Radio Broadcasting
Commercial Frequency Guidelines: Cumulus Media | Westwood One has partnered with the RAB to establish clear, research-based guidelines built around four distinct campaign objectives. These tiers—Minimum (Very Light), Maintenance (Light), High Impact (Medium), and Launch (Heavy)—are defined by weekly reach and average frequency against a radio station’s audience.
NPR Names COO: NPR has hired Nadine Zylstra, a senior Pinterest executive with deep experience in public media and children’s content, as its new Chief Content Officer (CCO).
Travis Exits Outkick: Clay Travis, who founded OutKick in 2011 and sold it to Fox News Media five years ago, has signed a new deal to serve as a Fox News contributor. He will also keep hosting OutKick the Show with Clay Travis on FS1 and his syndicated Premiere Networks talk radio program with Buck Sexton.
Media Industry
Siri Update: Apple on Monday introduced a major new artificial intelligence version of its Siri voice assistant, developed in collaboration with Google, as the iPhone maker seeks to regain ground in the fast-evolving AI race.
PSKY Concedes: Paramount Global has made concessions to multiple state attorneys general in an effort to head off a potential antitrust lawsuit over its business practices and pending deals.
Pelley A Snob: Fox News Channel host Laura Ingraham sharply criticized veteran CBS News anchor Scott Pelley on Monday, labeling him a “snob” based on their brief professional overlap at CBS News in the late 1980s.
U-S News
Trump Booed: President Trump was met with a chorus of boos Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, as he attended the first NBA Finals game held there in 27 years. The Knicks lost game 3 To The Spurs, Cutting the deficit 2-1.
Trump Makes The Call: President Trump called Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday morning and persuaded him to halt further military strikes against Iran, telling him that Washington and Tehran were within days of a breakthrough clearing the way for talks on a long-term nuclear deal. Meanwhile, a U.S. Helicopter crew was rescued after it went down near Strait of Hormuz.
CA Election "Rigged" President Trump and his allies are making more claims of election fraud in California. Reality TV star Spencer Pratt lost ground in the vote count to Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman. This happened even before he failed to reach the November runoff against Mayor Karen Bass. Trump and others then said California's vote counting was not just slow — it was “rigged.”