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More from the Triton 2022 report. NPR News Now came in as the top podcast of 2022, based on average weekly downloads. Crime Junkie was next, followed by Ben Shapiro, Dateline NBC and Morbid. Here are Triton's top 20 for the year.

Podcast hosting company Blubrry has released a new podcasting 2.0 feature for podcasters called Value4Value, partnering with Alby for its adoption. Blubrry now allows its customers to earn revenue through crypto donations.

Luis "Cipha Sounds" Diaz is joining Audacy's WXBK (94.7 FM, The Block) in New York City, where he will host middays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., starting Thursday. He previously worked at SiriusXM's Shade 45 and WQHT.

Cynthia Alston Bell, Cumulus Media's senior marketing consultant in Charleston, received the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Portrait Award during a ceremony on Tuesday. State Rep. Gilliard established the award in 1998 to honor local individuals and their service to the community.

Following the recent passing of long-time founder and CEO Duke Wright, Midwest Communications has announced that Peter Tanz will step in as the President of the company. Wright passed away on Dec. 21, 2022.

The NAB says it is monitoring a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday accusing Alphabet's Google of monopolizing digital advertising technologies. In a statement, a NAB official said broadcasters have lost billions due to Google's purported anticompetitive practices.

Crossover Media Group has added Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner. Kirschner is an attorney, former U.S. Army JAG, former career prosecutor at the D.O.J and an NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst.

Lava for Good is launching an original podcast (distributed by iHeartPodcasts) called The War On Drugs hosted by famed Atlanta comedian and actor Clayton English and Attorney Greg Glod. LISTEN

Country Radio Broadcasters has named Tracy Lawrence as the recipient of the 2023 CRS Artist Humanitarian Award and Brent Michaels as the recipient of the 2023 Tom Rivers Humanitarian Award. In a statement, a CRB official said both individual devoted significant personal time to charitable causes.

Studstill Media, the family-owned company that operates several radio stations under the Mendota Broadcasting and Laco Radio subsidiaries, have agreed to sell eight stations to Illinois-based Shaw Local for over $1.8 million.