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The FCC has set September 24 as the FY2026 regulatory-fee deadline. Broadcasters must allow enough time for electronic payments to clear and should verify every FRN, license and permit now.
A new proposed class action against Suno asks whether an artist’s name, voice and identifiable style can be commercially imitated even when copyright ownership lies elsewhere.
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By Radio News Now Staff Audacy will wind down Creator Lab on November 1, requiring podcasters hosted on the platform to prepare a migration and complete any necessary RSS redirects. Creator Lab combined free hosting,...
By Radio News Now Staff The FCC adopted its fiscal-year 2026 regulatory-fee order on August 26, increasing the total amount the commission must collect to approximately $416.1 million from $390.2 million in FY2025. The exact...
By Radio News Now Staff RCS and Triton Digital have connected broadcast-radio playout with a programmatic advertising marketplace, potentially opening conventional over-the-air inventory to buying workflows already used for...
By Radio News Now Staff Southern Cross Austereo’s LiSTNR is moving more than 150 podcasts to Flightcast, giving the young platform its largest network customer and making video-first distribution a major part of the deal. LiSTNR...
By Radio News Now Staff The Federal Communications Commission and Justice Department have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily restore a policy extending candidate-level broadcast advertising rates to qualifying party and...
By Radio News Now Staff Howard Stern’s satellite-radio footprint became smaller on September 1, even as his program prepared to reach a much larger global video audience. SiriusXM’s new channel lineup removes Howard 101, the...
Lionel Richie checked into a St. Louis hospital after his Aug. 29 concert. A tour source says the singer is OK; ICU and dehydration details remain unconfirmed by his representative.
Former KJLH colleagues Carl Nelson, Lee Michaels and Eric “Rico” Reed remember longtime journalist and public affairs leader Jacquie Stephens as an accomplished journalist, pioneering broadcaster and trusted voice whose legacy continues through the KJLH Women’s Health Forum.
CBS Pittsburgh is building an in-house AR/VR newsroom. Here is how the technology works, what viewers will see, and what radio can learn from it.
Global is taking The Overlap from YouTube into Disney+ while retaining free distribution and creator IP. Here is the business model broadcasters can copy.
Former KJLH colleagues Carl Nelson, Lee Michaels and Eric “Rico” Reed remember longtime journalist and public affairs leader Jacquie Stephens as an accomplished journalist, pioneering broadcaster and trusted voice whose legacy continues through the KJLH Women’s Health Forum.
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ng rose 23% year over year, but average ad load hit a record 8.75%. Here is what the numbers mean for broadcasters and independent publishers.
A Supreme Court ruling could weaken the political balance that was intended to keep the Federal...
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Published: July 5, 2025By: Lee Michaels – Radio News Now For decades, radio was the gatekeeper of...
🎼 Music Licensing 101: What Every Streamer & Podcaster Should KnowPublished: July 5, 2025By:...