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Neil Young’s latest website post directs his fans to subscribe to Amazon Music to stream his entire catalog, with a free 4-month access code. Check out his post HERE.

Joni Mitchell said she decided to remove all of her music from Spotify in support of Neil Young. Young gave Spotify an ultimatum, either they dump Joe Rogan or he'd pull his music from the streamer. Spotify went with their $100 million podcaster.

LWC Studios is joining with Sounds Profitable, as a new 'The Podcasting, Seriously Awards Fund' partner. Sounds Profitable is a source for podcast advertising and ad tech education and news.

The agenda for CRS 2022 has been released and it includes 18 panels, along with mentoring sessions and record label luncheons. The Country Radio Seminar 2022 is set for February 23-25, 2022 at the Omni in Nashville, Tennessee.

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva will be hosting a weekend program on KFI-AM 640 in LA. 'Live and Unscripted with LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva' will air Sunday evenings on the iHeart station.

Shortly after Spotify announced it was removing Neil Young's music over the Joe Rogan kerfuffle, SiriusXM announced the limited return of Neil Young Radio featuring Young's music and stories from the rocker himself. Neil Young Radio will run for 7 days on channel 27.

The National Association of Broadcasters had been pushing for President Joe Biden's FCC nominee Gigi Sohn to recuse herself from several broadcast issues. The NAB was concerned about her time as a board member of Locast, a nonprofit which was ordered to shut down after illegally streaming programming.

Beasley Market Manager Joe Bell says Marta DeLisi rocks as the General Sales Manager for WJBR in Wilmington. Our Sales Manager of The Week Feature is sponsored by The Center For Sales Strategy.

Cox Media Group has announced that after 31 years in radio, 29 years with Cox, and 21 years at CMG's Houston cluster, Johnny Chiang will be joining Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts to create Red Street Records, a new country music record label.

Saga Communications CEO Ed Christian's contract was extended another two years by the Saga Board of Directors this week. He will now run the company until at least 2027. Christian has been the Saga CEO since its inception in 1986.