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The AFL-CIO has passed a resolution of support for the American Music Fairness Act. The AMFA sets up a performance fee system requiring radio stations to pay for playing music. It is being pushed by the musicFirst Coalition.

In Partnership with iHeartMedia Martha Stewart will host "The Martha Stewart Podcast". The talk show style series will feature interviews with entrepreneurs to give listeners a crash course in brand-building, leadership, collaboration and success.

Alpha Media San Jose’s Bay Country (KBAY 94.5 FM/KKDV 92.1 FM) has named Danny Miller as the station’s first local evening personality. Miller is a Bay Area radio veteran, most recently heard in the afternoons on the former classic hits KBAY-FM.

Dylan Salisbury will oversee Programming for Alpha Media's KBFF-FM in Portland, OR. Salisbury moves to KBFF directly from a two-year stint as PD and Afternoon Host at KKMG-FM in Colorado Springs.

Marlon “DJ Thump” Rice is the new host of "Thump In The Morning" on Jammin 105.7 (KOAS-FM) in Las Vegas. He transitions from afternoon drive which will be handled by a new hire Picazzo.

Spotify is launching a new documentary podcast about artists who break barriers in music and culture. Season one is about musician Sylvester and will document the illustrious musical career and impact of the genre bending icon.

Brian Heffernan will serve as interim executive editor of the St. Louis Public Radio newsroom. Heffernan has been the digital and special projects editor at STLPR since 2018. The position was held previously for over six years by Shula Neuman.

Gemini XIII has added two senior sales and marketing professionals. Erica Farmer joins the company as Vice President, Strategic Marketing, and Jaclyn Mifka is the Director of Ad Operations & Planning.

For years, advertising agencies have been avoiding certain content on radio to shield their clients from controversy. Spotify says it is joining forces with a company called Integral Ad Science do something similar for podcast advertisers.

In June 2020, Radio Cleveland filed an application to transfer control of WAID-FM in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Then in September 2020, Radio Cleveland filed an additional transfer of control application for its remaining stations. However, they made one pretty big mistake, according to The FCC.