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Whether or not you can play music during your podcast is always an interesting topic. It involves many organizations and rules that help make it one of the most complex and confusing issues in the podcasting space today.

Podcast company Cadence13 has announced a partnership with Headspace to launch a new slate of original podcats. The first, Radio Headspace, will launch on May 11 and will feature a daily, short-form meditation podcast.

Community Broadcasters radio stations in Northern New York ran a 12 hour fundraiser, Tuesday, May 5 raising money for the United Way of Northern New York. The group raised about $15,000 during the fundraiser that aired on the 8 station Northern NY cluster.

Entercom's Boston cluster of stations raised enough money to provide 156,684 meals to be distributed by the Greater Boston Food Bank. The May 5 fundraiser was part of the company’s Stay Connected initiative to support local communities.

Spanish Broadcasting System in South Florida along with the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce worked together to deliver 100 hot meals and sweets to healthcare workers at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

The Stacking Benjamins Show hosted by Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh Bannerman teaches listeners about personal finance through headlines, guests and humor. The hour-long, magazine-style show drops each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Ajit Pai and NAB CEO Gordon Smith are set for a keynote conversation at the upcoming NAB Show Express Welcome event. The virtual event is set for Wednesday, May 13.

Three new iHeart Original Podcasts were launched today. Subjects range from strong women, unintended historical consequences and trends worth trying.

Chris Oliviero is the new Market Manager for Entercom New York. He'll take over for Susan Larkin, who officially became the Entercom COO May 5, replacing Weezie Kramer who announced her retirement in March.

No reason was given for the split and the change was made without any announced transition. Cox simply announced Wednesday that Guthrie, who's been with CMG for 22 years, was leaving as CEO. Steve Pruett, Executive Chairman of Cox Media Group, will serve as the Interim CEO until a permanent CEO is hired.