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James Kauffman, who was arrested this week, accused of killing his wife April Kauffman (pictured), has been moved to a jail 100 miles away after prosecutors said in court Thursday his co-defendant planned to kill him. Authorities believe Kauffman and co-defendant Augello Ferdinand killed the talk-show host to protect an illegal drug run they were involved in with the Pagans biker gang.

Dennis Gwiazdon has been named Market Manager of Beasley’s cluster of radio stations in Las Vegas. He replaces Tom Humm who's decided to pursue other interests. Gwiazdon most recently served as Market Manager for Midwest Communications & South Central Communications in Nashville.

On Thursday, SiriusXM announced a new agreement with CEO James Meyer. The deal will pay him $2 million per year and run through the end of this year. Meyer will also be eligible for a bonus if the company achieves certain performance goals. And he'll get a 3-year $6.6 million consulting deal with the company if he's fired. Here's more on that...

Millman has been upped to Vice President of Community Relations/Sales for The Ace & TJ Show and Radio Button Network. She has been with the show for more than three years, moving from Director of Operations to this newly created position.

The new weekly podcast from ESPN Audio is called Sports? with Katie Nolan. Nolan joined ESPN last October and appears across multiple ESPN platforms. She is a regular host of SportsCenter on Snapchat, and recently co-hosted a live Twitter show prior to the Titans vs. Chiefs NFL Wild Card game. She also contributed to the MegaCast for the College Football Playoff National Championship.

It's a new 24/7 channel for Barstool Radio on SiriusXM and it rolls out next Wednesday. The channel will feature a full schedule of live original Barstool programming every weekday, plus select content from Barstool's lineup of podcasts, including Pardon My Take, Laces Out, KFC Radio, I Am Rapaport, and others.

SiriusXM is expanding into the domain of social justice, announcing Thursday the launch of Last Mile, Second Chances, a new show about formerly incarcerated women moving back into society and how communities can help in the transition. The show airs on SiriusXM's Urban View channel 126 at 9:00 a.m. ET.

During his Q3 earnings call on Thursday, Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan said advertising took a "pretty significant downturn" in the last six months of 2017. And, as digital and social continue to make significant advertising revenue gains, Smulyan predicted 2018 would be up only 1% for radio. He also said radio "could be flat or it could be down slightly. He was also asked about the CBS/Entercom merger.

Same-station revenue was down 4% for Emmis' 3rd quarter which includes September, October, and November of 2017. The markets in which Emmis operates were down 2%. CEO Jeff Smulyan said, "There was nothing great about our performance." He added these are challenging times in the broadcasting industry and pointed out what other companies were facing. No doubt he was referring to Cumulus in bankruptcy and iHeartMedia's $20 billion in debt.

(By Stuart Rosen) There has been some confusion in the industry following last month’s decision by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which affirmed Judge Stanton’s ruling that the BMI Consent Decree does not prohibit fractional licensing. BMI views the decision as a welcome, stabilizing event, and we genuinely believe the rest of the industry should as well. Allow us to explain why and hopefully alleviate any concerns.