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Today, CBS News Radio will unveil new original news, finance, and entertainment programming at its first-ever upfront presentation to advertising executives, at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.

That's what The Sporting News is reporting. Michael McCarthy writes that up to 40-60 more positions could be eliminated at the sports network, including some on the radio side. Earlier this year ESPN eliminated 100 positions. McCarthy quotes a source saying, "This time it won't matter if you're 'liked' or not. It's not going to be pretty."

In response to President Donald Trump declaring the nationwide opioid epidemic a "public health emergency," NAB Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton made the following statement...

(By Eric Rhoads) Yesterday Suzanne Grimes announced that radio advertising on Westwood One will provide an ROI guarantee to clients. This is absolutely brilliant. Though this is something I encouraged the industry to do in an editorial more than 10 years ago, Grimes is, to my knowledge, the first to actually do it.

Advertisers just want their advertising to work. They judge those results by how much sales increase. Advertisers sort of believe radio works, but without the kind of instant ratings they get with TV, and instant data they get with digital, radio can be kind of a crap shoot for them. Is Westwood One about to start a trend to change all that? Will this lead to more revenue for radio? We asked the person who introduced the new program, EVP of Corporate Marketing for Cumulus Media and President of Westwood One Suzanne Grimes.

According to Mansion Global the former Citadel CEO and his wife have listed their Miami Beach mansion for $22.5. The magazine says this little beauty is 8,500 square-feet, has three kitchens, a pool and spa, a gym, two guest suites, 24-hour security, a 2,000-square-foot rooftop terrace and parking for seven cars.

Yesterday, while being taunted by Democratic Lawmakers on Capitol Hill for not responding stern enough to President Trump's tweets, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said an NPRM will be considered at the Commission's November meeting that would bring major changes to broadcast ownership rules.

Westwood One says it will partner with qualifying clients, to help them accomplish their business objectives. Nielsen will measure the R.O.I. for each campaign, which includes all media that run across the entire broadcast radio landscape, as well as Westwood One, by matching Media Monitors ad occurrences with Portable People Meter listening, Nielsen credit card data and in-store CPG purchase data from Nielsen Catalina Solutions.

The elimination of the Main Studio Rule certainly created a ton of debate amongst Radio Ink readers. The columns by Franklin Raff and Jay Meyers both generated a lot of passionate feedback. And, just like the FCC vote (3-2), our readers were split.

The product is called C-Endorsement Videos, and it's an extension of the on-air endorsements that are now done by most radio stations across the country. Local personality-branded video endorsements will appear as pre-roll video ads before content on third-party websites.