Audio Ink

Four top podcast producers – NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life – have announced the acquisition of podcast app Pocket Cast.

The folks at iHeartRadio have come up with a podcast that’s sure to be a hit: The Ben and Ashley Almost Famous Podcast with The Bachelor contestants Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti.

Families can now enjoy music and storytelling from the iHeartRadio Family app via Samsung Kids, an educational subscription-based service.

In Triton Digital's Webcast Metric data from September, stations streaming the News/Talk format saw a 36% increase on the day the Brett Kavanaugh hearing took place (Thursday, September 27).

iHeartMedia will air Mark Ramsey’s (pictured) acclaimed podcast Inside Psycho as a 1-hour special adapted from Wondery’s hit podcast throughout the weekend and leading up to Halloween, across the country. The show is a detailed look behind the scenes of the making of the movie Psycho and is a mix of fact and partial fact.

iHeartRadio is teaming up with Words With Friends 2 on Words with Friends LIVE, a one-of-a-kind word-themed trivia game feature available to all Words With Friends 2 players.

SiriusXM is marking what would have been David Bowie's 75th Birthday with a limited-run channel. In January listeners can hear music spanning Bowie's entire catalogue, including some recently found rarities.

Radioplayer is launching in three new countries. The new partnerships with broadcasters in France, Sweden and the Netherlands bring the total number of Radioplayer countries to 14.

Daniel Anstandig's Futuri Media has received a patent to further protect the system the company has built which powers Listener Driven Radio, a takeover technology already in place at hundreds of radio stations.

CBS RADIO announced Wednesday a special edition of The Taz Show: Bodyslams & Beyond airing on Sunday, Apr. 3, 11:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m., EDT.