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They can't say they weren't warned. As we reported back in August, Cumulus gave all employees until October 11th to get their COVID-19 vaccine or face termination. WYCD Detroit co-host Roxanne Steele was one of several employees told not to return to work after refusing to get vaccinated.

With Forecast 2022 in New York City a little over one month away Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti was interviewed on the Cybercrime Radio Podcast about the event. Listen HERE. Check out our agenda HERE. Register for the event HERE.

Upside Services, creator of the GetUpside cash back app, has taken over the top spot on the Media Monitors list. It clipped the wings of DuckDuckGo that held the top spot for four consecutive weeks.

Swagger Institute and P1 Learning are partnering for Rising Above. The virtual sales and management training summit is set for January 26 and 27, 2022.

iHeartMedia has announced the lineup for the fifth annual iHeartRadio ALTer EGO event. The event is set for January 15, 2022 at the historic Los Angeles Forum.

Back in February, Malcolm Inniss was on Radio Ink's list of Future African American Leaders in Radio. At the time Malcom was an Integrated Marketing Specialist for Urban One in Houston. Last week he purchased two stations in Mississippi. The local newspaper in Natchez where Malcolm purchased WMIS and WTYJ has a nice piece on the purchase HERE.

(By Charlie Sislen) Format classification can be subjective. What is the line between a CHR and Hot AC station or between a Classic Rock and Classic Hits station? And how is it impacted by the differences in individual markets?

(By Mike McVay) Everything changed in late March and early April 2020. Suddenly people were working from home. It’s not impossible to build a creative culture remotely, but it is difficult to build a long-lasting culture. It's time to go back work.

Federal Communications Commissioner, Nathan Simington, will be part of Radio Ink's Forecast 2022 in NYC. Simington, who joined the FCC in January 2020, is a former senior advisor at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

(By Jeff McHugh) There's one thing all great media presenters have in common: planning. Planning requires discipline, and that’s where rituals come into play. What helps a person develop rituals? A checklist.