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GetUpside is back at number one on the Media Monitors list. The cash back app knocked Pfizer out of the top ten. Looking at the numbers: GetUpside (62.565), NHTSA (57,309), Babbel (47,301), Indeed (43,687), DuckDuckGo (40,232).

Federal regulators have settled with Google and iHeartMedia over a marketing promotion concerning a Google-made smartphone. As part of the settlement, iHeartMedia and Google will pay more than $9 million in penalties over deceptive marketing.

Washington’s WTOP was honored last week with an Innovation in Sales Award, presented by the Institute for Excellence in Sales. WTOP won out over 19 other finalists in the innovation category. Honorees were presented Friday, June 15, at the IES Award breakfast gala at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, VA.

Over the next several weeks, we're going to highlight the best of the best in radio sales and management. The Radio Ink Radio Wayne Awards will be handed out on September 27 at the Radio Show in Orlando; and in a new series of podcasts, we pick their brains about how they've made it to the top.

K-LOVE and Air1 parent organization Educational Media Foundation has officially relocated its headquarters from California to Tennessee. The new 166,000-square-foot facility includes ten broadcast studios for K-LOVE and Air1 radio networks and podcasts.

Is radio still a dream job? The answer may vary depending on who you ask. According to new research from Jacobs Media, one subsector in particular is far more likely to recommend the career, feel valued by their employers, and express long-term satisfaction.

At the New York Associated Press Association Awards banquet this past weekend, WXXI Radio won 1st Place in the Spot News category for coverage of shootings that took place in Rochester back in 2015.

A federal bankruptcy judge has approved plans for a public auction of St. Louis community station KDHX's broadcast license, escalating the legal and financial battle over the future of the embattled outlet as the original bidder seeks compensation for its early involvement.

If you've been reading our daily headlines you know that stations all over the country have started flipping to Holiday music. It's a radio tradition that typically results in higher ratings, at least for a few months.

The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters has created a new campaign called Use Your Power. The campaign is directed at the listeners of NABOB member and African American-targeted radio stations.