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Boys will be boys, as the saying goes. It was not a proud moment for radio Wednesday on Radio Row at The Mall of America, although it certainly is getting two sports radio hosts a ton of national publicity. The incident resulted in iHeartMedia's sports station getting kicked off Radio Row. A question for managers around the country: Is this good publicity?

Ever since it was announced that he hired David Mueller, who a jury believed groped Taylor Swift at a concert meet-and-greet, Larry Fuss has been the subject of many national news articles. The stories, like this one in Newsweek and this one in The Daily Beast point out the rage from Swift fans that is now aimed at Fuss for hiring Mueller. He's even received death threats.

Late Wednesday, Pandora announced major cost-cutting changes were on the way. About 5% of the workforce will be losing their jobs, most likely in advertising sales and client services. The company is calling it an "organizational restructuring," that will result in a savings of $45 million every year.

It's the big game and that means big money spent on commercials. The Super Bowl may be the one program where viewers actually want to see commercials on TV. Well, the same goes for radio. Westwood One has the exclusive audio broadcast of the big game and for the fifth year in a row, Westwood has set out to find the best audio ads during the big game.

Despite the loss, SiriusXM's Q4 revenue was up 8% to $1.4 billion for a 2017 revenue total of $5.4 billion, also an increase of 8%. CEO Jim Meyer was very happy with the results. "The fourth quarter capped a strong year for SiriusXM and was our best quarter for self-pay subscriber growth in five years. We exceeded all of our 2017 subscriber and financial guidance."

The Country Radio Seminar has released details about its five mentoring breakfasts to be held when the show kicks off next week in Nashville. The breakfasts are Digital Tech Breakfast, Label Mentoring Breakfast, Programming Mentoring Breakfast, Sales Mentoring Breakfast, and Women’s Mentoring Breakfast. Here are the mentors attendees will be able to network with...

Entercom and the Chicago Bulls have announced that 670 The Score will be the team's new flagship station. The agreement runs through the 2020-21 season and begins Saturday when the Bulls take on the Clippers. Cumulus backed out of its deal with the Bulls when it filed for bankruptcy, stating the deal was unprofitable.

The Big Machine Label Group luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 7, during Country Radio Seminar 2018 will feature a lineup of performances from such notables as Sugarland, Brett Young, Drake White, Trent Harmon, Josh Phillips, and Tyler Rich.

On Tuesday, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to eliminate a decades-old requirement that broadcasters routinely file paper copies of station contracts and certain other documents with the Commission. The goal is to reduce unnecessary regulation that can impede competition and innovation in media markets.

And the conclusion of the FCC's preliminary investigation was that the false missile alert in Hawaii was a combination of human error and inadequate safeguards. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said he was most troubled by two things...