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Is The Daily Wire Missing AM/FM Radio Now?
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (39+ words) Explore the implications of Daily Wire's decision to leave radio and its impact on their digital strategy and audience....
Don Lemon Expanding Newsroom and Operation Teams Ahead of 2026 Midterms
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (207+ words) Garrett Searight is Barrett Media's News Editor, which includes writing daily news stories, features, and opinion columns. He joined Barrett Media in 2022 after a decade leading several radio brands in several formats, as well as a 5-year stint working in…...
Why Radio's Local News Numbers Should Silence the Doom-and-Gloom Crowd
1+ week, 3+ day ago (418+ words) Despite the non-stop doom-and-gloom headlines in some parts of the medium about radio, I've always preferred the optimistic route. That doesn't mean I try to be ignorant of the business realities of the moment, but if we buy into our…...
NBC News Promotes Garrett Haake to Chief White House Correspondent
1+ week, 3+ day ago (288+ words) Garrett Searight is Barrett Media's News Editor, which includes writing daily news stories, features, and opinion columns. He joined Barrett Media in 2022 after a decade leading several radio brands in several formats, as well as a 5-year stint working in…...
The Case for Regional Syndication: Why News/Talk Radio Should Consider An Alternative
1+ week, 5+ day ago (428+ words) When listeners want to feel informed, entertained, and engaged by talk that actually reflects their lives, their state, or their region, they're not exactly super served by someone broadcasting from a studio 2, 000 miles away. News/talk radio has long leaned…...
Barrett Media Sharpens Its Content, Newsletters, Video, and Social Media Today
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (495+ words) "We're making adjustments to better serve and expand our audience and partnerships." I've spent the past few weeks internally referring to Monday, May 4th as Barrett Media's Grand Reopening. We recently hired two new music editors " David Hill and Bethany Kent…...
The Daily Wire Undergoing Round of Layoffs
2+ week, 2+ day ago (262+ words) A round of layoffs is underway at The Daily Wire, Barrett Media has confirmed. The first reports surfaced on Friday afternoon. Political reporter Cameron Arcand took to social media to share that he was included in the round of layoffs…...
Where Mike Felger's "Soft' Boston Media Criticism Hits and Misses
2+ week, 3+ day ago (850+ words) "You can't call out softness in the market while excusing it in your own building." However, in his critique of the local media, Felger landed direct shots but also failed to recognize a key element of his argument. Keeping in…...
What a Radio Class at WKU Can Teach the Industry About Its Future
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (347+ words) Radio seems more concerned compared to other media, even local TV and newspapers, both of which are in serious trouble....
Jen Psaki at NAB Show: MS NOW Mightier as a Standalone Network
3+ week, 5+ day ago (271+ words) "We're smaller, but we're mightier in a lot of ways. And that's enabled us to be a bit more agile, too." When MS NOW completed its spinoff from NBCUniversal under Versant, Jen Psaki wasn't bracing for a dramatic transformation. But…...