"There are repercussions in the real world where people might not even realize—they just know, Oh, an old song is popular again. But if they don’t use TikTok, they don’t realize that’s because thousands and thousands of people are using the song.” And now many songs are gone. - Slate
"In the 1990s, the halftime show started to draw more viewers than the game itself by featuring performances from the biggest pop artists in the world. … But it’s a short, high-risk, unpaid gig that offers little chance to demonstrate musicianship, while opening performers up to jokes, gaffes, and political approbation." - Quartz
"Not counting the short-lived 'popular film Oscar' which never came to be, this is the first time the Academy has added a category since Best Animated Feature Film was established in 2001. … The first statuette (for casting) will be presented starting with the 98th Academy Awards in 2026." - AP
"Cuban-American journalist and former Sundial host (Carlos Frías) filed a federal discrimination complaint Tuesday asserting that he and his staff experienced discrimination at the station, including being told by an editor that the show was 'sounding very Latino.'" The daily show was abruptly canceled last Friday, with its producers laid off. - Axios
"Wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement... the triumph of exactly the kind of technology that's supposed to be impossible: open, empowering tech that's not owned by any one company, that can't be controlled by any one company, and that allows people to have ownership over their work and their relationship with their audience. - Anil Dash
"Several staffers … say there’s an undercurrent of fear and intimidation fostered by domineering bosses whose push to make the station more relevant online — on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok — has affected morale and undermined the radio and TV broadcasting that has been GBH’s bread-and-butter." - The Boston Globe (MSN)
The U.S. studios are aware of the dangers behind “making a wholesale shift to AI,” according to the CEO of a leading artificial intelligence dubbing outfit that says its content has been viewed by more than 1 billion people in the past year. - Deadline
The platform will include games from the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA, NASCAR and college sports, including the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament, as well as golf, tennis and the FIFA World Cup. - AP
"The takeover of state-owned public media companies Educ.Ar, Télam, Radio y Televisión Argentina (RTA), and Contenidos Públicos for one year ... was made official on Monday via a decree signed by President Javier Milei and Interior Minister Guillermo Francos." - Buenos Aires Herald
Along with Susan Stamberg, Nina Totenberg, and the late Cokie Roberts, Wertheimer, 80, was one of the women who joined the network in its earliest days in 1971. She was the first director of All Things Considered and was host from 1989 to 2002, when she became senior national correspondent. - Deadline
The United States is projected to require 5,100 broadcast engineers over the next decade due to the retirement of 6,200 existing professionals. - Current
Yes, the Hallmark Channel. After all, some have claimed Jane Austen’s extensive novels of manners (and so much more) as “romance novels,” and after all, Hallmark has declared this month “Loveuary." - NPR
Last week intruders stole every single piece of equipment, including the transmitter, from WJLX-AM in Jasper, Alabama, then somehow cut down, disassembled and took away the transmission tower. - Inside Radio
