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August 10, 2020
Cumulus Second Quarter Revenues, Income Take Big Hit From Pandemic
CUMULUS MEDIA is the latest media company to report COVID-19-impacted revenue declines for second quarter 2020, recording a 47.8% decrease year-to-year to $146 million (same station down 46.6%). The company touted "significant fixed cost expense … more »
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June 30, 2020
NPR Announces Three New Podcasts, New Hosts For 'Invisibilia'
NPR has announced three new limited-run podcasts coming in the next six months, and new hosts for one of its biggest existing podcasts. The new shows include a new, as-yet-untitled podcast on the "interconnected rise of hip-hop and mass … more »
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June 30, 2020
iHeartMedia Debuts All-News BIN: Black Information Network
The stunting (NET NEWS 6/29) is ending at noon (ET) and the format change at several iHEARTMEDIA stations is, as expected, the launch of BIN: BLACK INFORMATION NETWORK, a News format that will also provide news for iHEARTMEDIA's 91 Hip Hop, R&B, … more »
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June 3, 2020
Jay-Z & Roc Nation Post Full-Page Newspaper Ads In Memory Of George Floyd
JAY-Z’s TEAM ROC took out full-page newspaper ads across the U.S. dedicated to the memory of GEORGE FLOYD who died last week, reports ROLLING STONE. FLOYD died on MAY 25th because of excessive police force on the part of the MINNEAPOLIS POLICE … more »
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May 8, 2020
Facebook Journalism Project Announces COVID-19 Relief Fund Newsroom Grants
FACEBOOK has announced the over 200 news organizations to receive close to $16 million in grants through its FACEBOOK JOURNALISM PROJECT COVID-19 relief fund for local news, part of the $25 million in local news relief funding announced in MARCH, … more »
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April 24, 2020
'America Amplified' Public Radio Journalism Initiative Launches Weekly Coronavirus Call-In Show Through May 30th
The AMERICA AMPLIFIED public radio journalism initiative, funded by the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING and based at UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY noncommercial Variety KCUR/KANSAS CITY, recently shifted its focus from the 2020 election to the … more »
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March 24, 2020
Talk Format Ends At WTZA/Atlanta
Almost as quickly as it started, the Talk format at WTZA-A-W271CV (THE TALK OF ATLANTA)/ATLANTA launched seven weeks ago has ended, with WILL REGAN's RC MEDIA PARTNERS pulling the plug after FRIDAY's shows due to a lack of advertising, reports … more »
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February 27, 2020
Lakeia Brown Named Sr. Producer, Race & Culture Audio Insights At ABC Audio
Writer and sales and research manager LAKEIA BROWN is moving from ABC NEWS RESEARCH to ABC AUDIO as Senior Producer, Race & Culture Audio Insights, starting MARCH 9th. BROWN has over 15 years of research and analytics experience for companies like ABC … more »
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February 3, 2020
Anne Cox Chambers, Owner Of Cox Enterprises, Dies At 100
ANNE COX CHAMBERS, owner of former COX MEDIA GROUP parent COX ENTERPRISES, died FRIDAY in ATLANTA at the age of 100. CHAMBERS and sister BARBARA COX became co-owners of COX ENTERPRISES in 1974, when brother JAMES McMAHON COX JR. died; BARBARA COX died in … more »
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January 22, 2020
With CPB Grant, 'The World' Launches 'Every 30 Seconds' Reporting Project On 2020 Young Latino Vote
PRX, PRI, WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION News-Talk WGBH-F/BOSTON, and THE BBC's "THE WORLD" has launched a new collaborative reporting project on the young Latino vote in 2020 with seven other public radio stations contributing. The year-long … more »