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DGital Media and Sports Illustrated have announced the latest addition to their partnership, The Seth Davis Podcast, which will launch November 15.

Triton Digital reports streaming continues to see steady growth when compared to a year ago. Both streaming pureplays and AM/FM broadcasters showed growth during the Monday-Friday 6a-8p daypart and the Monday-Sunday 6a-midnight daypart. The Sports format showed the largest listening gains up 16.9 percent, followed by News/Talk at 4.0 percent. Check out the September Triton ranker HERE.

Westwood One has signed an ad rep deal with Nashville Insider and Lifestyle personality Caroline Hobby and KQRS Morning Show host Tom Barnard. They both join the network’s Podcast & On-Demand platform.

PodcastOne has launched The Chick Show, a new, weekly “girl party” podcast hosted by 15-year friends Lisa Ann Walter and Rosa Blasi. Here's what they will talk about every week...

Chris Peterson has been named Senior VP of Podcasting for iHeartRadio and Beth Murphy joins iHeartRadio as the Senior VP of Marketing. Previously, Peterson served as the Content Partnerships Manager for TuneIn. He has also worked as the Director of Operations for The Blaze and as Director of Affiliate Relations for Premiere. Murphy was the CMO at Deezer as well as the CMO at Stitcher.

The Jersey rockers are the latest act to get their own channel on SiriusXM. The limited-run channel will be dedicated to the band's music and will culminate with a private performance by Bon Jovi at a secret location in Miami on December 3.

In a continued sign that Podcasting is growing and NPR takes the medium very seriously, Neal Carruth has been hired as the organizations first General Manager for Podcasting. Poynter reports the supervising senior editor for NPR's business desk will oversee "Planet Money," "Embedded," "Hidden Brain," "Code Switch," "Pop Culture Happy Hour" and NPR's Politics podcast.

The “Powerhouse Politics” Podcast will be publish daily through Election Day, keeping listeners informed about the latest poll numbers and developments on the campaign trail. It will be hosted by ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl and ABC News Political Director Rick Klein.

Actor Malcolm McDowell has signed on to voice a new suspense series on PodcastOne. He'll take on roles written by writers, including Max Allan Collins (“Road to Perdition”) and featuring celebrity guest stars.

Jess Wright takes on the newly created role of Country Music Format Captain at Slacker. She will oversee all things country from her home office in Nashville.