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Several publications around New York are calling it a pirate, which was what brought the station to our attention. However, when we contacted the station they told us they were only online. The station is called The Lot Radio, it seconds as a coffee shop and the format is techno. Picture courtesy TimeOut New York.

Is it wise for modern media companies to depend for their content distribution on ecosystems controlled by the likes of Facebook, Apple, or Google? No, say Tom Asacker and Mark Ramsey. But they may have no other choice. Then Tom and Mark discuss whether platform businesses like Google, Airbnb, and Uber are “eating the world” and driving brands without their scale out of business. Check out the latest Media Unplugged podcast with Mark Ramsey and Tom Asacker.

In our latest Management Podcast, Max Media Virginia Beach General Manager Dave Paulus talks about how to be a better manager by catching people doing something great every day, he details the traits of a great manager and gives advice to managers all over the country about how to be a stronger leader.

He was let go from his job as LSM by Emmis in St. Louis in a round of budget cuts earlier this year. Tuesday it was announced that Dave Wisniewski is the new General Sales Manager for the Midwest Communication cluster of stations in Terre Haute.

iHeartRadio's 97.1 WASH-FM in Washington has hired Sabrina Conte as midday host. Conte began her radio career as a traffic reporter for what is now Total Traffic Network in Silver Spring, MD. Conte said, “Hosting the midday show on WASH-FM is a dream come true. I am so excited to be a part of such a fun, well-respected radio station in my hometown and look forward to joining this talented team."

The drop in revenue was blamed on "market declines," and national ad revenue (see next story). When you back out political for Q4, the decrease was 4.9% or $3.4 million. Total revenue for Univision's radio segment in Q4 dropped at total of 12.2% to $72.1 million compared to $82.1 million in 2014. Non-advertising revenue in the radio segment (which is primarily other contractual revenue) decreased 48.6% to $3.7 million from $7.2 million. Univision owns 67 radio stations, including stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico. Total revenue -- including TV, network, digital, and radio -- was up 1.1% to $736 million.

The opening at the CBS station was created by last week’s announcement that Ally was moving from middays to mornings to be part of the Ally & Andy morning show. D'Antonio has been with CBS Pittsburgh for the past six months working weekends and fill-in for both Y108 and 100.7 Star.

The former WRKO Program Director, who also spent eight years with SiriusXM, has been with TuneIn since 2011 as Vice president of Programming. He becomes TuneIn's first Chief Content Officer with this promotion putting him in charge of content acquisition, content strategy, and programming management.

According to Standard Media Index's latest data, U.S. advertising increased 4% in January compared to January 2015. Digital remains the shinny new toy for advertisers with spending for January up 3 points for a total of 27% of all spending. Internet Radio increased a whopping 39% over 2015. SMI saw investment in video sites increase 39% and social media sites were up 56%. Traditional radio ad volume was lower by 16% in January according to SMI data. Television's total market share is currently 59%, having dropped by 2 percentage points from 61% in January 2015. Broadcast TV grew by 9% and cable TV ad spend slipped by 3%.