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The new six-year deal extends their broadcasting and marketing agreement through 2022. Under the agreement, SiriusXM will continue to deliver 24/7 racing content plus daily NASCAR talk and interviews with voices across the industry through its SiriusXM NASCAR Radio channel.

iHeartmedia continues to show how it's hip with the times when it comes to using the latest social media platforms. This past weekend at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, winners of several award categories were announced using Snapchat. Artists that could not make it to the show snapped 10-second acceptance speeches. Check out some of those videos HERE.

Former WWE star Scott “Raven” Levy brings his infamous "Raven Effect" finishing move to PodcastOne with a new weekly podcast, under wrestler Chris Jerrico’s Jericho Network. The Raven Effect is available now, with new episodes every Monday.

Naveen Chopra replaces Mike Herring, who had served as Pandora’s CFO since March 2013, and took on the role of president in March 2016. Herring will focus his attention on advertising and subscription growth. Chopra joined TiVo in 2003 and most recently served as the company’s interim CEO from January 2016 until its acquisition by Rovi in September 2016.

Megaphone is a podcast hosting and ad-serving platform from Panoply. Clients include BuzzFeed, WBUR, and Gimlet.

Westwood One has announced new podcast partnerships with NBC Sports Radio’s The Leisuremen, personalities Paul Pabst and Andrew Perloff; political website The Daily Wire, featuring two podcasts from Ben Shapiro and Andrew Klavan; and Entrepreneurs En Vogue, featuring Miss New York US, Iman Oubou.

Advisors to President Trump seem to be in the news constantly – and not necessarily for the best of reasons. But there’s good news for fans of one Trump insider with an impressive background in radio: Bill Bennett. Bennett has entered into a partnership with DGital Media to do The Bill Bennett Show weekly, debuting Thursday.

Hundreds of podcast hosts will be combining their powers in March to convert more listeners to the world of podcasts. According to Edison Research, one in five Americans listened to podcasts every month as of early 2016 – a number that has grown by double-digits for five years. But there are still plenty of folks who don’t know how to listen in.

On Wednesday, the two companies announced the agreement that will make TargetSpot the exclusive third-party sales network for SBS’s Spanish Radio streaming inventory. SBS owns and operates 17 stations in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, and Puerto Rico.

A podcast with a difference debuts on WRALsportsfan.com, Tuesday, February 14. The eight-week podcast, NC State Stuff: Is there a curse?, looks at the mythological North Carolina State sports curse.