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Cox Media Group says it has appointed Justin Wenokur to serve as its vice president of digital revenue and sales strategy. Wenokur previously served as the senior director of digital strategy for Cox Media's Local Solutions.

The New York Times gets in on the end-of-the-year best-of list fun with 10 of its own, including: Legacy of Speed, Not Lost and Rumble Strip. Read the full list from The Times HERE.

The New Yorker is out with its top ten podcasts of 2022. They are not familiar names to most podcast listeners, certainly not the shows you see every day on top of the various monthly podcast charts. Check out the magazine's top ten HERE.

Podcast Movement's Evolutions will take place March 7th through 10th in Las Vegas. On Wednesday the organization annonced their first round of speakers. Here they are...

Colorado Public Radio says it will celebrate 50 years on air with a celebration called the "50-ish Anniversary." The public radio network said its first station, KCFR (90.1 FM) in Denver, was granted its first license in 1970; celebrations were postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic.

SportsMap Radio Network says it will debut a new program called "First Name Sports" on January 2. The show will be hosted by Jeff Michael and Greg Franks, and will air on the SportsMap Radio Network weekdays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time.

The U.S. Senate confirmed the nominations of two new board members for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Kathy K. Im and Diane Kaplan were confirmed during a late evening vote; Rubydee Calvert's re-nomination to the board was also confirmed.

Cox Media's Atlanta R&B station WALR (104.1 FM, Kiss) is partnering with the Warrior Alliance to give 10 families of military veterans their Christmas wishes by fulfilling gifts and other requests on their holiday lists.

Cumulus country station KRST (92.3 FM) in Albuquerque raised over $200,000 for St. Jude Children's Hospital during a recent radiothon. The two-day event started Thursday, December 8 and saw station staffers and volunteers raise funds for St. Jude.

KIIM (99.5 FM) in Tucson raised more than $54,000 for a local children's non-profit organization during its annual Penny Pitch charity event. The event invited listeners to donate spare change for Arizona's Children Association.