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(By John Garziglia) In the Radio Ink 20th-anniversary issue, the article “10 Legal Issues to Watch for in the Next 10 Years” speculated on the challenges radio might face through 2022. This article, five years later for Radio Ink’s 25th anniversary, tries to own up to the failures and misplaced clairvoyance of previous predictions, and naively attempts to again forecast the next 10 years.

(By Laurie Kahn) With the many changes radio has seen over the last 25 years, one thing has remained constant: To be successful, you need to have the right people in place. While it may be getting more challenging to find, hire, engage, and retain the superstars you need, it is still doable with the right tools.

As has been widely reported for the past few weeks, ESPN has let go 150 employees. The sports network has been making cuts to try to keep up with declining revenue due to lost subscribers. It doesn't appear any cuts were made on the radio side. ESPN President John Skipper said the cuts were made in studio production, digital content, and technology.

ASCAP has revealed its top holiday songs for 2017. According to an ASCAP analysis of streaming and terrestrial radio data from Aug. 7, 2017 to Nov. 19, 2017, 1994’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” written by Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey, is the number one song of this holiday season. Here's a list of ASCAP's top 25 holiday songs from 2017.

That's what Standard Media Index is reporting. We'll certainly see how that month plays out when companies report earnings in early 2018. At the end of Q3 most companies in radio reported limited visibility, certainly nothing like this type of increase.

You might think he is if you saw THIS COVER of the latest New York Times Magazine. The photo they chose for a cover story interview on Hannity makes him look pretty angry, even though the lengthy article about one of radio's most successful talkers was detailed, fair, and balanced.

(Barry Cohen) Barry Cohen isn't shy about making predictions -- and he's been right on the money in the past. Which makes his 10 predictions about the sales world well worth reading. Let's see what he has to say about the future of radio sales.

(By Matt Miller) The talent of the future are no longer simply associated with a brand, they are the brand. The radio talent of the future will be a social media and digital force. The talent will be horizontally integrated in the digital space, able to be consumed in visual, written, and audio form to be everywhere with and for the audience, live or on demand.

(By Gary Krantz) Jeff Warshaw, CEO of Connoisseur Media, is pushing boundaries, combining streaming with terrestrial radio in a new New York digital station targeted to millennials. It’s called Satori. Here’s how his vision came about.

That's according to Newsday. Even though the station is now owned by Entercom, and longtime co-host Craig Carton resigned after being arrested, President of CBS Sports David Berson said the simulcast on the CBS Sports Network will continue as is. "It’s safe to say it’s going to continue without interruption.” Boomer & Carton started simulcasting in January 2014.