radio when hackers reportedly representing the North Korean government nuked Sony Pictures and scared major theater...

How to Measure NPR’s Success in a Digital Age

Is NPR’s performance on the digital front a sign that radio’s digital evolution has stalled? Or, worse, that it’s just a big hairy...

Me, My Family, and My Neighborhood

“Local” or “not local” is the wrong way to think about news and entertainment on the radio. When it comes to information, for example,...

Is News/Talk Really the Top Audio Format of 2013?

Nielsen just released a report trumpeting “News/Talk/Information” as the “Top Audio Format of 2013.” But what does that mean…really?...

News/Talking about the Wrong Things

Republican soul-searching followed the demographic slam to the gut from younger voters, African Americans, and Hispanics in the election...

Maybe News doesn’t work on FM?

So another News option vanishes from the dial in NY and Chicago. Does this mean “News doesn’t work on FM?” Of course not. It just means...

A Lesson for News/Talk Radio from Amazon’s Kindle Fire

Too many News/Talk broadcasters just don’t get it. What can they learn from Amazon’s new Kindle Fire? Quite a lot, I think. This is not a...

Is PPM Unfair to News/Talk Radio?

Here’s my understanding of how PPM works: In any given quarter-hour under diary methodology, you used to have to listen at least five...

The Tiny Footprint of Local News Online

The audience for local news online is surprisingly small. From Lost Remote (one of my favorite blogs): A new report commissioned by the...

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