Gen Z Still Wants Radio, Podcasts and Actual Humans: iHeartMedia’s Lainie Fertick

NEW YORK — Gen Z may have grown up with smartphones, streaming services, social media feeds and algorithms that know what they want before they’ve finished wanting it. Apparently, they still like radio. That’s one of the findings iHeartMedia is seeing in its research on younger listeners, according to Lainie Fertick, president of iHeart Insights […]

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