It’s Official. NPR Moving To Triton
As we reported yesterday, Triton Digital will now provide the streaming technology for NPR. It was made official in a press release Monday. The deal deepens the relationship between the two companies.
Lafayette Sports Talker Arrested
The Advocate has the details about Jordy Hultberg who police say pushed his wife into a dresser when she caught him with another woman.
Beckles Joins The Bone
Tampa’s 102.5 The Bone is adding long-time Tampa talk personality Ian Beckles as of August 7. Beckles previously worked for sports talker WDAE, but he's been off the in Tampa since 2015. The Ian Beckles Show will air Sunday's from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
iHeart Announces Date, Lineup For Festival
It's the 6th annual iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. The dates are September 23 and 24 and your friendly host will be Ryan Seacrest. This year the lineup includes U2, Sting, Drake, Britney Spears, Sam Hunt, Billy Idol, Florida Georgia Line, OneRepublic, Tears for Fears, Ariana Grande, Pitbull, and Usher.
DGital Media, Fortune Unveil New Podcast
DGital Media is partnering with Fortune to launch Fortune Unfiltered, which will feature CEOs, thought leaders, executives, and other influencers in business today. The first podcast launched Monday.
AdLarge Picks Up Unnecessary Podcast
It's a national ad sales agreement for the Completely Unnecessary podcast which has over 30,000 downloads per episode and 200,000 YouTube subscribers. The show covers pop culture topics such as games, movies, and comics. It's hosted by writer and gamer punk Pat Contri, along with fellow gamer, Ian Ferguson. The show is produced every other week.
Walgreens Jumps Into Top Three
The Home Depot and GEICO held onto their top spots, 1st and 2nd respectively, in the weekly Media Monitors chart. Walgreens moved up from 10th to 3rd by airing 28,439 commercials last week.
Clint Marsh Lands Specialist Role At Futuri
His new title is Partner Integration Specialist and he’ll report to Sr. VP/Operations Todd Thomas. Marsh has experience as a Market Manager, Operations Manager, and PD. At Futuri, he'll work with stations to develop strategies for audience and revenue growth.
Westwood One All Over Both Conventions
In our continued coverage of how radio is covering the two political conventions, today we check in with our friends at Westwood One. In Cleveland, the Westwood team included correspondents Bob Costantini, Jim Roope, Alan Scaia, and Karin Caifa. Chas Henry anchored longform coverage and Michael Toscano anchored evening short form special reports.
Teach Your Advertisers Why They Should Buy Radio
(By Bob McCurdy) I had the good fortune of spending a considerable amount of time over the years with a giant in the advertising business, Erwin Ephron. You don’t get named by American Demographics magazine as one of the five most influential media people in the past 25 years (2003) by not being pretty good. Erwin’s gifts were many but one of his most notable was being able to make the complicated, simple.
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