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iHeartMedia has announced that Executive Vice President of Finance and Deputy Chief Financial Officer Mike McGuinness will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, taking a set of C-Suite duties off the plate of Richard Bressler.

Earlier this month, iHeartMedia joined a growing roster of major audio companies now selling inventory through Amazon DSP, including Cox Media Group, Spotify, and SiriusXM, raising a question for broadcasters: when big tech comes calling, is it partner or predator?

For young professionals in radio, inspiration often starts with the voices and leaders who shaped the path before them. From mentors who offered guidance to icons whose work still defines the medium, these influences serve as a reminder of why they chose this industry in the first place.

As debate continues about AI's use in media, iHeartMedia is the first major US radio group to codify its stance against the use of AI-generated voices or content across the company's entire audio portfolio, in what it calls the “Guaranteed Human” campaign.

At the halfway mark of Radio Ink’s 2025 Season of Giving Tally, stations nationwide have raised and collected more than $6.8 million in food and cash donations, continuing radio’s annual tradition of rallying listeners and communities to help those in need.

(Loyd Ford) Everyone wants sellers who know how important it is to really know thy customers, how to prospect well, have great consistency, and know how to close. A sales manager gets a good number of these, and his or her life gets a lot easier, right? Don't kid yourself.

(Steve Allan) You probably read that iHeartMedia and TikTok are getting together to form a podcast network and national radio channel featuring TikTok influencers. While details are not yet fully available, here’s why radio should applaud this new venture.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America is calling on the radio community to support colleagues in crisis this Giving Tuesday. The nonprofit is the only one of its kind, providing financial aid to broadcasters facing illness, disaster, or personal hardship.

Saga Communications' Manchester Media Group’s 96-5 Live Free Country (WMLL) collected more than 18 tons of turkeys for the New Hampshire Food Bank. The 22nd annual Tons of Turkeys event brought together listeners and local businesses to feed families in need.

Saga Communications' Jonesboro Media Group and Gray Television's KAIT-TV continued their almost two-decade tradition of teaming up for the annual Fill the Food Bank event, raising the equivalent of 535,473 meals for the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas.