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On July 15, 2015, Perot Company Petrus Holding invested in Connoisseur Media, which at the time had 42 stations in 12 markets. On July 16, 2019, exactly four years later, CEO Jeff Warshaw announced the company completed a buyout and management will own substantially all the company.

Nikki Vaughn has been named the new midday personality at Beasley’s 105.1 The Bounce in Detroit. Vaughn most recently served as a midday on-air personality at 105.9 KISS- FM in the Motor City.

In early October, ESPN will debut The ESPN Daily, a podcast that will be published five times per week. ESPN didn't have many details about the new show other than to tout it will be "appointment listening" for sports fans. 

Vic Canales Media Group in South Florida has named Scott Elberg Executive Vice President/Market Manager. Most recently, Elberg was the Director of Business Development for Cumulus Media in New York.

Westwood One News is set to cover the next Democratic Presidential debates from Detroit on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 30 and 31. The debates will feature 20 candidates over the course of the two nights.

Kevin Sheehan is rejoining 980 WTEM-AM/Washington, D.C. Sheehan, a longtime member of the DMV sports media community and native Washingtonian, returns to weekday mornings on August 5.

National radio syndicator MannGroup Radio has inked a deal to syndicate Loyal Ears Digital central radio property Fantasy Free, the digital fantasy sports gaming network designed for radio.

Veteran programmer and St. Louis Classic Rock Hall of Famer Randy Raley has been promoted to Program Director for Classic Rock station KDVV/V100 and Classic Hits station KWIC/99.3 in Topeka, KS.

That's what a new report from Westwood One and Canadian research firm Audience Insights says after the two companies released a study of 1,407 podcast listeners. Here are the highlights from that study.

The company filed an 8K that reported revenue of $913 million for April, May and June, an increase of 2.4% over the $892 million reported in the second quarter of 2018. The NASDAQ also approved iHeart which will begin trading this week.