Auto-Tune: Cumulus has signed on as the first commercial licensee for Xperi Inc.'s radio audience platform, AutoStage Broadcaster Portal Premium, which tracks in-car radio consumption. Cumulus will deploy the system across all 84 of its local markets, where it operates 393 stations. The AutoStage connected car platform currently measures listening in 300 U.S. markets. Cumulus previously ceased subscribing to Nielsen Audio due to ongoing litigation (CAT 10/17/25). See previous stories on AutoStage here and here.