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While Amazon's AMP Radio allows would-be air talent to dip their toes in the medium for free, a new pirate competitor is rising that is free to listen to, but you have to pay to play - illegally for the most part.

According to the seventh annual Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) US Podcast Advertising Revenue report, podcasting continues to be one of the fastest-growing digital channels, growing two times faster than digital advertising overall because of the medium's continued diversity.

Former Disney Channel star Christy Carlson Romano has signed her podcast, Vulnerable, to independent ad sales company AdLarge's portfolio. The PodCo Network series features interviews with former child stars about their experiences growing up in the spotlight.

Police raided former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon's home and podcast studio in Washington, DC while he was doing a live episode of War Room last week in a "swatting" incident. Authorities received an erroneous call reporting a shooting.

Hollywood and film industry news site Deadline has introduced Strike Talk, a series covering the Writers Guild of America's strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers with topics such as the impact of AI and writer compensation.

Radio Ink goes one-on-one with Jacobs Media founder Fred Jacobs to analyze the finer data points of Techsurvey 2023 that could hold the biggest keys for predicting radio's future. Is Gen Z gatekeeping radio? Do audiences hate dashboard ads? Will subscriptions kill AM?

Happy Friday! This week’s Radio Ink Blast from the Past comes from Ernie Sprance, at the helm of Bill O'Shaugnessy's WVOX-AM in New Rochelle, NY. Send your Blast From The Past to our Online Editor Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has passed two national weather bills that aim to modernize the nation's weather communication and radio service as the country faces increased weather disasters.

Vanderbilt Athletics and Cromwell Media Nashville have announced a new multiyear partnership beginning in the 2023-24 academic year. 102.5 The Game (WPRT) will be the primary flagship station for all Commodore football, men's basketball, and baseball games.

US Representatives Mike Gallagher and Josh Gottheimer have sent a letter to FEMA expressing their safety concerns over automakers removing AM radio in new car models. The letter requests answers to three questions on threats to the Emergency Alert System.