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- SiriusXM Will Handle YouTube Audio Sales
In a deal with Google, SiriusXM Media will become the sole advertising representative of YouTube audio advertising inventory in the United States. SiriusXM said it is unusual for YouTube to open its ad inventory to an outside partner. It said the agreement demonstrates how audio consumption is growing and changing, and said it is trying to close a gap between the high percentage of time spent by consumers with audio vs. a low percentage of ad spending on audio platforms. SiriusXM Media and Edison Research said approximately 212 million monthly listeners in the U.S. engage in audio-first content or environments on YouTube. “YouTube had the early insight that quite a lot of the content and behavior consumption on its platform was surprisingly audio-centric, and moved quickly to monetize it,” according to a summary of the announcement from SiriusXM. “This continues to move podcasting toward a more open ecosystem, something we’ve long fought for. In addition to distributing SiriusXM Podcast Network shows on our own platforms as well as wherever podcast consumption happens … with this deal we’re also now selling interstitial audio ads across all podcast content on YouTube, whether part of our network or not.” The announcement was made by Scott Walker, SiriusXM’s chief advertising revenue officer, and Romana Pawar, senior director of product, YouTube Ads. The post SiriusXM Will Handle YouTube Audio Sales appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.28 mins ago - The Radio Experience in the Genesis G90
This is one in a series of posts by Radio World contributor Paul “Sarge” Kaminski about how radio shows up on the dashboard of various new car models. Home screen in the G90. Credit: Paul Kaminski Luxury vehicles are judged to a higher standard for fit, finish, performance and features. The award-winning 2026 G90 sedan from Genesis, the luxe division of Hyundai, adds a full-featured and mostly user-friendly infotainment interface to that mix. You would expect nothing less in a vehicle with a sticker price of around $107,000 for the version I drove for msrpk.com’s “Radio-Road-Test” program. This is a car with self-opening and self-closing power doors; a “Mood Curator” that controls massage settings, ambient lighting and custom fragrances; and Remote Start Parking Assist, with which the car can park itself in tight spots. The test car. Credit: Paul Kaminski Genesis calls its next-generation infotainment system “the connected car Integrated Cockpit,” or ccIC. “It connects the cluster and navigation into a panoramic display, cementing a high-tech look,” the company states. HD Radio’s data network enables the broadcast of digital traffic updates including information about delays and an incident map. Credit: Paul Kaminski “The 12.3-inch cluster displays one of the views of the map, navigation (normal/augmented reality mode) and advanced driver assistance system to provide key information necessary for safe driving, and the right split screen applies navigation contents such as driving information, radio, phone and media according to the driver’s choice.” A jog wheel selects sources on the home screen. Separate controls at top right handle volume and tuning. Credit: Genesis To access the radio screen, Genesis provides a jog wheel in the console to select a source. Nearby controls handle volume and tuning. This approach feels safer than asking me to tune using a screen, as some cars do, pulling my eyes more from the road. Also, some car models have deprecated Apple and Android functionality in favor of an on-board ecosystem. And some have eliminated broadcast radio in favor of streaming, though drivers can access streamed version of stations. Genesis has not made these choices though. Among the audio sources in the G90 are FM/HD Radio, AM and SiriusXM. (Genesis adopted HD Radio as a standard feature across its North American models a couple of years ago, and this model supports DTS AutoStage hybrid radio as well.) AM radio display, listening near Tampa.Credit: Paul Kaminski The model I drove was… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Radio Hall of Fame Announces 2026 Nominees
The Museum of Broadcast Communications has announced the 24 nominees for the 2026 Radio Hall of Fame class. Nominees were selected by the Radio Hall of Fame Nominating Committee, with input from both industry professionals and listeners. Voting will begin April 24 and run through [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago - Marjorie Taylor Greene Blames Virginia Election Result on Trump: He Is ‘Not Yo...
AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) blamed President Donald Trump for a Democratic victory in Virginia on Tuesday, claiming that the president’s “betrayals” of parts of the MAGA movement would have “devastating consequences in the midterms.” Voters in Virginia voted to narrowly approved a mid-decade redistricting map that could give Democrats an electoral boost in ten out of eleven of the state’s House districts. The constitutional amendment allows the Democratic-controlled state legislature to implement a new districting plan without the approval of Virginia’s redistricting commission. Greene claimed Republicans had fallen out of favor with the “once red state” due to Trump’s and the GOP’s failure to deliver on their promises. “Virginia just voted to redraw House district lines, taking their state from 6D-5R to 10D-1R, eliminating 4 Republican seats just by redrawing the map,” she wrote on X. “A once red state is turning into one of the bluest states because people don’t want to support Republicans now.” She continued, calling out the president’s war with Iran, the release of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and money’s role in the Republican Party as a few key causes for “a revolt on the right”: Trump betraying the America First wing of MAGA is going to have devastating consequences in the midterms. I’ve been warning of this all along. No more foreign wars and regime change (he started war in Iran), lowering inflation and cost of living (his war is increasing inflation and gas and diesel and it’s just starting), release the Epstein files (he fought it and called it a hoax) are some of the top issues that has caused a revolt on the right and a mass exodus of America First Trump voters. Add on the betrayals to the MAHA wing and it gets even worse. But it’s not just Trump, it’s the Republicans in the House and Senate too. They love the donations and the parties and praise they get from the big donors and lobbyists representing the big corporations. There wont be accountability. They will not drain the swamp. And Trump is not your retribution. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but open your eyes and look at the facts and take note of their actions. Stop lapping up their meaningless words. Our loved military is once again fighting in the Middle East, your money is paying for Israel’s war, and once again people… [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago - Trump Rages Against ‘Wacko James Carville’ and ‘Country Destroying Sleazeb...
President Donald Trump slammed Democratic strategist James Carville, calling him one of the “sleazebags” urging Democrats to play hardball against Republicans. Carville has said Democrats should seek to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court to 13, and push for statehood for Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. Conservatives currently hold a 6-3 majority on the high court. The Constitution does not specify a set number of justices, which has changed six times, but not since 1869. The nation’s capital, meanwhile, is constitutionally prohibited from being a state, but portions of the district can be carved out of the federal district and made into a separate entity to become a state. On Tuesday night, Trump ripped the proposals on Truth Social and reiterated his demand that Senate Republicans end the filibuster, which allows a minority of 41 senators to block most legislation. The president also criticized the conservative justices for being unable to “stick together” to rule in his favor – even though the court has sided with Trump far more often than not: Wacko James Carville, a so-called Democrat “strategist,” wants the Democrats to make D.C. and Puerto Rico States and, most importantly, pack the Supreme Court, putting 13 Justices on the Court. Other Dems want 21 Justices. If they pull off adding these two States, these Country Destroying Sleazebags will dominate politics in America, if we even have a Nation left, for 100 years (TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!). They are already doing great with the Supreme Court, however. The Democrat Justices stick together like glue, totally loyal to the people and ideology that got them there. They are an immovable force, and there is nothing that can be done to change that. Frankly, I respect that, a lot! Certain Republican Appointees let the Democrats push them around, always wanting to be popular, politically correct, or even worse, wanting to show how “independent” they are, with very little loyalty to the man who appointed them or, more importantly, the ideology from which they came to be Nominated and Confirmed. Everyone knows that, as an example, Birthright Citizenship, which is Unconditional and Absent from any other developed or successful Country, is a disaster for the United States of America. No Country can be successful with such an anchor wrapped firmly around its neck but, based on the questioning by Republican Nominated Justices that I watched firsthand in the Court, we… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Trump Says He Can’t End Iran Blockade Without a Deal – ‘Unless We Blow Up ...
AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he could not end the U.S. naval blockade of Iran without a deal, “unless we blow up the rest of their Country, their leaders included.” The president wrote on Truth Social that Iran did not want their crucial oil passway, the Strait of Hormuz, to be closed, claiming the country only shut the Strait to “save face” after the U.S. blockaded it. He wrote: Iran doesn’t want the Strait of Hormuz closed, they want it open so they can make $500 Million Dollars a day (which is, therefore, what they are losing if it is closed!). They only say they want it closed because I have it totally BLOCKADED (CLOSED!), so they merely want to “save face.” People approached me four days ago, saying, “Sir, Iran wants to open up the Strait, immediately.” But if we do that, there can never be a Deal with Iran, unless we blow up the rest of their Country, their leaders included! President DONALD J. TRUMP Trump’s post came hours after his announcement that he would be extending the two-week ceasefire with the country, before it was set to expire later on Tuesday. Iran closed the Strait at the start of the conflict, long before the U.S. blockade, which Trump instituted after unsuccessful peace negotiations in Pakistan last weekend. The president announced last week that the Strait of Hormuz had reopened due to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon, claiming the U.S. blockade of the Strait would continue. The following day, Iran fired on an oil tanker passing through the Strait, leading Trump to announce Sunday that the U.S. Navy blew “a hole” in an Iranian ship that tried to evade the U.S. blockade. Vice President JD Vance was set to fly to Pakistan on Tuesday to begin another round of negotiations with Iran, but his flight was put on hold, with Iran claiming it had not yet agreed to talks.The post Trump Says He Can’t End Iran Blockade Without a Deal – ‘Unless We Blow Up The Rest Of Their Country’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
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