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According to Standard Media Index, overall national advertising was up 5% in Q2 with digital still riding high, up 12 %. Social Media grew 45%, video-only websites were up 21%, content and TV websites were both up 18% and search was down 5%. Out-of-home media was up 9%, national TV was flat, and radio was down 1%. Print dropped a whopping 22%.

Hidden Truth: Transgender Movement, the second installment of a weekly hour-long podcast series created by civil rights attorney and host Jim Breslo, has debuted on the heels of wrapping his first season, Hidden Truth: Las Vegas Shooter.

Stephanie Perl has been appointed Senior Vice President and Market Manager for Entercom Hartford, effective Monday, August 6. She will be overseeing 1080 WTIC News Talk (WTIC-AM), 96.5 TIC FM (WTIC-FM), HOT 93.7 (WZMX-FM), and Lite 100.5 (WRCH-FM).

Pro Football Talk Live with Mike Florio, is adding former NFL quarterback Chris Simms and longtime NFL insider Peter King for a weekly two-hour simulcast.

Entercom Denver has named Toshamakia to the position of Music Director and afternoon drive host on the Mile High City's heritage Hip-Hop station KQKS KS1075. She starts Monday, July 30.

In an 8K filing Monday, Beasley Media provided specific revenue details about Philadelphia Country station WXTU-FM. Last week Beasley announced it was purchasing the station from Entercom for $38 million. Here's how much revenue the station generated...

The new program, launching this fall, will be a weekday talk show with a fresh take on culture, the arts, the news of the day, and life in New York and the surrounding region. Stewart began her career as a producer/reporter for MTV News’ breakthrough presidential campaign coverage Choose or Lose, for which she won a Peabody Award.

Eagle 98.1 WDGL/Baton Rouge (Guaranty Media) has shuffled its lineup as Dan Day At Night exits. Classic Rock veteran Mike Benson returns to the air in the midday slot.

Also in the 8K filing, the company released preliminary revenue results for the quarter that ended June 30. Beasley estimated that for the months of April, May, and June, net revenue will be between $61 million and $61.65 million, representing either no change or an increase of up to 1.0% compared to net revenue of $61.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017.

On Monday, the House of Representatives unanimously passed the PIRATE Act, which provides the FCC with tough new enforcement measures to combat illegal pirate radio operations. It now moves on to the Senate. Here's what the President of the New York State Association of Broadcasters, David Donovan, had to say about the Act passing the House...