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The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, located in Canada, owns 43 radio stations. Thursday the company announced it was partnering with SoCast to centralize digital operations for all of its radio stations.

jacapps is teaming up with Ford at the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas for an event called the Connected Car Hackathon. Coders and developers will compete to develop dashboard solutions that will enable audio and video content for in-vehicle consumption in today's vehicles, and in autonomous vehicles in the future.

Controversial Olivia Caridi, a Season 20 contestant on the reality dating show The Bachelor, now has her own podcast, Mouthing Off with Olivia Caridi. Caridi will welcome actors, friends an,d fellow reality TV and Internet stars to dish about love, relationships, and navigating the ups and downs of being single and dating.

The former Seattle Seahawks quarterback will host Above and Beyond – The Intersection of Faith and Sports, beginning  April 11. The first episode will features another former Seahawks QB – Matt Hasselbeck. The podcast is a joint venture between 710 ESPN Seattle and the Bonneville Seattle Media Group.

The podcast universe keeps expanding. This time it’s a new program narrated and researched by author James Andrew Miller. Origins, the podcast will explore beginnings -- whether from the worlds of television, movies, sports, music, business, or human relationships -- to explain how greatness starts and how critical happenings come to be.

iHeartRadio’s Artist Stories is a popular video series that takes a deep dive into how artists got their start, and explores what inspires them. And it was just honored by the 21st Annual Webby Awards in the Best Film & Video -- Unscripted (Branded) category.

The media giant has revealed its full lineup for the Daytime Village at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival, September 22 and 23, in Las Vegas. The popular and emerging artists on the bill include Halsey, Little Mix, Bleachers, Niall Horan, Bebe Rexha, Cheat Codes, Flume, and more.

Los Angeles-based Geffen Playhouse gets a worldwide audience in a new podcast, Geffen Playhouse Unscripted, which debuted Wednesday on PodcastOne.

The Herd with Colin Cowherd reached 5.7 million across all platforms for the month of March – the first time that total podcast listens for the program have surpassed the 5 million mark.

The BIG Podcast with Shaq will broadcast its 100th episode Tuesday, April 11. Shaquille O’Neal will record the show live at the Punchline Comedy Club in Atlanta. Proceeds from the program will be given to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America in honor of Shaq and his mother, Lucille. The 100th episode will be available on-demand, beginning April 17 at PodcastOne.com