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Larj Media has launched a new podcast network created, produced, and hosted by women. Content will focus on topics including news and politics, entrepreneurship, self-development, the future of feminism, and relationships and dating. Larj Media is a company launched by Tina Nole who worked for CBS Radio News as a writer and producer of long-form news stories. She worked for Harvey Nagler, among others.

That's been the big question for years. Is it worth your time to put together a podcast if not enough people are listening for advertisers to support it. A new report from Nielsen indicates that there are new data that shows advertisers should be spending more money on podcasts.

(By Michael Botta) A few years ago, while working for a previous employer, I was assigned to work with a senior manager and his radio stations in Canada. His company brought us in to work with their managers and AEs to increase local sales. These guys didn’t have a market problem or even a station/format problem — they had a leadership problem.

Neal Mohan, chief product officer for YouTube, will headline the NAB opening on Monday, April 9 at 9:00 a.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Mohan will discuss how the intersection of content, hardware, and software is allowing media companies to reach more audiences in new ways.

Beginning Monday, April 2, the TV simulcasts of ESPN Radio’s weekday morning Golic and Wingo and midday’s The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz will join afternoon’s The Will Cain Show on ESPNEWS, making the network the TV home of ESPN’s three weekday national radio simulcasts.

(By Ronald Robinson) If radio, generally, is to pull up and get back to altitude, adjustments will have to be made. Not superficial fiddling. CORE matters — base, fundamental, communicative approaches that radio, so far, refuses to consider or exploit.

Imaging company Benztown is calling for entries for its seventh annual Iron Imager Contest, an international radio imaging contest where audio production professionals compete for the title of World’s Best Imager.

Life and business strategist, best-selling author, and acclaimed speaker Ismael Cala has a new show on reVolver Podcasts: DeMente Positivo con Ismael Cala. Specializing in personal development and mindful leadership, Cala was dubbed “the Latino Larry King” by The New York Times.

An SEC filing on Monday outlines the deadlines iHeart has set to complete its restructure with the bankruptcy court. The company also says once the restructure is complete Clear Channel Outdoor will be separated or spun-off.

Beasley Media stations WSOC-FM, WPEG-FM, WNKS-FM, WKQC-FM, and WBAV-FM in Charlotte, NC, are the latest stations to use Focus 360’s networks that are “Powered by Jelli.”