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Westwood One and Google have agreed to put Westwood One’s exclusive live NCAA March Madness college basketball programming on smart devices with Google Assistant.

That's according to Nielsen's Total Audience Report for the third quarter of 2018 and for Americans 18 and over. While Nielsen says that number is growing, it doesn't have any historical data to back up that claim.

The ratings firm is out with its Total Audience Report for the third quarter of 2018. The news for the audio world is very encouraging. As more ways to listen to audio become available, more people are spending time with audio. And, according to Nielsen, radio continues to be the dominant player.

The Nebraska Broadcasters Association has made a $20,000 donation to the local chapter of the American Red Cross to aid the victims of the historic flooding impacting Nebraska and western Iowa.

Integr8 Research has released its second of five blogs from a new study called, “The Alexa Effect: How Radio Can Thrive in a Connected World." Post number two is called “Why Radio Shouldn’t Ignore Google Home.”

(By Tom Webster) Phone surveys still work, and online sampling continues to get better as we develop more sophisticated ways to weight and frame that data. But there's a type of sampling we see out there that we would never rely on as the sole source of decision support for radio stations...

Neuhoff Communications has launched a new company-wide initiative called the Fast Forward Leadership Program. The goal is to invest in the development of future leaders from within the Neuhoff organization. Here's who the company chose to be in its inaugural class...

PJ Media is a conservative news site and Salem will add it to the other conservative sites it's been buying up. PJ Media will become part of Salem-owned Townhall Media.

NESN (New England Sports Network) and VSiN (Vegas Stats & Information Network) have entered an agreement for VSiN’s sports betting show Follow the Money to air live on NESNplus weekdays, 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET.

That increase is a result of net revenue coming in at $309.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. For the year, Cumulus reported revenue of $1.14 billion, up 0.4%. Revenue from Cumulus' radio stations, which makes up nearly 70% of all revenue, was $212.4 million in the quarter, up 5.2%.