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[IMG: Four Months After Netflix’s Podcast Launch, 62% Of The Weekly Podcast Audience Are Aware That Netflix Now Has Podcasts; The Smart TV Podcast Audience Grows 19% According To Cumulus Media And Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Spring 2026 Report]

For the sixteenth edition of the Podcast Download series, Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights retained Quantilope to conduct an in-depth study of 600 weekly podcast consumers April 21st – 27th, 2026. Since 2017, two studies have been conducted annually. The Spring 2026 report highlights trends from prior studies and examines topics such as platform preference, the growing trend of video, content trends, advertiser usage of podcast advertising, and more.

[IMG: Reach Future General Motors Buyers On AM/FM Radio, The Medium GM Drivers Listen To Most]

To build an auto brand and dealership, one must target current brand owners as well as those who drive the competition. According to customer satisfaction studies, the General Motors brand has significant customer loyalty. According to data from S&P Global Mobility, approximately 68% of current General Motors owners purchase or lease another new GM vehicle when they come in market. General Motors won S&P Global Mobility’s Overall Loyalty to Manufacturer award for the 11th consecutive year, while the redesigned Chevrolet Equinox captured the top model loyalty honor.

[IMG: Reach Future Subaru Buyers On AM/FM Radio, The Medium Subaru Drivers Listen To Most]

To build an auto brand and dealership, one must target current brand owners as well as those who drive the competition. According to JD Power, the Subaru brand has extraordinary customer loyalty. Given these loyalty levels, it’s crucial for Subaru Tier 1 and Tier 2 and dealer media plans to reach current Subaru owners. Just released data from Edison’s “Share of Ear,” the gold standard audio time use study, reveals the most listened to audio platforms among Subaru drivers and competitive brands.

[IMG: How Many Ads Should A Radio Station Run? Cumulus Media | Westwood One And RAB Reveals Guidelines]

The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) fields questions daily regarding research, best practices, promotional ideas, and more. One of the most frequently asked questions is, “How many ads should I run per week?” The answer always starts with, “That depends. What is your goal?”

[IMG: Reach Future Toyota Buyers On AM/FM Radio, The Medium Toyota Drivers Listen To Most]

To build an auto brand and dealership, one must target current brand owners as well as those who drive the competition. According to JD Power, the Toyota brand has significant customer loyalty. Given this loyalty level, it’s crucial for Toyota Tier 1 and Tier 2 and dealer media plans to reach current Toyota owners. Just released data from Edison’s “Share of Ear,” the gold standard audio time use study, reveals the most listened to audio platforms among Toyota drivers and competitive brands.

[IMG: The End Of The Click: AI Overviews In Search Sharply Reduce Traffic; If Your Business Depends On Paid Search, It’s Time To Build Your Brand]

Google’s AI Overview is a year old and has generated sharp reductions in organic and paid search clicks. Advertisers must prioritize top of funnel advertising so they can “be known before they’re needed.”

[IMG: Reach Future Kia Buyers On AM/FM Radio, The Medium Kia Drivers Listen To Most]

To build an auto brand and dealership, one must target current brand owners as well as those who drive the competition. According to U.S. News, Kia's 54.1% loyalty rate made it one of the most highly retained brands in the industry, ranking just behind Subaru (55.4%) and Honda (54.6%). Kia’s brand loyalty rate of 54% means 5 of 10 Kia customers returning to the market purchase the Kia brand again. Given these loyalty levels, it’s crucial for Kia Tier 1 and Tier 2 and dealer media plans to reach current Kia owners. Just released data from Edison’s “Share of Ear,” the gold standard audio time use study, reveals the most listened to audio platforms among Kia drivers and competitive brands.

[IMG: What Henkle’s Ace Hardware Of Joplin, Missouri Can Teach Marketers About How Advertising Really Works: Be Known Before You’re Needed]

To understand the magnitude of the brand Henkle’s Ace Hardware built with long-term advertising on AM/FM radio, the Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group® commissioned Quantilope to conduct a study of 150 consumers in Joplin, Missouri in January 2026.

[IMG: Reach Future Jeep Buyers On AM/FM Radio, The Medium Jeep Drivers Listen To Most]

To build an auto brand and dealership, one must target current brand owners as well as those who drive the competition. Jeep boasts a strong, cult-like following with a high "brand intimacy" score (often ranking #2 among automotive brands in emotional connection studies). Jeep’s brand loyalty rate of around 43%-51% means 4 to 5 of 10 Jeep customers returning to the market purchase the Jeep brand again. Given these loyalty levels, it’s crucial for Jeep Tier 1 and Tier 2 and dealer media plans to reach current Jeep owners. Just released data from Edison’s “Share of Ear,” the gold standard audio time use study, reveals the most listened to audio platforms among Jeep drivers and competitive brands.

[IMG: New Study: Marketer, Agency, And Average American Commutes Surge As AM/FM Radio Is The Queen Of The Road And the Soundtrack Of The American Worker]

Marketers and media agencies are increasing their commutes and spending more days at the office, according to a brand-new Advertiser Perceptions study of 301 media agencies and brands commissioned by the Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group®. Interviews took place April 1-13, 2026 and the results were compared to eight prior Advertiser Perceptions studies conducted since April 2022. The Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group® also commissioned a Quantilope national consumer study to examine the commuting habits of average Americans.

[IMG: Reach Future Hyundai Buyers On AM/FM Radio, The Medium Hyundai Drivers Listen To Most]

To build an auto brand and dealership, one must target current brand owners as well as those who drive the competition. According to S&P Global Mobility data, the U.S. auto industry has a 51% loyalty rate, meaning 5 in 10 customers returning to the market buy the same brand they own. This is based on an analysis of new vehicle registration data. Given these loyalty levels, it’s crucial for Hyundai Tier 1 and Tier 2 and dealer media plans to reach current Hyundai owners. Just released data from Edison’s “Share of Ear,” the gold standard audio time use study, reveals the most listened to audio platforms among Hyundai drivers and competitive brands.

[IMG: Frustrated Outdoor Advertiser Solves Placement Issue With AM/FM Radio Listening Heatmap From Xperi’s DTS AutoStage]

A major outdoor advertiser was upset. All the billboard inventory they desired at key highway locations was sold out. AM/FM radio to the rescue. The advertiser moved their sizable outdoor budget to AM/FM radio including Quu AM/FM radio in-dash visual ad units.

[IMG: Reach Future Ford Buyers On The Medium Ford Drivers Listen To Most: AM/FM Radio]

To build an auto brand and dealership, one must target current brand owners as well as those who drive the competition. According to S&P Global Mobility data, Ford has a 59% loyalty rate, meaning nearly 6 in 10 customers returning to the market bought another Ford. Ford's truck loyalty is even higher, with the 2025 J.D. Power U.S. Automotive Brand Loyalty Study ranking it highest for the fourth consecutive year at 67%.

[IMG: Programmatic Audio Buying Soars To Record Highs, According To New Advertiser Perceptions Study]

A series of recent studies from Advertiser Perceptions reveals programmatic audio has grown significantly.

[IMG: Reach Future Chevrolet Buyers On The Medium Chevy Drivers Listen To Most: AM/FM Radio]

To build an auto brand and dealership, one must target current brand owners as well as those who drive the competition. Reynolds and Reynolds reports Chevrolet ranks 9th of 39 brands with a loyalty rate of 46%. A recent study by S&P Mobility reveals General Motors is number one for multi-brand loyalty with an outstanding 68%.

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The Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group® has tested hundreds of audio ads over the years working with the leading experts in creative testing: ABX, Veritonic, and System1. The findings from those tests, along with marketing effectiveness and creative strategy work from industry giants like Les Binet, Peter Field, Alice Sylvester, Byron Sharp, Leslie Wood, Paul Feldwick, Jenni Romaniuk, Andrew Tindall, and Orlando Wood, have been combined to form Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group®’s comprehensive Audio Creative Best Practices. Now these best practices have been distilled and summarized in a Creative Best Practices Handbook.

CURRENT AS OF December 19, 2024
Cumulus Media Inc. (“Cumulus,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is dedicated to preserving your confidence and trust as it relates to the privacy of your information. Please read this policy so you understand how we collect, safeguard, use and share the information you provide to us through our technology platforms, including, without limitation, our websites, web pages, interactive features, applications, Twitter and Facebook pages, and Mobile Application (collectively the “Cumulus Platform”).
[H2] PRIVACY POLICY
Your personal privacy is a principal concern to us at Cumulus. Our goal in outlining our policy on the collection and use of your information is to ensure the highest level of confidentiality and security. When you provide your personal information on any Cumulus Platform, we will not give or sell your personal information to any outside company for its use in marketing or solicitation without your permission, which may be express or implied. We will maintain the confidentiality of your personal information and it will be used only to support your customer relationship with our company and to assist us in providing better and more targeted services to you. Additionally, internal practices are in place to help protect your privacy by limiting employee access to and use of customer information. When we ask you to provide personal information through the Cumulus Platform, it is done with the goal of improving the relationship between you and Cumulus. At Cumulus, we allow you to maintain control over your personal information while attempting to provide a more interactive experience. Our intention is to send communications only those of you who have chosen to receive such communications. At any time, you have the right to decline receiving future communications from Cumulus in any manner, including email, text, social media, fax, telephone and postal mail.
[H2] INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH THE CUMULUS PLATFORMS
When you utilize any Cumulus Platform, you do so anonymously. Personal information that could be used to identify you as an individual is not automatically collected. However, there are several ways in which information about you may be collected through the Cumulus Platform.
Voluntary Disclosure: Some Cumulus Platforms may request that you voluntarily provide personal information for purposes such as correspondence, site registration, membership, making a purchase, or participating in contests or online surveys. Information that we may ask you to provide may include your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, birth date, and payment information (such as account or credit card number). We may also request that you provide your preference information, social security numbers, lifestyle interests, and other demographic information that may be needed to register or subscribe you to services or offers.
Device Identifier: Each time the Cumulus Platform is accessed, we or our service providers automatically collect your IP address or other unique identifier for the device (computer, mobile phone, tablet or other device) you use to access the Platforms (“Device Identifier”). Cumulus uses Device Identifiers to analyze trends, administer the site, track movements on the site, help identify you and your shopping cart, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Device Identifiers are not linked to any other personally identifiable information by Cumulus.
Usage Information: Whenever you access or interact with the Cumulus Platform, we, as well as any third party advertisers and/or service providers, may use a variety of technologies that automatically or passively collect information about how the Cumulus Platform is accessed and used (“Usage Information”). Usage Information may include device type, operating system, browser type, application version, the page accessed, the date and time, your use of features or applications, your preceding page views, and your interactions with friends and group activities. This information helps us maintain a platform that is up-to-date and to devise content that is responsive to your interests.
Cookies, Mobile Analytics, and Pixel Tags: Like many other commercial technology platforms, the Cumulus Platform may use standard technologies such as cookies, mobile analytics software and pixel tags to collect Usage Information and Device Identifiers. Cookies are small text files on your system used for keeping track of settings or data for a particular website and can be used to store information necessary to provide a service or access into a site, including associating you with social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter and enable interactions between your activities on the Cumulus Platform and your activities on such social networking sites. We, or our vendors and third party partners, may place cookies or similar files on your Device for security purposes, to facilitate site navigation and to personalize your experience while visiting the Cumulus Platform, such as allowing us to select the ads or offers that are most likely to appeal to you based on your interests, preferences, location, or demographic information), as well as for market research related purposes. Any information that we may store in cookies is used for internal purposes only. You may turn cookies off through your browser or set your browser to notify you before accepting them. You can learn more about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org which includes additional useful information on cookies and how to block cookies using different types of browser.
Your browser’s help menu or other instructions related to your browser will show you how to reduce the number of cookies you receive from us or delete cookies that have already been installed in your browser’s cookie folder. If you elect to disable or opt out of receiving cookies, please understand that some features and services on the Cumulus Platform may not work properly because we may not be able to recognize and associate you with your Cumulus account(s). Also, the offers we make available to you when you visit the Cumulus Platform us may not be as relevant to you or tailored to your interests.
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[H2] HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect only information that is needed, and we tell you how we use it. We limit the collection of information about you to what we need to know to manage your membership; provide customer service, including responding to your questions and communicating with you about your account and activities on the Cumulus Platform; make access to certain areas and features of the Cumulus Platform available to you; verify your identity; offer new products and services; notify you of changes to Cumulus policies; perform market research, analytics and operations; tailor content, advertisements, and offers we make available to you; improve the Cumulus Platform; fulfill any legal and regulatory requirements; and for purposes disclosed at the time you provide your Personal Information or otherwise with your consent. Under certain circumstances we may share location data with our third party partners for market research and other data analytics related purposes. We tell you about the general uses of information we collect about you, and we will provide additional explanation if requested. You may change, update or add additional information about yourself at any time through the Cumulus Platforms that offer this feature. If a Cumulus Platform does not currently provide this ability, you can still change your data profile by contacting your local radio station. All Cumulus Platforms will provide this feature in the near future.
As a result of providing your personal information to us, the Cumulus Platform can provide a more customized experience, making your interaction with us more productive, helpful and fun, and will enhance the services and offers that we can bring to you. If you provide us with your email address or cell phone number, or have done so in the past, we may send you email or text offers or newsletters. These offers or newsletters are based on information you provided in your membership application, registration forms, surveys, or from information that may indicate purchasing preferences and lifestyle, as well as information available from external sources, such as census bureau data. These email/text offers will come from Cumulus only. Your information, email address or cell phone number is never sold to a third party. All offers are carefully developed to guarantee that they meet our standards. Our goal is to target offers that you will find to be of value to you. At any time, you may request to discontinue receiving these communications from us by simply replying to the email address or text number included in every email/text message that you receive from us.
From time to time, we may offer contests or other promotions on the Cumulus Platform. If you enter a contest or sweepstakes, or participate in a promotional event, we will ask you to provide information about yourself (such as your name, address, and email address). Among other things, we will need this information to contact you if you win, and we may also use this information for marketing purposes. We may share this information with any sponsors and prize providers of the contest, sweepstakes, or promotional event; sponsors and prize providers will be identified in the official rules. We may also share this information with or other third party service providers that help administer our contests, sweepstakes, and promotional events, such as by conducting drawings, and/or delivering prizes to winners. If you do not want to provide the requested information or have the information provided to sponsors, prize providers, or other third party service providers, please do not enter the contest, sweepstakes, or participate in the promotional event.
We monitor URL click-throughs found in our electronic communications. The click-through rate is reviewed in order to track (i) participation in contests and sweepstakes to judge effectiveness and award prizes; (ii) your interests and preferences; and/or (iii) response rates for marketing purposes or to report to a client in aggregate form only, the response of listeners. Individual activity is never shared with employees or third parties.
At times, our clients might collect Personal Information about you on the Cumulus Platform or on-site at a retail locations or other Cumulus events. The collection of this information is clearly marked as information being collected by or for a third party, and providing such information is strictly voluntary. We may help facilitate the collection of the information by providing forms and collection boxes for the client. Sometimes this information is shared with us Cumulus, though we will only market to you if you have given us permission. Information gathered in this manner is shared with our client partners; and other information you may have previously provided to us remains private.
We may share your Personal Information with third parties that perform functions on our behalf (or on behalf of our partners) such as service providers that host or operate the Cumulus Platform, analyze data, process transactions and payments, fulfill orders or provide customer service; advertisers; sponsors or other third parties that participate in or administer our promotions, surveys or provide marketing or promotional assistance and our partners in co-branded sites and promotions. Your Personal Information may also be used by us or shared with our subsidiaries, affiliates, sponsors, partners, advertisers or other third parties in connection with marketing, promotional, and other offers, as well as product information, and for such third party’s analytics and market research. The Cumulus Platform may include Nielsen’s proprietary measurement software which may allow you to contribute to market research. For more information, visit: http://www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy .
We may share your Personal Information with other entities and our affiliates primarily for business and operational purposes. In the event that we are involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, your information may be sold or transferred as part of that transaction. Additionally, we may transfer and disclose your information to third parties to comply with a legal obligation; when we believe in good faith that the law or a governmental authority requires it; to verify or enforce our Terms of Use or other applicable policies; to address fraud, security or technical issues; to respond to an emergency; or otherwise to protect our rights or property or security of third parties, visitors to the Cumulus Platform or the public.
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Third party platforms and services accessible through the Cumulus Platform have separate privacy and information collection practices, independent of us. Cumulus has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions. You are solely responsible for maintaining your Personal Information, the secrecy of your passwords, membership ID, or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online. If you post Personal Information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. While we aim to protect your personal information, Cumulus cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. While we put forth our best efforts in adhering to these minimum privacy standards, additional restrictions may be imposed to comply with state and local laws, and/or station-specific programs, products and services.
[H2] INFORMATION WE RECEIVE FROM THIRD PARTIES
We may receive information about you from third parties. For example, if you are on another website and you opt-in to receive information from Cumulus, that website will submit to us your email address and other information about you so that we may contact you as requested. You may also choose to participate in a third party application or feature (such as one of our Facebook or Twitter applications or a similar application or feature on a third party website) through which you allow us to collect (or the third party to share) information about you, including Usage Information, Device Identifiers, and Personal Information such as lists of your friends, “likes”, comments you have shared, groups and location. Services like Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on the Cumulus Platform

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1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Westwood One, LLC. (“Westwood One,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) welcomes you. We’re excited that you have decided to access and use www.westwoodone.com site and other websites and applications owned or operated by Westwood One or its affiliates and partners where these Terms and Conditions are posted (collectively, the “Sites”).
Westwood One provides you access to the various services and content available through the Sites (collectively, the “Services”) subject to the following Terms and Conditions of Use, which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. By accessing and using the Sites, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms and Conditions of Use and the terms and conditions of Westwood One’s Privacy Policy, which are hereby incorporated by reference (collectively, this “Agreement.”). If you do not agree to any of these terms, then please do not access or use the Sites.
THE SECTIONS BELOW TITLED “BINDING ARBITRATION” AND “CLASS ACTION WAIVER” CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER.THEY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS.  PLEASE READ THEM.
2. COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
Our community, like any community, functions best when its people follow a few simple rules. By accessing and/or using the Sites, you hereby agree to comply with these community rules and that:
You will conduct yourself in a mature manner that lends itself to civil discourse;
You will not use the Sites for any unlawful purpose or to engage in any commercial activities, including, without limitation, raising money; advertising or promoting a product, service, or company; or engaging in any pyramid or other multi-tiered marketing scheme;
You will not upload, post, e-mail, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that: infringes any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights of any person or entity; or is threatening, tortious, defamatory, libelous, indecent, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another’s privacy, or promotes violence; or discloses any personal information about another person, including that person’s name, e-mail address, postal address, phone number, credit card information, or any similar information;
You will not impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
You will not “stalk” or otherwise harass another; and
You will not interfere with or attempt to interrupt the proper operation of the Sites through the use of any virus, device, information collection or transmission mechanism, software or routine, or access or attempt to gain access to any data, files, or passwords related to the Sites through hacking, password mining, or any other means.
Please be aware that the majority of the content found on or through the Sites is for general audiences, but there may be certain adult or mature content. Accordingly, individuals who are less than 13 years of age should not use the Sites. If you do use the Sites, you represent and warrant that you are at least 13 years of age. If you are 13 or older, but under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you should review this Agreement with your parent or guardian to make sure that you and your parent or guardian understand it.
We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to deny you access to the Sites, or any portion of the Sites, without notice.
3. SIGN-IN NAME; PASSWORD; UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS
During the registration process for the Sites, we will ask you to create an account, which includes a unique username (“Username”), password (“Password”), and perhaps certain additional information that will assist in authenticating your identity when you log-in in the future (“Unique Identifiers”). When creating your account, you must provide true, accurate, current, and complete information. Each Username and corresponding Password can be used by only one registered user. You are solely responsible for the confidentiality and use of your Username, Password, and Unique Identifiers, as well as for any use, misuse, or communications entered through the Sites using one or more of them. You agree to (a) immediately notify Westwood One of any unauthorized use of your Password, Username, and/or Unique Identifiers, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Westwood One reserves the right to delete or change your Password, Username, or Unique Identifier at any time and for any reason. Westwood One will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by any unauthorized use of your account.
4. FEES, PAYMENTS, AND AUTOMATIC RENEWALS
Some of our Services may be free of charge. However, charges do apply if you sign up for any of our various subscription plans (“ Subscriptions”) described on the Sites. In such a case, you hereby agree that our third-party payment processors may immediately authorize your credit card (or other approved facility) for payment for any Subscriptions ordered under your Password on or through the Sites.
As set forth more fully in Section 3 above, you must keep your password strictly confidential. You are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your Password, and you agree to be personally liable for all charges incurred under your Password. Your liability for such charges shall continue after termination of this Agreement.
If you have a question about a Subscription on your credit card statement, please use the “Contact Us” section of the Site to contact customer service. In connection with any Subscription, all sales are final, and we do not accept returns or exchanges. Subject to Section 11, all payments made to us are non-refundable.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR A SUBSCRIPTION (MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, ANNUALLY, OR OTHERWISE), YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW UNTIL YOU CANCEL IT.YOU MAY CANCEL AT ANY TIME BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SITES, AND THE CANCELLATION WILL TAKE EFFECT AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE THEN-CURRENT TERM.AT THE END OF SUCH TERM, WE WILL SEND YOU A REMINDER E-MAIL ABOUT THE SUBSCRIPTION’S AUTOMATIC RENEWAL.AGAIN, IF YOU DO NOT CANCEL, THEN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW UNDER THE SAME SUBSCRIPTION.
We may modify the fees at any time by posting such modification on the Sites, and any such modification shall go into effect thirty (30) days after it is so posted.
The Services may require data access, and the provider of such data access (e.g., network operator, wireless carrier, etc.) for the device through which you access the Services may charge you data access and other fees in connection with your use of the Sites and Services, including, without limitation, wireless carrier messaging and other communication, messaging, and data fees and charges, as applicable.You shall be responsible, at your sole cost and expense, for obtaining and paying for wireless access, and under no circumstances will Westwood One be responsible for any such data access fees or charges in connection with your use of the Sites or Services.
5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The Sites and all of their content including, but not limited to, audio streams, articles, other text, photographs, illustrations, graphics, product names, designs, logos, video material, and audio clips (collectively, “the Site Materials”) are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States, as well as international conventions and the laws of other countries, and are owned by and/or licensed to Westwood One. The compilation (i.e., the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content on the Sites is the exclusive property of Westwood One and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on the Sites is the property of or is licensed to Westwood One and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.
Any copying, reproducing, republishing, uploading, posting (other than as contemplated in Section 6), modifying, or transmission or distribution of any Site Materials, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited and will be considered a violation of Westwood One’s intellectual property rights and could result in legal liability and/or criminal sanction.
The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on the Sites (collectively, the “Trademarks”) are the trademarks of Westwood One and other parties. Nothing contained in the Sites should be construed as granting by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Sites without the written permission of Westwood One or the third party that owns the Trademarks specific for each such use. Your use of the Trademarks displayed on the Sites, or any other content on the Sites, except as provided in this Agreement, is strictly prohibited. Use of the Trademarks as part of a link to or from any site is prohibited unless establishment of such a link is approved in advance by us in writing. All goodwill generated from the use of the Trademarks inures to the Trademark owner’s benefit, whether Westwood One or a third party.
Elements of the Sites are protected by trade dress, trademark, unfair competition, and other state and federal laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part, by any means, including but not limited to the use of framing or mirrors. None of the Site Materials may be retransmitted without our express, written consent for each and every instance.
6. USER SUBMISSIONS
Any messages, suggestions, materials, photos, works of art or authorship, ideas, or concepts that are submitted through the Sites by you (“Submitted Materials”) shall become, and remain, the property of Westwood One. You agree that any Submitted Materials, in whole or in part, may be used by Westwood One, its affiliates, licensees, and assigns for any purpose, including modification, reproduction, transmission, publication, advertising, press, publicity, broadcast, and posting in any media now known or hereafter devised. You additionally agree that Westwood One, its affiliates, licensees, and assigns are free to use any ideas, concepts, techniques, or know-how contained in any Submitted Materials you send to or post on or via the Sites for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling products and services based upon such information without any obligation to compensate you or anyone else for them. By submitting such Submitted Materials, you are assigning and transferring any and all right, title, and interest in Submitted Materials to Westwood One, including any moral rights. We shall have the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to edit or remove any Submitted Materials, in whole or in part, which we believe violates any provision of this Agreement or for any other reason whatsoever.
Do not post your or any other person’s personal information in any message boards or other part of the Sites accessible to users, including your or their telephone number, credit card information, or home, business, or email address.Any posting of such personal information is expressly at your own risk.
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