The Grio

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has announced the finalists for the 2025 NAB Marconi Radio Awards in a live streamed video hosted by Washington, D.C. radio personalities Vic Jagger of WMMJ-FM and Vince Coglianese of WMAL-FM. The winners of the 2025 Marconi Radio Awards will be announced during a special dinner program brought to you by Xperi on October 21 at The Edison Ballroom, the evening before NAB Show New York. Tables and ticketing and other show information is available HERE. Established […]

PPMs next Monday at 5PM(ET) for Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco.  

Nielsen has announced a new partnership with Edison Research to integrate podcast metrics into its Nielsen Media Impact (NMI) platform, marking a significant step forward in cross-media planning. The collaboration introduces Nielsen Podcast Fusion powered by Edison Research, enabling advertisers and agencies to plan, optimize, and compare podcasts alongside traditional media platforms such as radio, TV, digital, and social — all within a single ecosystem. The integration brings Edison’s Podcast Metrics, […]

Personalized Audio Advertising Is Outperforming Other Media Channels A new study shared by the Association of National Advertisers and explored on Audacy’s Insights blog highlights how personalized audio advertising offers unparalleled creative flexibility and performance advantages over digital, social, and TV media. Audacy emphasizes that customized audio ads, tailored by audience interests, location, demographics, or even mood, allow brands to respond to market changes in real time, reduce production costs, […]

Dave Van Dyke, Bridge Ratings The podcast landscape in 2025 is bursting at the seams. In July alone, more than 14,000 new shows launched, matching June’s total. So far this year, over 15.1 million podcast episodes have been released. The number of active podcasts has surged to 556,139—doubling 2024’s figure and reaching the highest level since the pandemic. While this signals robust interest in audio content, it’s also created a […]

Join us in Cleveland for the #NABJ25 Convention & Career Fair! #NABJ25 is the premier multi-day conference for journalism education, career development, networking, and innovation. In 2024, nearly 4,400 NABJ members and colleagues from across the industry connected at #NABJ24. The NABJ Family will gather in Cleveland, Aug. 6-10, 2025, for our Annual Convention & Career Fair, as we celebrate our 50th anniversary. The convention will be held at the Huntington […]

Townsquare Media has entered into a strategic partnership with Renda Media to provide advanced digital advertising solutions to Renda’s clients across six U.S. cities. The alliance brings Townsquare’s proprietary digital advertising platform and data-driven expertise to Renda’s markets, which include Fort Myers/-Naples and Jacksonville in Florida, along withd Pittsburgh, Indiana, Greensburg, and Punxsutawney in Pennsylvania. The partnership is part of Townsquare’s Media Partnerships division, launched in 2024 under its Townsquare […]

Beyoncé’s father would have scolded the choreographer who left her hard drive in a rental car after her unreleased music was stolen. Matthew Knowles used to manage his Grammy winning daughter, and if he was still in charge, he admits there would have been consequences. Unreleased Beyonce songs and other sensitive documents were allegedly swiped from the car in July – less than 48 hours before the Crazy In Love hitmaker started […]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been denied bail and will remain in jail until his sentencing. The music mogul, who was convicted in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, had asked to be released before his sentencing on 3 October. Judge Arun Subramanian ruled on Monday that he will remain incarcerated. Subramanian declared in his ruling that Combs had failed to provide “exceptional reasons” that warrant his release. “As for […]