Crowd React Media Blog

Return to (the new) Normal

If you have yet to check out our new State of Media 2025 report, do so now.  And if you have already taken a peek, then a big finding is that media use is down across the board, especially for men.  This is not to cause alarm for the media industry.  We at Crowd React […]

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Radio’s Death Wish

Imagine a highly regarded and highly profitable company that decides to eliminate its most unique benefits and cheapens its service. You would probably think that the owners of this highly profitable service were crazy, even suicidal. Think Sears or K Mart. Remember Kodak? If  you’re a Boomer you used their products. If you’re younger you […]

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Short Form Video: The Key to Reaching Younger Audiences for Radio and Local TV News

Prefer to watch a quick video on the topic instead? Click here to see how we take our own advice! In the State of Media 2025 report, we examined the media habits of over 1,000 audiences surveyed in March and April 2025. The findings highlight a crucial opportunity for traditional broadcast outlets to capture younger […]

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Conversion Reveals Source Viability

Cume is a typical metric by which we can judge the reach of a given media source. In the context of our study, cume is the total number of people who use a given media type. However, it does not tell the whole story. A lot of the headlines you see detailing the major findings […]

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Weekly Roundup – April 29, 2025

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Weekly Roundup – April 22, 2025

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The State of Media 2025

UPDATE: The State of Media 2025 is now live! Read it here. Live Monday, May 5th What happens when you stop looking at just who uses each media platform—and start looking at who’s actually converting? The State of Media 2025 goes live Monday, May 5, and this year’s report digs deeper than ever before. Now […]

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