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CEO Mary Berner expects the company to come out a meaner, leaner company by May and it's business as usual at the station level. Market Managers we spoke to Thursday said it is business as usual and they feel pretty good about things because of the transparency in the corporate office. So what's next?

The Radio Licensing Music Committee was hoping to battle it out with Irving Azoff's Public Rights Organization in a Philadelphia court. A judge has tripped up that plan and RLMC plans to appeal.

The total political advertising pie in 2018 will be $8.5 billion, according to a new report from Borrell and Associates. That's an increase of 2.5% over 2014 and over $3 billion more than the estimate for 2017. So the big question is, how does Borrell predict radio will do next year? Let's find out.

Much like Cumulus, iHeartMedia has been trying to restructure its massive debt. And much like Cumulus, it hasn't been easy. This month there was a little back and forth between iHeartMedia and some of its lenders, but the two sides still seem very far apart.

(By Reed Bunzel) Back when I worked for Radio Ink, I was given the chance to interview a number of personalities of the day who agreed to be featured in living color on the Radio Ink cover. I won’t (and can’t) mention them all, but a few stand out for reasons I will never forget.

(By Deborah Parenti) No other medium shares, cares, lifts spirits, communicates with inflection and not just characters, provides a vital community link, and serves its constituents, from listeners to advertisers, quite like radio

(By Art Vuolo, Jr.) There are few people who love radio more than I do. I love it with a deep passion. In the early 1980s, Scott Shannon gave me the moniker “Radio’s Best Friend.” As Radio Ink celebrates 25 years, I was asked “How has radio changed and evolved in the last quarter of a century?” Let me count the ways.

HOT 96.9 was one of the supporters of Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart’s 2nd annual An Evening with Marcus Smart. The event was presented by the Friends of Cathedral High School at Towne Stove & Spirits on Wednesday, November 29, to benefit Smart’s YounGameChanger Foundation.

Envision Networks is again partnering with the American Forces Network to air The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time with Wink Martindale. The show will be provided to more than 400,000 American service men and women, Department of Defense civilians, and their families overseas.

Cumulus has over 440 radio stations and thousands of employees. They will wake up this morning to read that their company has filed for Chapter 11 protection. So what should employees expect moving forward? Yes, you will still receive your paychecks.