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Westwood One is partnering with Live Nation to present an exclusive summer series of podcasts called On Tour with Live Nation, that will give fans a behind-the-scenes look at the hottest concerts and festivals to hit the music scene this summer. Two other podcasts -- Geekscape and Kickin' It With Kix -- are also being rolled out.

Direct access to concert and festival listings from AXS and Eventbrite, embedded within Spotify, gives those fans fast purchase access. This expands the company’s venue offerings to hundreds around the globe.

It's a multi-year deal for U.S. public performance rights and data collaboration between the two companies. While details were not disclosed, ASCAP stated, "The mutual goal of this agreement is to work together to ensure that ASCAP members get paid more fairly and accurately for the use of their music on YouTube."

The network is undertaking a “news everywhere” strategy and this summer it’s extending its reach, including three new developments: Smart Speakers; NPR One in TV, phone, and car; and NPR News Now podcast and Twitter.

On Tuesday, the company launched a new lineup of original, on-demand audio content. audioBoom is debuting five new podcasts (one launched in February), including Very Bad Words, which premiers on June 14, 2017. The launch marks the company's first wave of original podcasts featuring a mix of shows in various categories.

Corp! Magazine has chosen the mobile strategy and application development company as one of Michigan’s Economic Bright Spots of 2017. The company was honored June 8 at a luncheon held at the International Banquet Center in Detroit and will be featured in the July/August 2017 print issue of the magazine.

The President of Jacobs Media Strategies will present “Podcasting & Radio: What We Learned From Techsurvey13” on Thursday, June 15 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. Fred will take a deep dive into Techsurvey13, the radio industry’s largest online survey, to see how podcasting is impacting radio listeners.

That's the new podcast named after the annual thought leadership symposium led by Natalia Brzezinski, focusing on the relationship between humanity and technology. Brzezinski will be joined by Rebecca Jarvis, ABC News Chief Business, Technology and Economics Correspondent, as they co-host a special series of eight Brilliant Minds podcasts.

ESPN Films’ and ESPN Audio’s new podcast series will debut on Tuesday, June 27, while the podcast feed was launched Tuesday. 30 for 30 Podcasts will tell original, sports stories in the same vein as the acclaimed 30 for 30 documentaries.

If listeners have the paid services iHeartRadio Plus and iHeartRadio All Access, they are now live on Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Listeners can now save and replay songs from their favorite radio stations, access songs on-demand, and listen offline, while in the car. Drivers can replay songs and save songs directly to their on-demand library.