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With inflation affecting consumer behavior, radio remains a potent channel for advertisers to connect with consumers around the holidays. Preliminary data suggests spending in the 2023 holiday shopping season will follow closely with last year, nearing one trillion dollars.

Each year, Radio Ink's Forecast closing panel features the visionaries and ultimate deciders of the broadcasting industry’s future direction. This Executive Super Session, as it has come to be called, is your opportunity to hear from those who wield the power to chart broadcasting's course. Where do they see radio headed in 2024?

Good news for radio's short-term forecast: the medium's largest advertiser, Procter & Gamble Co., is ramping up its advertising spend, marking a $445 million increase in its first fiscal quarter akin to a comparable increase the quarter before.

Happy Friday! This week’s Blast From The Past comes from Clark Smidt at WEZE-AM in Boston in April 1977. Send your Blast From The Past to our Online Editor Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

In one of the first major legal cases involving a generative language model, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is trying to get a defamation lawsuit made by a Salem Radio Network host dismissed on the grounds of legal precedent. 

In December, Radio Ink celebrates the industry’s young leaders with our 2023 30 and Under Superstars list. We’re also checking in with 2022’s honorees for an update. Today we talk with Dana Schaeffer, Producer at ABC News Radio.

Are you aware of exceptional women in the radio industry who deserve recognition? Radio Ink is pleased to invite submissions for our weekly Women to Watch column, hosted by industry veteran Charese Fruge'. Management, sales, digital, and on-air are all welcome!

Time is running out to submit proposals for conference sessions, panels, speakers, and more for NAB Show 2024. Industry professionals are invited to share their expertise, success stories, and innovative projects from traditional radio, to streaming, AI, and beyond.

Cumulus Media has ensured its multi-year broadcasting agreement with the NHL's Dallas Stars will continue into its twentieth year. The deal extends the partnership with Sportsradio 96.7/1310 The Ticket (KTCK-AM), which began in 2009, through to 2029.

As vehicles increasingly integrate smartphone-based infotainment systems like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, what effect does it have on AM/FM radio? New information from Edison Research's Share of Ear shows streaming's cut into OTA still isn't fatal.