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When deciding a path forward, it’s helpful to understand where you’ve been. HR’s journey in 2025 was filled with twists and turns as AI, market consolidation, major developments in employment law and other factors led to seismic change in the workplace. In our final issue of the year, we take an opportunity to look back on the top HR insights shared in 2025 by HR leaders in media, tech and entertainment. We also reveal updated salary data for the industry and how it compares to U.S. employers at large. Keep reading to discover colleagues’ lessons learned, innovative talent strategies and compensation trends that you can leverage to shape your HR strategies in 2026.

Top HR Insights of 2025

One of C2HR’s distinguishing factors is our industry-specific focus on human resources. Throughout 2025, people leaders from a variety of our member companies were willing to lift up the hood and reveal the engines driving their company’s HR strategies. Topics included learning and development, company culture, the importance of a positive mindset, crisis management, battling burnout, the new era of HR, AI training and modern mentoring.

Industry Salaries Continued Climbing in 2025

As a follow up to 2025 compensation data that was shared in the spring by C2HR's Compensation Survey, The Croner Company collected merit increase data this fall. The results reflect that content and connectivity companies continued to increase salaries for all worker segments in 2025. How does our industry compare to other industries? Will current trends fuel job hugging in 2026? Read the full article for details.

HR Leaders Named Among Most Powerful Women

This month, Cablefax Magazine released its Most Powerful Women issue to celebrate the leadership of women across the media, tech and entertainment industries. Congratulations to the honorees from our HR community:

Angela Conklin, SVP of HR, Vyve Broadband and C2HR Board Member
Megan Detz, Chief People Officer, Cable One
Soja Hudson, Senior Director of HR, Mediacom
Kia Painter, EVP and Chief People Officer, Cox Communications and C2HR Board Member
Leslie Peabody, SVP and Chief People Officer, WOW! and C2HR Board Member

Free SHRM Continuing Ed Credits

As a C2HR member, you enjoy free access to our library of on demand webinars from the HR Learning Series. In the webinars, HR experts and people leaders from media, tech and entertainment share practical insights, lessons learned and winning strategies that you can put to use in your organization. Topics include AI, burnout, workforce compliance, human capital trends, compensation and more. Learn when and where it’s convenient for you by visiting c2hr.org/learning-series.

Thank You, 2025 Sponsors!

The generous support of our 2025 sponsors enabled C2HR to:

Produce 8 webinars for the HR Learning Series
Develop 8 sessions for the C2HR CON
Publish 10 issues of the HR Pulse newsletter
Curate 750 articles in the Knowledge Center and
Honor 10 individuals and teams with an HR Game Changer Award
Host 4 Coffee & Convo virtual discussion groups

If your company would like to further C2HR’s efforts in 2026, please contact Parthavi Das at parthavi@frontlineco.com or visit C2hr.org/events/event-sponsorships.

Logos of 2025 sponsors, including Champion Level: Charter, Deloitte, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery; Elevate Level: Cox; Empower Level: Cablefax, Kelly Drye, Mediacom, The Lawrence Advisory, ZRG; Engage Level: A+E, Anthem, Comcast, Disney Entertainment, Hearst, JM Search, Midco, NCTI, Paramount, Roku, Televisa Univision, Universal, Vyve, Wow!