Audio Ink

Crossover Media Group Sales, a cross-platform content-production and advertising-sales representation firm, has added five new program lineups in the sports field to its growing roster of client shows and personalities. And the new sports betting laws have a lot to do with the new programs.

Digital Audio Ad Platform DAX (which stands for Digital Audio Exchange) has launched a sales division in the US. Ryan Rose will lead the new U.S. office. As Director of Sales & Partnership Development, Rose focus on the on-demand and podcast spaces.

On Thursday, iHeartMedia launched a new technology, powered by Artificial Intelligence, that provides an optimized digital music listening experience for listeners. The company says the new AI capabilities will create a listening experience that mimics live radio. AI will eliminate the space between songs for iHeartRadio listeners.

Hubbard Radio and its digital arm 2060 Digital, have announced an agreement to purchase an ad-delivery solution called TriggerEX Ad Delivery Technology from TiWi Digital. The TriggerEX platform offers advertisers the flexibility to change message mid-flight in a social media-like way.

WideOrbit and TagStation (owner of Dial Report) have formed a partnership to help radio deliver metrics to ad buyers on actions taken by consumers as a result of radio advertising. Here's how they plan to do it...

Award-winning author James Andrew Miller, in partnership with Cadence13, is releasing three chapters of the popular podcast series, Origins. “We see Origins as a big buffet table of our culture, with particular emphasis on television, sports, movies, music, and other elements I’ve reported on or simply love," said host Miller.

SoundExchange says it distributed $208.7 million in sound recording performance royalties in the second quarter of 2018. That's an increase of 17.5% over 2017 ($177.6 million). The company paid that money out to 28,065 performers, an increase of 9% over 2017 (25,681). So far in 2018 SoundExchange has paid out nearly $399 million in royalties.

Pandora's audio inventory is now generally available for programmatic buying. Audio joins Pandora’s existing display and video solutions available for purchase programmatically. Pandora claims it owns the largest inventory of digital audio content in the U.S., and 92% of its audience is ad-supported — more than double the size of its competition.

iHeartRadio has created “Your Weekly Mixtape," a personalized playlist for each listener, updated each Monday. iHeart is rolling out the new feature to all registered users. It is a personalized playlist with music from the listener’s favorite artists and songs, as well as new releases and trending music fine-tuned for each individual listener every week.

Univision Deportes, the sports division of Univision Communications, and SiriusXM have announced that Univision Deportes Radio is now available on SiriusXM's channel 467.