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'My Cultura' is being launched by iHeartMedia. The standalone venture will focus on Latinx voices and creators.

Dr. Jack Casey will be leaving WERS-FM in Boston later in May to become a consultant. Casey has been the General Manager of WERS for 16 years.

ViacomCBS is expanding its’ podcast footprint. More than 20 podcasts covering comedy, news, true crime, sports, kids, entertainment, and music; will premiere in 2021.

The City of Richmond has chosen Urban One and Maryland Developer The Cordish Companies as the two finalists to build a new casino. Bally's has been eliminated from consideration. Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins said a final decision will be made by the end of May or early June.

Urban One reported first quarter results Wednesday and with its core radio ad business down 13.7%, CEO Alfred Liggins said he was pretty happy with the company's performance and he sees significant rebound activity in Q2 for Urban One's radio business.

Audacy has named Spike Eskin VP of Programming for WFAN in New York City. Eskin moves to The Big Apple from Philadelphia where he was PD for SportsRadio WIP. He'll take over for Mark Chernoff on July 1st.

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.