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The latest NAB Podcast is called Avoiding Costly Fines: Inside the Pages of NAB’s Guide to FCC Station Regulation. NAB senior VP/Senior Deputy General Counsel Jerianne Timmerman and NAB Associate General Counsel Larry Walke discuss the intricacies of FCC regulations, including public inspection files, contests and indecency.LISTEN HERE

The creators of the popular podcast Serial have announced the formation of podcast production company Serial Productions. The first podcast to launch will be S-Town, a nonfiction series set in rural Alabama and hosted by This American Life producer Brian Reed. All episodes of S-Town will be released in March.

As part of its strategy to deliver an enhanced visual hybrid radio station experience beyond the smartphone, TagStation is increasing focused efforts on the connected car. The company has hired Derek Rohloff as VP Automotive Business Development to spearhead inclusion in the dashboard.

The company will use Triton Digital to stream its stations and use its Webcast Metrics services to measure listeners. Connoisseur owns 39 radio stations in 11 markets – Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford, CT, Long Island, Trenton, Allentown, Erie and Stroudsburg, PA, Wichita, and Billings, MT.

As of this week, Pandora’s streaming data will be included in the Billboard Hot 100 song chart. The Hot 100 ranks the week’s most popular songs across all genres, determined by a formula blending track sales, radio airplay, and streaming, as measured by Nielsen Music.

The new weekly podcast is called EmmeStyle and is hosted by Supermodel Emme, who's known for her advocacy of a positive female body image and lifestyle. The podcast is co-produced by AdLarge and Hangar Studios, and will include guests from fashion, beauty, art, culture, money, politics, business, and health.

Former TV personality Craig Ferguson is getting his own daily program on SiriusXM. Broadcast live from Los Angeles, The Craig Ferguson Show will debut on Comedy Greats channel 94 on Monday, February 27, and air weekdays, 6-8 p.m.

Artifical Intelligence company Veritone has signed an agreement with TuneIn giving TuneIn a license to Veritone’s Cognitive Media Platform to index, analyze, search and share TuneIn’s owned and operated content. The platform enables media organizations to analyze audio and video in near real-time.

iHeartMedia and podcast technology company ART19 today announced a new partnership to bring ART19 podcasts to iHeartRadio and to provide podcast publishers with new insights – including data around how many listeners heard a specific advertisement and when they heard it. ART19 provides tools for hosting, distribution, and monetization of podcasts.

NextRadio's TagStation is launching a new campaign measurement tool called The Dial Report. According to the team at NextRadio, this report will provide analytics and insights about radio ROI, by measuring campaign results and listener behavior for advertisers regarding their radio campaign using the NextRadio app.