Radio Broadcasting
Podcasting Evolving: Podcast rights are increasingly mirroring television broadcasting, as shown by major deals that treat audio and video shows as licensable intellectual property rather than one-time content drops. MORE
Radio Drives Digital Engagement: A summer 2026 radio advertising campaign generated more than 16,000 radio-attributed website sessions and hundreds of modeled purchases, according to a new Katz Radio Group insights report that quantifies radio’s ability to drive measurable online consumer activity. MORE
RIP: Veteran radio executive Matt Hanlon, former Midwest Division President at Citadel Broadcasting, died Tuesday, October 20, after suffering a heart attack. MORE
Media Industry
CBS Goes With JJ: CBS Sports announcer JJ Watt has been named lead analyst for the NFL ON CBS in a new multi-year agreement. The announcement was made Thursday by David Berson, Chairman, Global Sports Group, Skydance. MORE
YouTube Share Spikes: Television viewing cooled in August after a two-month World Cup-driven surge, according to Nielsen’s August 2026 Gauge and Media Distributor Gauge reports. MORE
Musk Backs Sykdance: Elon Musk has invested roughly $1 billion in Skydance, the media company formed after Paramount’s acquisition of WBD. MORE
U-S News
Trump Calls Musk: President Trump called Elon Musk and asked him to lift restrictions on a military-grade version of Starlink in Ukraine that the SpaceX chief had throttled. MORE
Arrest Made In Conspiracy: Two 15‑year‑old girls in Southern California were arrested on conspiracy to commit murder after police said they spent months planning a school shooting at Corona High School.
RIP: Tom Skerritt, the award‑winning actor known for roles in “MAS*H,” “Alien,” “Top Gun” and “Picket Fences,” died at age 93 Wednesday, after a career spanning over six decades.