Audio Ink

PodcastOne announced Tuesday that international pet expert Warren Eckstein is launching a new weekly podcast. With a successful 30-year career in syndicated radio, Eckstein will provide original content about pet news and tips, along with inviting celebrity guests.

On Monday, Pandora announced it has generated more than $2 billion in royalties for artists and songwriters, nine months after announcing it had hit $1.5 billion in royalties paid out.

Daniel Anstandig's Futuri Media has released a new product called Futuri POST. The technology automatically records, produces, and distributes on-demand audio for broadcasters.

NextRadio is joining with the Public Radio Satellite System to introduce its new PRSS MetaPub Platform to integrate enhanced visual features and information from public radio programming into NextRadio.

iHeartMedia announced Monday the return of its annual iHeartRadio Summer Pool Party to the legendary Fontainebleau Miami Beach on Saturday, May 21. The Pool Party is part of Fontainebleau's BleauLive concert series and will feature live performances by top artists.

CBS Sports Radio and Westwood One today announced the launch of a new weekly podcast featuring CBS Sports Radio personality Doug Gottlieb, host of The Doug Gottlieb Show.

The new deal is between Triton Digital and Panasonic subsidiary Aupeo GmbH. Panasonic OneConnect will use Triton Digital’s advertising platform, Tap OnDemand, to insert targeted ads into the personalized audio messages from the Personal Radio by AUPEO content delivery service.

Daniel Anstandig's Futuri Media has received a patent to further protect the system the company has built which powers Listener Driven Radio, a takeover technology already in place at hundreds of radio stations.

Thomas Mancusi will run AudioBoom's new ad sales unit as VP of Sales and Development. AudioBoom is a platform that hosts, distributes, and monetizes content. AudioBoom works with broadcasters, content creators, and podcasters hosting almost 8,000 content channels with over 35 million listens per month.

iHeart creates a new position called Country Content Bureau Chief for its Nashville-based team. Zack Massey gets the gig and he'll report to Senior VP of Digital Content Strategy for iHeartMedia Dan Shelley. Massey will oversee the new Digital Content Bureau for iHeartMedia's Country stations which will produce content for iHeartCountry.com and iHeartMedia's more than 140 Country radio station websites.