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And that's good news for the streaming pure-play. The company now has about six million paid subscribers after 351,000 were added over the past three months. And, more paid subscribers equals more subscription revenue.

It was a $7 million decline in ad revenue for Pandora in Q2. Advertising revenue in April, May, and June was $271 million compared to $278 million a year earlier. For the first six months of the year, advertising revenue is down $15 million, from $501.5 million in 2017 to $485.6 million this year.

(By Laurie Kahn) Ghosting is a term describing those job seekers who don’t show for appointments or for those who have accepted your position and then don’t show up the first day. Or, they resign via text or just quit showing up for work. 

If you like to plan ahead, here are the details for the 2019 and 2020 RAB/NAB Radio Shows to be held in Dallas and Nashville respectively.

Entercom has signed a new multi-year broadcast deal with Sacramento State University. ESPN 1320 (KIFM-AM/Sacramento) will broadcast all of the football and men’s basketball games. The partnership is effective at the start of the 2018-19 season and will run through the 2020-21 collegiate season.  

The traffic network pulled no punches in the filing stating that Entercom's scheme was so perverse and all-encompassing that even Vladimir Putin would be left blushing. USTN repeatedly refers to Entercom as a bully and is seeking more than $5 million from radio company.

Entercom has issued a statement after receiving word that United States Traffic Network filed a $5 million lawsuit against the company. The company said its reseller agreement with USTN has ended and the lawsuit is baseless, frivolous, and insulting

(By Michael Dudding) Several years ago I asked a fellow broadcaster, “When is the right time to leave this industry?” His answer made sense, “When it’s no longer fun.” It would be prudent to amend his reply by saying, “when all the doctors and surgeons know you by name at the Mayo Clinic.” August will mark my 50th and last month and year in radio.

The Home Depot has been radio's top advertiser for 18 weeks in a row now, according to Media Monitors. Last week, the big-box home improvement store ran a whopping 72,599 commercials on radio stations across the country. That was over 10,000 more commercials than the prior week.

One radio station has chronicled the Little League World Series in Williamsport for 72 years. NewsRadio 1400 AM WRAK, now owned by iHeartmedia. The combination of WRAK and its iHeart Williamsport sister stations – Bill 95.5/95.3 FM and 102.7 KISS-FM – will offer exclusive U.S. radio play-by-play coverage of all 32 games of the Series, scheduled for Aug. 16-26.