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Digital audio advertising platform DAX is the exclusive distribution and monetization partner for AMERICA 2.0, a new political drama serial. This original podcast launches with ADT and GEICO signed up as its first advertisers. The six-episode podcast stars Laurence Fishburne and Patrick J. Adams.

Former -- and very short-term -- White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci and his wife, Deidre, have signed a deal with Radio.com to launch Mooch and the Mrs. The weekly podcast will feature the couple discussing the world from opposite sides of the political spectrum.

Model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez and Univision Communications debut In Our Words, a podcast about overcoming adversity. This weekly podcast features stories impacting society; testimonials of survivors, their personal experiences, and the different ways in which each of them was pushed to the limit.

Trend-setting and notorious gossip columnist, Perez Hilton, announced Tuesday the debut of The Perez Hilton Podcast with Chris Bookeron leading on PodcastOne.

On Tuesday, WNYC Studios launches the third season of its acclaimed podcast The United States of Anxiety, with an examination of gender in American politics and the wave of women working to dismantle male power structures with the 2018 midterm elections.

Popular Canadian mystery podcast Nighttime has joined Corus Entertainment’s Curiouscast podcast network. The deal sees the podcast expand its reach by launching onto select Corus-owned Global News Radio AM stations across the country this October.

The Friends of mvyradio Board of Directors have appointed Paul J. Finn (aka PJ) to the position of Executive Director, effective August 1. PJ has been part of mvyradio at 88.7 on the FM dial, and its predecessor station at 92.7, for 18 years.

Jording Silver makes the move to Kansas City to be the new morning host at KRBZ "The Buzz." She will be joined by Danny Boi and Mark, weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. ET.

Maria Palmer has been named Music Director for iHeartMedia Charlotte and on-air host for 106.5 The END (Charlotte) weekdays from 7 p.m. to midnight. She will report to Chuck "DZL" Thompson.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit released an opinion upholding the Copyright Royalty Board’s “Web IV” music streaming rates for years 2016-2020. SoundExchange caused the ruckus in this one, raising a number of arguments in an attempt to upend the CRB-established rates.