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Mounting shows in first-run syndication has become financially daunting as production costs have risen and ratings have plummeted. As a result, TV stations and producers are finding innovative ways to [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Vehicle affordability constraints likely will ease in 2025, said Fabien Thierry, the head of consumer vehicle lending products at Bank of America. Normalization of supply chains and [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Generation Z, millennials, Generation X and baby boomers can all learn from one another in the dealership -- so say leaders at some of the country's top [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Santander Consumer USA Inc. has expanded its small business automotive finance program to all of its roughly 14,000 dealership partners across the U.S., the lender announced Sept. [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder More than 5,000 dealerships across the U.S. signed an open letter urging federal and state officials to relax emissions regulations and electric vehicle mandates. The dealerships are [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder More variety and low lease payments are driving a shakeup in electric vehicle popularity. The Tesla Cybertruck and Toyota bZ4X made the list of top-selling new EVs [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder NICK FUNSCH -- Age: 43 -- Title: Vice president of sales and marketing, Southeast Toyota Finance -- Big break: Moving from automotive retail to a job at [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder It takes three hoists to replace an electric vehicle battery at Bowman Chevrolet. One hoist holds the car, another holds the new battery, and the third holds [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder After more than three years of processing, General Motors Financial withdrew its application from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to create GM Financial Bank. The captive finance [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder The CDK Global outage forced many finance and insurance managers across the country to craft deals by hand. For some, it was a return to the old [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder For the low price of just $1.50 each, fraudsters can create 1,000 fake documents using artificial intelligence tools, all on one website. Want to make a fake [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Champions of micro leasing say the programs could become more than a gimmick at dealerships, but only with the right financing. As dealership inventory grows and interest [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Jessica Gonzalez set out to discover if loaning to drivers for ride-hailing firms such as Uber and Lyft is a higher risk for automotive lenders than other [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder A trip to an auto repair shop can be full of anxiety, frustration and anger -- especially for those who don't feel comfortable at garages. But at [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder All eyes were on Group 1 Automotive Inc. as the first major publicly traded dealership group to report second-quarter earnings following CDK Global's cyberattacks and outage. Group [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder The CDK Global outage likely will impact AutoNation Inc. and Sonic Automotive Inc. the hardest in second-quarter earnings, analysts say. Both the second- and sixth-largest publicly traded [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder TRACY LICHNER 38 GENERAL MANAGER, SCHLOSSMANN HONDA CITY Tracy Lichner took on the role of general manager just over a year ago and the job has not [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder CARLY WECK 33 FINANCE MANAGER, ELGIN KIA Carly Weck's father brought her family into the automotive retail business; now she and two brothers are carrying on his [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Zeigler Automotive Group goes above and beyond to spread the word about their dealerships. Literally. Flying high above billboards and car lots, a hot air balloon emblazoned [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder The cost of finance and insurance products is a key consideration for many consumers, but for younger buyers, easy access is becoming increasingly important, according to a [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder The staff at Autobahn Fort Worth in Texas thought they were prepared until an alleged fraudster with a synthetic identity almost proved them wrong. On May 1, [...]

The discovery of Homo floresiensis in Indonesia 20 years ago rewrote human evolutionary history, but also prompted an acrimonious dispute between local and foreign researchers. Now we know why, says [...]

Byline: Gail Kachadourian Howe and Paige Hodder Advocating for solutions to bias-based workplace barriers will help women get ahead, according to Katie O'Malley, founder of (en)Courage Coaching. Women, whose voices [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder High monthly payments and interest rates are pushing consumers with low credit away from new vehicles. But the used-vehicle market also is proving costly, an Open Lending [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Gen Z consumers are more likely than any other generation to buy finance and insurance products, according to Cox Automotive. Gen Z -- or consumers 12 to [...]

When Debra OConnell was named president, news group and networks, at Disney Entertainment in February, it aligned two of The Walt Disney Co.'s key verticals: news and TV stations. Also [...]

When Marianne Gambelli got her start in advertising, women were never part of teams that sold sports, beer or cars. But in her first sales job at Grey Advertising, she [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Vehicle affordability remains a key concern despite slowing economic challenges, experts said at an industry pulse panel at the American Financial Services Association conference at the Bellagio [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Volatility and uncertainty are the only constants in the used electric vehicle market. Used EVs, once an option only for a small group of car buyers, became [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Prices don't sell cars -- building relationships and educating customers is what moves vehicles. And dealerships are best positioned to do this, Jamie Darvish, CEO of DARCARS [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Dealers are going green to save some green. While the cost and effort to switch to sustainable practices can seem daunting, many dealers are making the investment [...]

Byline: Julie Walker And Paige Hodder A trim here and there to sales and service hours at Monadnock Ford in Swanzey, N.H., first prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, have contributed [...]

Objective: To advance equity by developing stakeholder-driven principles of shared measurement, which is using a common set of measurable goals that reflect shared priorities across communities and systems, such as health care, public health, and human and social services. Data Sources: From October 2019 to July 2021, we collected primary data from leaders in cross-systems alignment, measurement, and community engagement-including community members and community-based organization leaders-across the United States. Study Design: In partnership with equity and community engagement experts, we conducted a mixed-methods study that included multiple formative research activities and culminated in a six-week, stakeholder-engaged modified-Delphi process. Data Collection: Formative data collection occurred through an environmental scan, interviews, focus groups, and an online survey. Principles were developed using a virtual modified Delphi with iterative rapid-analysis. Feedback on the final principles was collected through virtual focus groups, an online feedback form, and during virtual presentations. Principal Findings: We developed a set of five guiding principles. Measurement that aligns systems with communities toward equitable outcomes: (1) Requires upfront investment in communities; (2) Is co-created by communities; (3) Creates accountability to communities for addressing root causes of inequities and repairing harm; (4) Focuses on a holistic and comprehensive view of communities that highlights assets and historical context; and (5) Reflects long-term efforts to build trust. Using an equity-focused process resulted in principles with broad applicability. Conclusions: Leaders across systems and communities can use these shared measurement principles to reimagine and transform how systems create equitable health by centering the needs and priorities of the communities they serve, particularly communities that historically have been harmed the most by inequities. Intentionally centering equity across all project activities was essential to producing principles that could guide others in advancing equity. KEYWORDS community health, community participation, Delphi technique, health equity, intersectoral collaboration, measurement, social determinants of health What is known on this topic * Achieving health equity requires creating aligned systems that work together with communities to meet their goals and needs. * A shared measurement system is essential to align efforts around outcomes, evaluate collective progress, improve the quality and credibility of data, and reduce costs associated with collecting and reporting data. What this study adds * Building shared measurement into systems' structure enables sustained progress toward equitable outcomes through redistribution of power, building partnerships, creating accountability to communities, and facilitating co-learning. * Five guiding principles show how community members, community-based organizations, system leaders, service providers, and policy makers can use shared measurement to align decisions, policies, and practices toward equitable health and well-being. * We found that how we approached the work--with the intention of centering equity across all project activities--was essential to producing principles that could themselves guide others in advancing equity., 1 | INTRODUCTION Achieving lasting and meaningful improvements in individual and population health requires aligning efforts across various systems--organizations, programs, and activities--within communities that directly influence the health and well-being [...]

In an environment where content is available everywhere and all the time, station groups are picking up shows from places and platforms that were previously considered off-limits. Rules such as [...]

When Amy Reisenbach was named president of entertainment for CBS in November 2022, she brought two distinctive experience sets to the table. First, she had spent nearly 20 years in [...]

Jessica Fang has spent almost her entire career at Fox, coming on board in 2002, and all of that time she's been a key part of the team that negotiates [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Group 1 Automotive Inc. last month acquired a Subaru store in New Hampshire, concluding the stalled final dealership acquisition of its purchase of most Prime Automotive Group [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder BILL KOZYRA II * Age: 38 * Title: President, Wilko Plastics * Big break: Leading the resurrection of a failing production facility by updating the equipment and [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder The CEOs of Nvidia and Lucid each earned hundreds of millions of dollars more than the leaders of other publicly traded U.S.-based automotive companies in 2022, according [...]

Ensuring compatibility with OS updates is indeed a critical concern for manufacturing applications, considering the potential disruptions and compatibility issues that may arise. Here are some strategies to address these [...]

Talk won't be the talk of syndication this fall -instead, producers are bringing out much more economical true-crime series and games to fill station slates. In January, Warner Bros, renewed [...]

As 2023 comes to a close, syndication's one big swing for 2024 looks to be Debmar-Mercury's talker starring and executive produced by Ken Jeong. Other potential offerings include a true-crime [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Within weeks of his election, UAW President Shawn Fain promised a revolution in communication as the union prepared to enter contract negotiations with the Detroit 3. As [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder An elderly driver plowed into a California dealership, killing another customer and injuring two employees in the service area at Hamer Toyota in Mission Hills on Wednesday, [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder RAY KHANDAN, 37 General manager, Stevens Creek Toyota Ray Khandan arrived at Stevens Creek Toyota in San Jose, Calif., when he was 17, looking to make a [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder DOUG FORMBY, 38 General manager, Toyota Marin Doug Formby's 'greatest joy' is uplifting employees. His proudest moment as general manager of Toyota Marin, in San Rafael, Calif., [...]

For Tina Thornton, executive VP, Creative Studio and marketing at ESPN, leadership means service. 'One of my reports has always called me a servant leader,' she said. 'I think my [...]

As chief marketing officer of AMC Networks, Kim Granito must seamlessly oversee multiple disparate brands under one overall umbrella. AMC is focused on premier franchise scripted originals like The Walking [...]

Byline: Paige Hodder Stricter speed limits might be pushing electric scooters onto sidewalks, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety suggests. The study compared e-scooter use in [...]