NPR Restructures: NPR is restructuring its newsroom and cutting reporting and editing positions as it works to adapt to shifting audience habits and operate without federal subsidies. The moves aim to close an $8 million gap in the organization’s roughly $300 million annual budget.
Radio PPM Recap: Nielsen has started the rollout of the PPM results for the month of April. It covers the period from April 2nd through the 29th. It featured the Easter.
WCSX Makes Move: Screamin’ Scott Randall has moved from afternoons to mornings at WCSX Detroit (94.7), taking over the station’s morning drive slot. He succeeds “Big Jim” O’Brien, who departed the timeslot last week after more than a decade with Beasley Media Group’s classic rock station
The End Is Near: CBS will shut down its storied radio service on Friday, closing a chapter on one of the most influential institutions in American broadcasting history.
Media Industry
Fox News Leading Choice: A new New York Times/Siena College poll of registered voters shows Fox News as the leading single destination for news in the United States, surpassing every individual national television network, cable channel, and print or online news organization.
Watchdog Attacks: A bipartisan legal watchdog group has asked attorney disciplinary authorities in Washington, D.C., and Maryland to investigate FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for potential violations of professional conduct rules.
NFL Streaming Less Expensive: Streaming has made watching the full NFL season significantly more affordable than traditional pay-TV bundles, according to new analysis from LightShed Partners. Fans can now access all 272 NFL games this season for as little as ~$600 — roughly under $3 per game.
U-S News
3 Dead In Latest Shooting: The alleged gunmen in a shooting rampage that left three people dead outside a San Diego mosque have been identified as 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Velasquez, according to a law enforcement source. At least one of the suspects took a weapon from their parents’ home and left a suicide note that talked about racial pride
A-I Gets Booed: The only thing growing faster than the artificial-intelligence industry may be Americans’ negative feelings about it—as former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt saw on Friday. Delivering a commencement address at the University of Arizona, Schmidt told students the “technological transformation” wrought by artificial intelligence will be “larger, faster and more consequential than what came before.” Like some other graduation speakers mentioning AI, Schmidt was met with a chorus of boos.
Trump Delays: President Trump said Monday that he had authorized a new wave of attacks against Iran this week but that he was holding off to make room for “serious negotiations,” after he said three Gulf leaders requested more time to work out a nuclear deal.