Barrett Media hosted a 2026 Barrett Media Summit in New York featuring a speech by Red Apple Audio Networks President Chad Lopez explaining why great radio hosts connect with each listener individually.

Barrett Media is a leading B2B trade publication and conference producer covering the business of music, news, and sports media. We deliver daily analysis and reporting on the people, brands, and decisions shaping the media industry — written by a team of 20+ writers with real, firsthand experience inside the business. Our coverage spans programming strategy, talent development, ratings, revenue, and the advertising and media buying decisions that drive the industry forward. Barrett Media has worked directly with leading media companies including Audacy, Bonneville, Hubbard Radio, Radio-One, Alpha Media, BetRivers, VSiN, Max Media, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, and Seven Bridges Broadcasting, among others. Each year, we produce the Barrett Media Summit, a premier industry event uniting executives, programmers, talent, agents, and marketing and advertising professionals for firsthand conversations on where the business is headed. We also publish the industry's most-followed Top 20 series, an annual, industry-voted recognition series of the best talent, programmers, stations, and shows across radio, podcasting, television, and advertising. Content is distributed daily across our website, social media channels, and our daily newsletters — reaching an audience of 50,000 programmers, talent, executives, and marketing decision-makers across the media industry. Founded and led by Jason Barrett, Founder & CEO.