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Forbes couldn't resist taking a dig at radio when listing radio's highest paid hosts in an online story Tuesday. "While the radio industry has been striving to embrace the modern age with new apps and video streaming, today’s highest paid radio stars — all middle-aged white men — highlight how little the industry has actually changed over the years." So let's find out how much Forbes says radio's top hosts are making...

Technology company The Trade Desk will now be using Triton Digital's digital audio exchange a2x, which enables programmatic buying of targeted online and mobile audio ad inventory.

What we know is it's a multi-year renewal with Michael Savage, no other details were released.

Consultant Mark Ramsey says yes in his latest blog posting, following the recent revelation that one household has 16 panelists. He says when you're running a household that contains 16 meters you're effectively a Nielsen employee and his opinion is that's not good. "I think it’s time for many more broadcasters to drop Nielsen and make their products better."

After a few days of stories about the number of panelists in a household, Mark Ramsey's recent blog calling on radio stations to bail on the ratings firm, and the question many managers are pondering about just how many panelists is too many, we wanted to make sure to get Nielsen's take on the situation. We received the following statement from the company on Tuesday.

On Thursday, Beasley's WQYK in Tampa will celebrate the life of Dave McKay, the station's morning man who died unexpectedly last week.

Ticketfly, Pandora's live event subsidiary, announced it has added 12 venues, three festivals, one promoter, and one professional sports team just in the last two months.

The NAB fills us in on the details about the six members of Congress who agree with the recent DOJ decision not to alter the consent decrees for ASCAP and BMI.

Conservative radio host Jason Lewis won the Republican nomination for a U.S. House seat in southeast Minnesota Tuesday. He was endorsed by the Republican party, won a four-way race for the nomination and will square off against Democrat Angie Craig. They are hoping to replace Rep. John Kline who served seven terms.

Adams Radio Group is putting an oldies format on KWML AM 570 and FM translator (104.5) in Las Cruces. And here's why Adams decided to go back in time...