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In the early 2000s, Adam Curry (along with software developer Dave Winer) invented podcasting. Today Curry is reinventing podcasting with a new open-source platform called Podcasting 2.0, a collection of open technologies designed to enhance the RSS podcasting ecosystem.

According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau's U.S. Podcast Advertising Revenue Study, podcast advertising will grow as much in the next two years as it did in the past decade. Driven by a strong Q4 in 2020 (+37%), podcast ad revenues climbed to $842 million in 2020, up from $708 million in 2019.

Beasley Media Group stations are working with Detroit community leaders on an event to encourage Motor City residents to get vaccinated. The Zoom event is the next installment of Beasley’s Solutions Not Slogans campaign.

The annual iHeartRadio Music Festival is set for September 17 and 18 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Partner Capital One is offering special early access ticket sales starting May 18.

Billboard Music Awards is offering radio stations a FREE 60-minute special as a run-up to this year’s show. The 2021 Billboard Music Awards Radio Special is produced by Benztown and McVay Media and hosted by Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees.

Former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino is joining Fox News Channel's weekend primetime lineup as the host of a new 10 PM/ET program launching June 5th. Bongino will continue to serve as the host of Westwood One’s The Dan Bongino Show.

Elvis Duran stars on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Thursday night at 9:00 Eastern on NBC. Duran plays high-roller Kemp Landry who has a predilection for oxycodone, cocaine, and MDMA mixed with fentanyl.

Westwood One has picked up a National Headliner Award. The award from the Press Club of Atlantic City was a first place honor in the Pandemic Coverage/Project category.

Audacy and Osiris Media are partnering to create music podcasts. The launch program is Breaking Waves: Seattle, an oral history of the emergence and growth of grunge and alternative music in the city in the 80s and 90s.

The National Women’s Soccer League and iHeartMedia will kick-off the 2021 season with live audio streaming of games. The partnership will make live game day play-by-play audio streams available for free on an all new iHeartRadio digital NWSL Radio station.