One year after Nielsen modernized its listening qualifier, a full-year review shows measurable gains across radio. Speaking during an RAB webinar on Wednesday (Feb. 4), Nielsen’s Jon Miller said the change has driven higher average audiences, expanded daily cume, and increased ad impressions across formats, dayparts, and key demographics. “Nielsen is very pleased with what we’ve seen,” Miller says. “All these things have come to pass — more ad impressions, higher average audi

Beasley Media Group has had success in the past reworking its debt structure with lenders. In late-2024, nearly all lenders embraced a move that give the company more time to pay back nearly $200 million in loans set to come due in 2026. Now Beasley is back in discussions with lenders to see if there is potentially a new path that can be taken. This week Beasley exercised an option to use a 30-day grace period on an $10.2 million interest payment that was due on Feb. 1. The c

ABC-TV is bringing its long-running reality series “American Idol” to audio, with the launch of the show’s first official companion podcast in its 24-year history. The “American Idol Official Podcast” will be released in both audio and video, with episodes streamed on Disney+ and Hulu, coinciding with the start of the “American Idol” live shows. “Each week, the podcast will dive deeper into America’s most iconic music competition series, exploring the performances everyone’s

Podcasters will have a new inroad into the Nissan dashboard as the Japanese automaker has formed a collaboration with TuneIn that will bring its catalog of millions of podcasts and tens of thousands of radio station to select models in the U.S. The deal also covers select Infiniti models. Drivers will be able to access TuneIn through vehicles equipped with Google built-in. “Drivers want access to the audio they love the moment they start the car,” TuenIn CEO Rich Stern says.