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Major Garrett has been a familiar face in television news for years, first with Fox and now with CBS as its chief White House correspondent. Takeout is Garrett’s weekly podcast that covers politics, policy, and pop culture. Each episode is actually recorded over a meal at a Washington, D.C. restaurant.

(By Ronald Robinson) Not only does the print medium access our capacities for critical thinking, electronic media bypasses that -- leaving us more credulous and more gullible, more open to being influenced! We are more apt to believe the material that gets injected into us electronically.

(By Bob McCurdy) The first step toward creating an effective media campaign is determining who should be targeted with the messaging. Get this wrong and the odds of succeeding drop dramatically.

(By Randy Lane) Artist interviews can be a trouble spot in PPM when they aren't executed properly. Conversely, they can turn viral when the guest is part of the fun instead of the standard  Q&A session. Try playing Never Have I Ever with the next band that visits your studio.

(By Ryan Wrecker) Music discovery has become less organic and more calculated. A similar shift just happened in cable TV. Last year, Netflix surpassed cable television in subscribers, forcing the industry to rethink how they distribute and introduce content. Suddenly the restraints of strict network programming were lifted and left behind altogether. But what about radio?

WTMJ Radio and 94.5 KTI COUNTRY -- both of Milwaukee -- combined to win 15 awards for excellence from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association on Saturday night. The awards included News & Talk Station of the Year, News Operation of the Year, and Social & Digital Media Operation of the Year for WTMJ.

This comes from a recently filed bankruptcy court document and involves contracts between the two companies. Those agreements include such things as affiliation agreements for Westwood One News, Satellite Services, Chicago Bears Football and The Carson Daily Show.

Salem Media Group has hired Carolyn Cassidy as its new GM in Columbus, Ohio. Cassidy previously held the GM spot at Salem’s Denver radio stations. She's also worked for Wilks Broadcasting in both Denver and Columbus.

Smokey Rivers has been named PD for Entercom's "The Sound" (KSWD-FM) in Seattle. Prior to joining Entercom, Rivers was VP of Programming at iHeartMedia in Phoenix and VP for all CBS Radio Adult Contemporary Stations. Until Smokey arrived, the programming duties were covered by VP of Programming Dave Richards.

The streaming pure-play took in $319.2 million in revenue in Q1 of 2018, a 12% increase over Q1 of 2017. Advertising revenue in Q1 was $214.6. Subscription revenue was $104.7 million. That's 63% higher than Q1 of 2017. Pandora now has 5.63 million subscribers paying for the service, 19% higher than Q1 of 2017. Furthermore, 140,000 net subscribers were added in Q1.