Cumulus Media
Address: 780 Johnson Ferry Rd NE suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30342, USA
Cumulus Media, Inc. is a broadcasting company of the United States and is the second largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States ahead of Audacy and behind iHeartMedia. As of June 2019, Cumulus lists ownership of 428 stations in 87 media markets. It also owns and operates Westwood One. Its headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its subsidiaries include Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, Cumulus Licensing LLC and Broadcast Software International Inc. Wikipedia
Website: www.cumulusmedia.com
Symbol: NASDAQ:CMLS
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Latest news
- Aug 8: Cumulus Media released its financial results for Q2/25. Total revenue was down 9.2% year-on-year. Digital revenue was down 1.4% year-on-year.
- Aug 6: Cumulus Media has announced a joint strategic partnership with video-sharing platform Rumble that “recognizes the evolution of podcasting and video in today’s media landscape”.
- Jul 15: Even radio now has visuals in new dashboards. Pierre Bouvard, writing in the Cumulus Media and Westwood One blog, highlights some of the benefits of using visuals in audio advertising, using a number of studies. (We can use visuals in many podcast apps for podcast chapters; and, of course, on our YouTube videos). Pierre also shares this fun fact from Nielsen: “Half the time, TV ads are heard, not seen.”
- Jul 1: Advertisers say they’ve never been more interested in podcast advertising - and never used it more. That’s the results of the eleventh year of the Advertiser Perceptions study by Westwood One and Cumulus Media. However, the study suggests, brands are just “sticking their toe in the water” in terms of budgets; and suggests that it’s time that brands invested 5% of their overall spend in podcasting.
- Jun 17: Audio remains the primary mode of podcast consumption despite growing video options, says a new study from Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights.
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