iHeartMedia Layoffs: Why Radio Continues to Fail Local Listeners BP011720-105

Rolling Stone reports iHeartMedia, the largest radio company in America cut a number of employees this week, dealing a blow to local radio across the country.<br /><br />The largest radio conglomerate in the country, iHeartMedia, initiated a round of mass layoffs this week, cutting enough people that one former on-air host described Tuesday as “one of the worst days in on-air radio history.” The layoffs were concentrated in small and medium markets, where staffs had already been reduced, striking another major blow to local radio.<br /><br />‘The Culling Has Begun’: Inside the iHeartMedia Layoffs-January 15,2020<br />KOP chronicles the ongoing onslaught of layoffs that hurts takes down talented radio pros and betrays the public.<br /><br />Plus:<br /><br />Netflix Content Spending to Top $17 Billion in 2020<br />The Two Biggest Pop Radio Stations Barely Played ‘Old Town Road’ <br />Here’s how Netflix’s $15 billion bet on original content paid off at the Oscars.<br />Support the Broadcasters Podcast by:<br /><br />Sending a PayPal donation by going to <a href="https://www.paypal.me/kingofpodcasts" rel="noopener">https://www.paypal.me/kingofpodcasts</a><br />Supporting KOP’s sponsors at King of Amazon (it’s really Amazon) <a href="http://www.kingofamazon.com" rel="noopener">http://www.kingofamazon.com</a> <br />Contact KOP for professional podcast production, imaging, and web design services at <a href="http://www.kingofpodcasts.com/production" rel="noopener">http://www.kingofpodcasts.com/production</a><br />Follow KOP on Twitter or Facebook @kingofpodcasts<br />Listen to KOP’s other programs, When I’m Not Podcasting… and the Wrestling is Real Wrestling Podcast.<br />Do you want to be a guest on the Broadcaster’s Podcast or know someone who would make a great guest, please email <a href="mailto:kingofpodcasts@yahoo.com">kingofpodcasts@yahoo.com</a>.