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Triton Digital and Edison Research announced on Tuesday that the two companies are expanding their digital media study of consumer adoption, The Infinite Dial, to Canada. The new study, much like the American version, will examine the digital media consumption habits of Canadians, including time spent with digital audio, podcasts, smart speakers, social media, video, and mobile.

Media software company Marketron has been purchased by Private Equity Firm Diversis Capital. The company named marketing technology leader Michael Collins as its new CEO, replacing Jeff Haley. Haley has been CEO since leaving the RAB as CEO in 2012, and will remain on the Marketron Board.

...nothing will. If you have not heard KFAN Minnesota host Paul Allen's radio play-by-play call of Minnesota's last second win over New Orleans Sunday night, it's time you gave it a listen. It was amazing -- if you are a Vikings fan. It's probably very painful if you're a Saints fan. There's no doubt it was a great radio moment. LISTEN HERE.

The nationally syndicated Elvis Duran will be inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2018 NAB Show. Duran’s career spans more than 30 years and includes both host and PD duties at iHeart's WIOQ-FM Philadelphia and KBest Media's KBTS-FM Austin, as well as stints at Entercom's WZGC-FM Atlanta and Cumulus' KRBE-FM Houston.

Adam Kurtz has been named Senior VP of Sales for iHeart's Chicago Region. Kurtz joined iHeartMedia’s Chicago Region in 2001 and has been promoted from AE to LSM, GSM, and VP of Sales in 2015. Kurtz will report to Matt Scarano, President of the Chicago Region for iHeartMedia.

Brad Polston (pictured) is no longer the Market Manager for iHeartMedia in Indianapolis. He tells the Indianapolis Business Journal, the parting was mutual. “We were just headed in different directions."

Birch will join MSG as a director. He currently owns Lakes Media, a company with nine stations in southern Virginia and northern North Carolina. Birch also owned Opus Media Group and was the founder and CEO of Birch/Scarborough Research.

Westwood One Sports’ Monday Night Football announcer Kevin Harlan is the 2017 National Sports Media Hall of Fame Sportscaster of the Year. Harlan joined CBS Sports in 1998 as an NFL play-by-play announcer, after working at Fox Sports. This is his 33rd consecutive season broadcasting the NFL and he's called 30 season's worth of NBA games.

WGN Radio will change its Sunday programming lineup this Sunday (Jan. 21) and debut The Karen Conti Show, hosted by Chicago attorney Karen Conti from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Conti has been a practicing lawyer in Chicago for over 30 years

Gold celebrates 20 years in sports radio this month. He landed in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill “Triangle” 20 years ago and was hired by then 850 The Buzz, the Triangle’s first all-sports radio station, to host afternoon drive.