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According to Adobe Digital Insights, consumers slapped down $3.34 billion online on Black Friday, that's an increase of 21.6% from 2015. On Thanksgiving day $1.4 billion was spent for a two-day total of more than $5 Billion, an increase of 11.5% over 2015. $1.2 Billion of that spending was placed using a mobile device, a 33% increase over 2015. Adobe says consumers have spent a total of $26 Billion online for the holiday season between Nov. 1 and Nov. 22, up 3.5% from 2015. Adobe measures 80% of all online transactions from the top 100 U.S. retailers.

iHeart in Madison Wisconsin is turning back time with its flip to the "New Rewind 92.1, Madison’s Greatest Hits" station. The station was a progressive talker before a short stunt with holiday music.

(Bob McCurdy) In the dark. It’s not a good place for any of us to be when it comes to understanding radio’s impact, role, and value it can bring to a media plan. With Nielsen’s Commspoint, we can avoid the dark and shed light on exactly how radio stacks up against 70 other media options available to advertisers.

The Steve Harvey Morning Show and Premiere Networks have given away 8,000 turkeys as part of the Steve Harvey Morning Show Annual Turkey Give. More than 80 affiliates of the top-rated syndicated morning show gave the turkeys away to help those less fortunate celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. 

According to The L.A. Times, the 12,300 square foot house includes a home theater, a wine cellar, an elevator, six bedrooms, 8.5 bathrooms, a game room, a gym, a speakeasy-style bar and a six-car garage. The paper says Rome purchased the property in the Shady Canyon community in 2003 and the house was built in 2007. Check out pictures of the mansion HERE.

Sacramento station KHHM is no longer playing Kanye West songs after the artist took shots at the radio industry for getting paid to "play the same songs over and over again." West then ended his show after only 30 minutes and after being 90 minutes late. Here's what KHHM Music Director Justin "JayMarzz" Marshall said about the ban

Bubba The Love Sponge's attorneys are accusing Nielsen of not playing fair in the ratings tampering case against their client. According to Bubba's attorneys, approximately 75,000 documents have been dumped on them by Nielsen in their case of ratings tampering against the Tampa host, and they have not been given enough time to examine the document dump and put their defense together.

The mention was in a piece on Fast Company’s list of “10 Bold Rebrands That Made A Big Difference,” published Monday. Clear Channel became iHeartMedia in 2014 and iHeartRadio now has 84% brand awareness among consumers.

It's an HD 2 broadcast and a 250 watt translator on 98.1 for JVC on Long Island. The station signed on commercial-free thanks to a sponsorship from local company Slomins Home Heating and Security.

How often do you read about a host who stays with the same station for 35 years? WMMR’s legendary midday host Pierre Robert is one of the few after relocating from San Francisco to Philadelphia in 1981 and never looking back.