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A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Hubbard Radio in the case involving former Chicago morning man Eric Ferguson. Melissa McGurren, who worked at WTMX-FM for over two decades, filed the suit.

If you took as an answer to that question the number of people -- and the number of new podcasting vendors -- attending Podcast Movement in Philadelphia this week, you would say, for sure, that podcasting has come a long way from the first PM conference five years ago. Let’s look at some of the figures being thrown around at the show this week.

(By Randy Lane) In the latest addition of AdAge, M.T. Fletcher states that cable TV is dying, broadcast TV is on life support, and traditional sports like NFL football viewership have been declining. Fletcher believes the culprits are predictability and lack of surprise

In this latest Hispanic Radio Podcast, Adam R. Jacobson has a candid conversation with a Latina consumer of both English-language and Spanish-language radio from Miami. She's an immigrant and has her favorite stations, which she listens to both in the car and at home. What does she like? Listen now and learn!

According to Triton's July listening ranker, total weekday listening to online audio remains steady at 5.65 million in the U.S. All measured clients within the U.S. reported a total of 5,650,930 Average Active Sessions during the Monday through Friday 6:00am to 8:00pm daypart.

(By Bob McCurdy) The following takes Charlie Sislen’s “heavy/light TV viewer” blog from last Monday a step further. There are terrific stories to be discovered using Scarborough and other data sources that not only need to be unmasked but effectively communicated.

91.9FM/91.5FM/91.3FM/88.5FM The Family: The Family Radio Network (Appleton, Green Bay, Wausau/Stevens Point/Sheboygan, WI) set new records with their 2018 “Help for the Homeless” hygiene drive.

Happy Friday! This week’s Blast From The Past features Randy "R Dub!" Williams at KXCI in Tucson in 1994. Send your Blast From The Past to our Online Editor Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

Barring any breaking news in the next 96 hours, these are the last headlines of 2023. What a year to look back on. While this is a reminder that Radio Ink will be taking a day off on Monday, it is also a celebration of the year behind and the promise ahead.

Speaking of CES, Jacobs Media is gearing up for its annual CES tour, which will be virtual this year. The company has already lined up presentations from Amazon Alexa and Ford. Here's how you can jump aboard the Jacobs Media CES tour bus.