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The Tom Joyner Foundation and BetMGM are partnering to offer an Executive Series to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The partnership will offer HBCU students the opportunity to network with BetMGM executives to navigate the recruitment process and prepare for careers at the company after graduation.

WOUB Public Media is launching a new podcast hoping to shed light on the mystery surrounding the cemeteries at the old Athens Lunatic Asylum in southeast Ohio, now known as The Ridges. WHO Lies Beneath: The Asylum gives names and voices to those who were buried there under numbered tombstones. The first episode drops July 28th.

SiriusXM and host Joe Madison have signed a new multi-year deal. His show airs weekdays from 6:00-10:00 a.m. ET on Urban View channel 126. Madison is a member of the National Radio Hall of Fame.

"All-American: Venus & Serena" leads off the second season of Stitchers sports documentary series. The ten-episode season is produced by Stitcher’s Witness Docs unit.

“Beauty Translated” is the first podcast in iHeartMedia's NextUp Initiative. The new lineup features voices from all backgrounds, including members of historically underrepresented groups.

“Stepmom Presents: The Husband Hunt” is the first episode of Clown Parade. Each month, the show will feature four episodes by a different up-and-coming comedic talent, hosted by an original character of their own creation.

Trip Reeb, VP/MM in Phoenix is adding Seattle to his Hubbard management duties. Reeb is replacing the exiting VP/Market Manager, Wheeler Morris, who announced that he has accepted a position with Townsquare Media as their Market President for Fort Collins, CO.

Trey Morgan has joined BIG 98.1 (WOGL-FM) in Philadelphia. Morgan brings his experience in five of the ten biggest radio markets to afternoon drive starting July 1.

Joe Cariffe, National Sales Manager for Bonneville in San Francisco, is a writer in his spare time. His first crime fiction book is coming out later this Summer.

SoundExchange has filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Slacker and its parent company LiveOne. SoundExcahnge seeks to recover unpaid royalties owed to performers and rights owners.