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Smulyan sounded more optimistic than he has in many months regarding radio revenue. Not only was Emmis' recent quarter (September, October, and November) up nearly 5%, the months ahead are looking strong as well.

Former radio PD Gator Michaels has been promoted to the position of President of Reviver Records.

(By Buzz Knight) CES is always deep in major announcements from big brands and today we focus on a revolutionary development in the automotive space.

The winners were unveiled at CES Thursday. The purpose of the Hackathon is to generate potential commercial products and services utilizing existing media technology, data, and infrastructure, as well as to conceptualize the kinds of transformative, disruptive technologies that will become mainstream in the next 20 years.

(By Ronald Robinson) A Chief Petty Officer barges past bridge security and hollers, “Torpedo off the port bow!” Does the officer of the deck, instead of lunging to take immediate evasive action, pause to write the Chief up for “insubordination”? Allegorically speaking, this reflects the world of radio.

As the company inches closer and closer to emerging from bankruptcy, with a much cleaner balance sheet, iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman sat for an interview with Vonnie Quinn of Bloomberg Markets this week.

Gimlet Media’s The Story Pirates Podcast, made for kids, will launch a season of 20 new episodes on January 31. The podcast launched on October 2, 2013.

(By Buzz Knight) Every year at CES one of the must-attend events is the Shelly Palmer Innovation Breakfast. Palmer (pictured here) leads the Palmer Group which offers strategic counsel, design and digital engineering services for some of the world's best-known brands.

Reality TV stars Brandi Redmond and Stephanie Hollman have jumped into the world of podcasting with YEA Networks. The show is called Weekly Dose of B.S.

Amazing Race winner and Big Brother contestant Jessica Graf, is launching a new podcast, Now What? on PodcastOne.