USA TODAY Debuts Airplay Charts Tomorrow
LOS ANGELES, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Mediabase and USA TODAY have
partnered on an innovative, multi-platform initiative that will bring music
charts to consumers nationwide. Debuting tomorrow, the first weekly "USA
TODAY Airplay Charts compiled by Mediabase" will run in the LIFE section of
the newspaper as well as on its website, USATODAY.com. New charts will be
published every Tuesday.
In addition, the weekly USA TODAY Airplay Charts will be used by more
than 500 radio stations and music industry websites, as well as nationally
syndicated radio shows such as American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest, American
Top 10 (and 20) with Casey Kasem and The Jeff Foxworthy Countdown.
Mediabase President Rich Meyer stated, "This partnership is a crowning
achievement of Mediabase's growth over the past two decades. To be aligned
with such a credible, reliable and well-known source as USA TODAY,
underscores our commitment to excellence. The USA TODAY Airplay Charts will
quickly establish themselves as the gold standard to the consumer."
"We are excited to partner with Mediabase on these airplay charts. They
are a terrific complement to our popular Tuesday music feature Listen Up
and we think readers will enjoy this great addition to our music coverage,"
said Craig Moon, president and publisher of USA TODAY.
ABOUT USA TODAY
USA TODAY is the nation's top-selling newspaper. It is published via
satellite at 34 locations in the USA and at four sites abroad. With a total
average daily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide.
USA TODAY is published by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI). The USA TODAY
brand also includes: USATODAY.com, an award-winning news and information
Web site that is updated 24 hours per day; USA TODAY Sports Weekly, a
magazine for enthusiasts of college and professional football and baseball;
USA TODAY Mobile, offering up-to-the minute news and information on a
variety of mobile platforms and devices; and USA TODAY LIVE, the television
arm of the USA TODAY brand that brings the spirit and quality of the
newspaper to television.
ABOUT MEDIABASE
Mediabase monitors more than 1,800 radio stations in 180 U.S. and
Canadian markets, 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. In addition to
providing vital airplay and programming information to more than 1,700
affiliate radio stations and every major broadcast group, Mediabase 24/7, a
division of Premiere Radio Networks, is the data source for popular
countdown and syndicated shows like American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest,
American Top 20 with Casey Kasem, After MidNite with Blair Garner, Country
Countdown USA with Lon Helton, Jeff Foxworthy Countdown, Country Top 40
Countdown with Bob Kingsley, and others. Mediabase also provides its
airplay research to every major record label in North America. Mediabase
pioneered the concept of monitored airplay in 1987. Its charts can be found
weekly in numerous trade and consumer publications and websites.
SOURCE Mediabase
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Related links:
http://www.USATODAY.com
CONTACT:
Amir Forester of Mediabase, +1-818-461-5404;
or Heidi Zimmerman of USA TODAY, +1-703-854-5304
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