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Hedge fund Corvex Management, which is run by Keith Meister, a protégé of billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, disclosed it owns 9.9 percent of Pandora's stock (22.7 million shares) and is pushing the online streamer to explore a sale instead of pursuing a "costly and uncertain business plan."

Sean “Mac” McNally picks up the evening shift at Country outlet WIVK in Knoxville. McNally was most recently morning show host and Program Director for Brewer Broadcasting’s WPLZ (Cat Country) in Chattanooga, prior to the station’s format flip to Classic Hits late last year.

Coast to Coast AM host George Noory will present a live stage version of his overnight program at Lindenwood University in St. Louis, June 18 at 7:00 p.m.

Amy Lewis Schachter (pictured) is PodcastOne's new VP for East Coast Sales. Schachter joins PodcastOne after 20 years with CBS Radio and Digital properties. The company also promoted Dana Senit to Vice President for West Coast Sales. Senit joined PodcastOne in 2015.

The hedge fund pushing for Pandora to be sold is also criticizing the company for bringing Tim Westergren back on as CEO and his statements about the future of the company.

(By Ronald Robinson) In a candid and self-effacing editorial, Radio Ink Chairman/CEO Eric Rhoads pleaded guilty to the charge of having his attention drawn away by “shiny objects” -- more often than he was comfortable with. Harsh penalties will not be applied, but “forgiveness” may be indefinitely withheld. Besides, those shiny-object episodes are still considered as standard issue “guy thingies.”

The station has agreed to a three-year partnership with the University of Texas at Arlington and its athletics multimedia rights holder, Learfield's Maverick Sports Properties. KEXB will provide live broadcasts of Maverick men's basketball games beginning with the 2016-17 season.

The New York Daily News reports Benjamin Sparks pleaded guilty Monday to harassing Gregg (Opie) Hughes (pictured). He must complete four days of community service and must stay away from Hughes, who says Sparks had been harassing him and his family for nine years. Opie and Anthony are no longer together after Anthony Cumia was let go by SiriusXM after he tweeted out racist comments.

Mike Savage (pictured) is the General Manager at WBAA in Lafayette, Indiana. Savage says, as of August, WBAA will no longer carry NPR's This American Life because the show will be distributed on Pandora. Savage says that is inconsistent with the mission of Public Radio. He also says host Ira Glass is being disingenuous about what he's trying to do.

The host of This American Life was quick to respond to Mike Savage's decision to drop his program. Glass says he sees things differently, and going on Pandora was not some cynical play for money.