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SAG-AFTRA and New York Public Radio have reached a global settlement that withdraws the complaints issued to the National Labor Relations Board. A pay increase is included in the settlement.

From Dierks Bentley and Jon Pardi performing at The Ryman to Thomas Rhett, who played opening night of CRS at the Amazon Music sponsored event, the gratitude from country artists was clear; thank you for playing our songs.

In between songwriters thanking radio for playing their songs, Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti handed out plaques, sponsored by SONY Nashville, to Radio’s top 35 Country Program Directors Thursday night. The event was held during Bob Kingsley’s Acoustic Alley at The Country Radio Seminar.

(By Michael Doyle) Want to know the difference between making sales and creating business relationships? I’ve been married for forty years. Forty years. That’s not making a sale, that’s having a relationship.

(By James Bahm) What does a Disney character have to do with business and professional development? Plenty. There are many business prospects available to you, but unless they know who you are, what you do, and how much value you bring, they are not likely to reach out, talk with you.

The writers, producers, editors, and other storytellers at the iHeartPodcast Network, won voluntary recognition with the Writers Guild of America, East. The recognition comes after a third-party card check confirmed that an overwhelming majority of employees in the bargaining unit signed union cards with the Guild.

The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters Network has produced a Black History Month audio campaign. NABOB partnered with Toyota on 'In Their Own Words'.

Radio One Atlanta has promoted Coriya Burns Falker to General Sales Manager. She will oversee WHTA, Hot 107.9; WAMJ, Majic 107.5/97.5 FM; WPZE, Praise 102.5 FM and Classix 102.9 FM.

iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman began the day Wednesday with a 7:30am CT start time for iHeartMedia's Q4 2021 earnings call, which began ahead of a Country Radio Seminar appearance in Nashville. How did iHeart do? We're delighted to report another strong quarter, Pittman said.

Compared to the industry's No. 1 creator and distributor of audio content — iHeartMedia — Audacy still has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to recovery to 2019 levels and achieving more growth. Year-over-year, there's improvement in the numbers. Compared to 2019? Not so.