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Effective immediately, iHeartMedia Memphis has a new Market President for the seven-station cluster, and she wasted no time in getting to work. The new President will also oversee iHeart's group of six Tupelo, Mississippi stations. Then there was a frequency swap on top of that.

It's another baby step in what will likely become an outright fight between publishers and AI-generated music. Major audio streamer Spotify has pulled a number of artificial-intelligence-made tracks by the creation app Boomy, but this time it's a different issue than when UMG pulled an AI Drake and Weeknd song.

Eduardo Caballero, known as "The Godfather of Hispanic Marketing & Radio," has died. Arriving in the US after fleeing Castro's Cuba in 1962, Caballero is remembered for his roles in both radio and television that helped create the U.S. Hispanic media landscape of today.

Recently, YouTube has been courting major podcast producers like Slate, NPR, and the New York Times to bring their popular audio content to the space. Despite the huge success of podcasts elsewhere, views on the video streamer remain exceptionally low. Why?

Entravision Communications roared into 2023 as digital led the lion's share of revenue. Company leaders praised Hispanic radio's resiliency despite headwinds in the absence of political spending combined with a looming banking crisis.

Cumulus Media Appleton-Oshkosh has announced the appointment of Operations Manager Jay Philpott for their five stations. He will also serve as PD and afternoon host for Classic Hits station 103.9 WVBO. Philpott returns to Wisconsin from Cumulus' Minneapolis cluster.

Live-streaming radio app TuneIn has partnered with business and financial publisher Dow Jones to bring WSJ Radio to the platform with curated audio content from Dow Jones publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and MarketWatch.

Benztown and McVay Media Podcast Networks have launched a gripping limited series documentary podcast titled Derailment Disaster: Crisis in East Palestine. The podcast investigates the dark side of the U.S. rail industry and the consequences of prioritizing profits over safety.

KT Studios, a Los Angeles-based production company specializing in true-crime, has announced a new lineup of shows with iHeartPodcasts. The upcoming slate includes The Moscow Massacre, True Crimes, and Murder 101.

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