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Statistical analysis site FiveThirtyEight has debuted the first episode of The Lab, a new weekly NBA podcast hosted by Neil Paine (general editor and senior sportswriter), Kyle Wagner (senior sportswriter), and Chris Herring (senior sportswriter), available now on The Lab’s podcast feed.

PodcastOne has added two media executives to the leadership team, while expanding the company’s focus on Scripted Programming and the recently announced PodcastOne Sports Network. Casey Jacobs has been named Vice President of Sports and Development, and Allyson Marino will serve as Director of Special Programs.

The show is called iHeartNOW with Elvis Duran and each afternoon on Facebook’s Watch the program will feature music news updates and interviews with celebrities and artists who join Elvis to discuss the latest in pop culture, celebrity news, and the hottest trends.

The company has launched a new product called Voice Radio, which is a self-service product that allows stations to build Amazon Alexa skills online in five minutes. XAPP then reviews and tests the skills and submits them to Amazon for certification. XAPP says the process takes about one week until the skill is live. You can check out pricing on the product HERE.

It’s called What Really Happened? and is produced by Seven Bucks Productions, co-founded by Dany Garcia and Dwayne Johnson, together with Cadence13, a creator of premium, on-demand audio entertainment. The show will be hosted and co-produced by award-winning filmmaker and documentarian, Andrew Jenks.

ABC News Nightline will look at an unsolved murder in the new multiplatform docu-series A Murder on Orchard Street, premiering Tuesday, October 3. The seven-part narrative will be available across all ABC News digital platforms, select streaming platforms, and adapted into a podcast produced by ABC Radio.

The company is calling it a new and improved version of its free streaming mobile app. It includes a new look and logo, and CBS Radio says it's easier to navigate with higher streaming quality. The new app now also includes customizable sections for a user’s stations and subscribed-to podcasts.

Hospitality technology company KEYPR, whose cloud-based platform integrates an end-to-end hospitality experience for guests and staff through embedded and mobile devices, announced Wednesday it has joined forces with iHeartRadio.

The new Music Connection Podcast on PodcastOne, will be hosted by Randy Thomas, (announcer of the Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Tony Awards, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame), and Arnie Wohl, manager and promoter for major acts. The podcast brings to life Music Connection Magazine.

Triton Digital says Neuhoff Communications has selected the podcast management solution by Triton Digital and Omny Studio to power its on-demand content. Neuhoff will use Omny Studio’s podcasting platform to capture, edit, and distribute on-demand content. Neuhoff will also be using Triton’s advertising server, Tap Podcast, to monetize content by inserting targeted ads.