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Fox News’s Dana Perino hit the Trump White House for not yet releasing the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran so Americans know what they’re supposed to be agreeing to. On Monday’s episode of The Five, Perino rattled off the opposition’s arguments about the White House not being transparent on the Iran peace deal. “Okay, so you killed all those the leaders, but now the IRGC is in charge. So, that’s who we’re dealing with and that’s who we’re supposed to stand next to on Friday and sign an agreement that nobody has seen or read?” Perino asked. “This is the most transparent administration in history? Like, I can make all of those the points.” “You have to stop doing that, Dana,” Greg Gutfeld said, while Jessica Tarlov added, “I think she sounds great!” Perino continued, “Like we said at the very beginning, the victories are usually visible, clear, understandable. And it’s just premature to say. We haven’t even read the information. If I were the Democrats, I would be saying, ‘You telegraph everything else. Why won’t you let us read the thing?’ And I think maybe there’s two reasons for that.” Perino continued: One, things are still being worked out behind the scenes, which would be, I guess, understandable. It’s like they jumped the gun, perhaps, in saying “There’s a deal! Everything’s great! It’s moving.” But then an hour later, “No it’s not, but maybe it is.” And I tried to keep with it all day long. I think the best thing we can tell our viewers is to say, “We got to wait and see. It looks like there could be progress here, at least in getting this to end, and the possibility of oil to start moving.” “I have a feeling we’re going to be talking a lot about Iran, but nobody’s read the documents, so it’s unclear what you can really say about it,” Perino added. Watch the clip above via The Five on Fox News.The post ‘Most Transparent Administration in History?’ Fox’s Dana Perino Rips Trump White House for Keeping Iran Deal Details Under Wraps first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Cumulus and Beasley Press FCC on Deleting Local Radio Ownership Caps
Cumulus CEO Mary Berner, left, and Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley, right, both met with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr recently to discuss removing local ownership caps, according to filings. Several more major broadcast groups are hoping FCC Chairman Brendan Carr will add the current local radio ownership market limits to his list of pesky regulations to delete. According to public filings by the broadcasters, Cumulus Media and Beasley Media Group are the latest to visit the chair in Washington to discuss the need for further deregulation. Radio World reported last week that Jeff Warshaw, the CEO of Connoisseur Media, took a meeting with Carr to discuss the same topic and painted a dire picture of broadcast radio’s future unless ownership caps are relaxed. And in separate meetings on June 10, Cumulus CEO Mary Berner and Beasley CEO Caroline Beasley stressed with Carr what they see as an urgent need to remove local radio ownership restrictions. The FCC is currently reviewing if the need for ownership caps remains as part of its Quadrennial Review process. According to the group’s filing, the Beasley CEO urged for elimination of local radio ownership caps, citing heavy competition from streaming music services, podcasts, social media, giant digital advertising platforms, smart devices and automotive phone integration systems. “Due to the complete transformation of the media and advertising markets in the past three decades, the limitations imposed on broadcast radio stations but not their competitors now harm rather than promote competition, diversity, and localism and should be repealed,” Beasley Media wrote in a summary of the recent meeting. Broadcast radio does not exist in a “siloed market with radio stations only competing against other radio stations,” Beasley told Carr. “In today’s extremely competitive marketplace, radio broadcasters lacking critical economies of scale cannot compete effectively for listeners and advertisers against larger audio and advertising market players.” Beasley Media Group and other broadcasters have documented the shift of advertising dollars away from radio stations to digital platforms, according to the filing. The current local ownership caps also limit the ability of radio broadcasters to obtain the crucial investments necessary for their local radio stations to continue producing entertaining, informational and lifesaving programming, according to Beasley’s meeting recap. “Continuing to starve the radio industry of the capital and scale it needs to survive will not serve the public interest,” Caroline Beasley told the chairman. Cumulus’ Berner, meanwhile, emphasized… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - James Carville Predicts Trump Will Quit Presidency Within a Year: ‘He’s Just...Democratic operative James Carville predicted that President Donald Trump will resign the presidency before this time next year. Carville cited the looming midterm elections in November as the catalyst. Republicans narrowly control the House, but are expected by many to lose the lower chamber. To take the Senate, meanwhile, Democrats would need to net four seats. “Trump has no earthly idea of what’s coming for him,” Carville said on Sunday’s edition of his Politics War Room podcast. “They’re not telling him. The vote against him in November is gonna be like, breathtaking.” Carville went on to say that Trump appears “bored” of being president and noted that Trump often has trouble keeping his eyes open during public appearances. “He can’t stay awake,” Carville continued before alluding to a report last month that quoted one of the president’s advisers. “He says he’s ‘bored’ with the Iran war. He’s gonna– and I’m telling you, this guy, by Easter of 2027, is just gonna walk away from this job. He’s just gonna f***ing walk away because he doesn’t have any idea of what it’s gonna be like when he comes to grips with the massive, I mean it’s gonna be a massive rejection of him.” Carville went on to claim that Trump’s advisers lie to him and therefore the president has a warped view of reality. “He won’t last past Easter of 2027 because he has no idea,” the strategist continued. “And they just lie to him and try to keep sh** from him, and it’s all gonna come out, and it is gonna be very ugly.” Three months ago, Carville prophesied that Trump would leave office by March 17, 2027. His latest prediction of next Easter would mean a deadline of March 28, 2027. Watch above via Politics War Room.The post James Carville Predicts Trump Will Quit Presidency Within a Year: ‘He’s Just Gonna F***ing Walk Away’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- Salem’s President of Broadcast Media Allen Power to Retire
Salem Media announced that President of Broadcast Media Allen Power will retire on Sept. 30, concluding a 50-year career in broadcasting. He joined Salem in 2000 as the company’s first general manager in Atlanta, rising to his current position in 2023. Under Power’s leadership, Salem said that it expanded its position as a leading Christian and conservative media company. The news follows Salem’s disclosure in May that it entered into an agreement with WaterStone to take the company private — a deal expected to close in August. Power will continue to serve Salem as a senior advisor following his retirement, according to a release. Salem plans to announce additional leadership appointments and succession plans in the coming weeks. “After five decades of hard work, the next chapter will be about investing my time and gifts in faith, family and worthwhile organizations,” Power said in the release. Salem noted that Power’s broadcast career began 50 years ago Monday — on June 15, 1976. According to his LinkedIn profile, he held various positions in the Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., radio market before becoming general manager of the Clear Channel cluster there in 1998. In addition to his work at Salem, Power has been active in industry leadership. He currently serves on the executive committee of the National Association of Broadcasters’ board of directors, and previously served as chairman of the Georgia Association of Broadcasters. He has also served on the board of the South Carolina Broadcasters Association. [Do you receive the Radio World SmartBrief newsletter each weekday morning? We invite you to sign up here.] The post Salem’s President of Broadcast Media Allen Power to Retire appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - In a World of Uncertainty, Radio Is Always There, Radio France CEO Says
Radio France CEO and Chair of the EBU Radio Committee Sibyle Veil delivers the keynote at WorldDAB Automotive 2026. When the daily news cycle consists of natural disasters, economic disruptions and military conflicts, Sibyle Veil believes that keeping radio accessible — particularly in cars — is of the utmost importance. That was the message the Radio France CEO and chair of the EBU Radio Committee delivered during her keynote address at WorldDAB Automotive 2026. The annual event, hosted by the global organization that promotes the DAB+ broadcast radio standard, was held in Frankfurt, Germany, on June 11. “The discussions you are having today go far beyond the radio and automotive sectors alone because the connected car is becoming one of the main gateways to information, culture, and public debate,” Veil explained. “And in a world marked by growing uncertainty, natural disasters, cyber risks, disinformation and network fragilities, this creates a shared responsibility for all of us.” [Related: “Arcom Report Underlines Enduring Strength of Radio in France”] From Veil’s perspective, it is the responsibility of radio broadcasters to ensure that listeners continue to have easy, universal and reliable access to trusted information wherever they are. “This is precisely why the place of broadcast radio and DAB+ in the cars of tomorrow matters so much — not out of nostalgia, but because radio remains uniquely resilient,” she continued. Veil highlighted radio having no cost to listen, as well as its immediacy and resilience. “And most importantly, it continues to work when other systems fail or become saturated during floods, blackouts, or security crises — and yes, it can happen — war, “ she said. At those moments, radio is not simply news and entertainment, she emphasized, but that it becomes essential infrastructure. Many of those moments of listening, as we’ve covered in the past, come inside a vehicle. As a result, Veil underscored how keeping radio “prominent and easily accessible” in cars is both a media issue as well as a societal one. “We must avoid a future where trusted and universally accessible services slowly disappear because of closed digital ecosystems or purely commercial choices,” she said. For this reason, the connected car of tomorrow must remain open and accessible, she told the WorldDAB Automotive 2026 audience. That takes innovation being in lockstep with public interest, she believes, with cooperation from both broadcasters, car manufacturers, aggregators and public authorities. “As president of… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Trump Thanks Russia And China For Helping With Iran Deal, Ignores They Helped Ir...
(Sipa via AP Images) President Donald Trump told the New York Times over the weekend that President Xi Jinping of China and Russian leader Vladimir Putin helped him to secure a peace deal with Iran to end the war. The Times diplomatic correspondent Edward Wong pointed out on Monday just how remarkable a claim that truly was, given that both Russia and China helped Iran to attack U.S. troops in the region during the conflict. “What he didn’t mention: the State Dept. has imposed sanctions on companies for sending Chinese arms to Iran. And Russia has given intelligence aid to Iran,” Wong wrote, while sharing the report on social media. The Times initially reported on Sunday night that Trump “initiated” a 28-minute call “from the White House residence” and made the case that his war with Iran “had remade the Middle East in America’s favor.” David Sanger reported on the call with Trump and added, “Speaking on his 80th birthday, as his family could be heard gathering in the background for a celebratory dinner, he praised two authoritarians — Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Vladimir V. Putin of Russia — for aiding in the settlement, or at least not interfering in the blockade of the Strait.” “He was a total gentleman,” Trump said of Xi during the interview, adding, “He didn’t send a tanker, along with 20 destroyers on each side of it, to try and break up the blockade.” On Monday, Wong wrote a follow-up report on Trump’s comments and noted, “The White House did not reply a request for comment on Monday on what Mr. Trump meant when he said Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin had helped the Americans and Iranians reach the initial agreement. The State Department referred questions to the White House. The Chinese and Russian embassies in Washington did not answer requests for comment.” In early March, CNN reported on how Russia is helping Iran locate U.S. troops to target for retaliation. “Russia is providing Iran with intelligence about the locations and movements of American troops, ships and aircraft, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue, the first indication that Moscow has sought to get involved in the war,” reported CNN’s national security team, adding: Much of the intelligence Russia has shared with Iran has been imagery from Moscow’s sophisticated constellation of overhead satellites, one of the people said.… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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