iHeartMedia has been named the official podcast partner for the 2026 Web Summit Qatar, continuing its collaboration  with the Government Communications Office of the State of Qatar (GCO) and aimed at expanding the global reach of podcasting and digital media. The third edition of Web Summit Qatar is scheduled for Feb. 1-4 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre, bringing together more than 30,000 technology and business leaders, founders, investors, media executives, and

Santa’s big gift for  Inside Radio’s   TOP 10  PPM stations switching to all Christmas music wasn’t under the tree, but rather in these stations’ persons 6+ cume delivery during Nielsen’s Holiday 2025 survey, compared to a year ago. Taken together, cume for these 10 stations rose 8.5% from Holiday 2024, with nine of the 10 showing higher delivery vs. last year, six stations overdelivering that average, and five doing so with double-digit lifts. While iHeartMedia adult contemp

Public media “is never going away.” That was the message Corporation for Public Broadcasting leaders returned to again and again Thursday, as the CPB convened what was likely its final board meeting — a gathering marked by emotion, reflection, and repeated pauses as speakers struggled through tears. “Yes, we are closing down,” CPB President/CEO Patricia Harrison said. “But we are not disengaging individually — public media is never going away, so get ready whoever thinks it i

While adults 55 and older are the most likely to say they’ve never listened to a podcast, podcasting has made significant gains with this demographic in recent years. The latest Podcast Landscape  data shows more 35- to 54-year-olds (37%) report listening to a podcast in the past month than 18- to 34-year-olds (35%). And the number of listeners 55 and older is on the rise, with nearly three in ten (28%) reporting they’ve listened to a podcast in the past month. Advertisers ha