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Sports Talker Josh Innes is out of a job again. The former WIP Philadelphia host was hired by iHeartMedia at their AM Sports Talker in Houston in 2016. He posted on Twitter Wednesday that he was let go after his morning show. He was told it was for budgetary reasons.

It seems we've covered more courtroom drama about Bubba The Love Sponge than we have of him on the air. Bubba, who fought with Nielsen for years after he got caught tampering with a panel member, before settling just before his trial, has filed a lawsuit against Cox and others.

Yes, Napster is still around after all these years. Univision's Uforia and Napster have signed a new partnership in which the new Uforia app will be powered by Napster.

Bob Pittman, Rich Bressler, John Sykes, and Tom Poleman have been named UJA-Federation of New York’s "Music Visionaries of the Year." They will be honored for their outstanding professional and philanthropic achievements at the Music Visionary of the Year Award Luncheon June 11.

Entercom and Premiere Networks have announced a long-term contract extension that will keep the national radio talk show host on 15 Entercom talk stations across the country.

Programming veteran Morgan Prue has been named Assistant Program Director/Music Director at Beasley’s 105.7 WROR-FM in Boston. Prue served as APD at WMJX-FM/Boston (MAGIC 106.7) the past six years.

Devon van der Merwe has been promoted to Director of Sales for Entercom Greenville. She previously held the role of General Sales Manager for the Greenville market since 2016.

The Elvis Duran Group and SportsGrid have assembled a team for their Fantasy Sports Radio Network to broadcast live from the National Fantasy Baseball Championships, Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16.

(By Adam Jacobson) When asked if they owned a smart speaker, nearly all of the Hispanic Radio Conference attendees raised their hands. But, what are Spanish-language radio station owners doing to promote their stations on this device heralded as bringing AM and FM back into the home?

And wouldn't that be a nice new revenue stream? As states approve the retail sale of marijuana across the United States, these new business owners are looking for ways to stand out in this increasing crowd of sellers. If you get that call with an order to promote pot, what do you do?