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Global podcast company Acast has teamed up with Podscribe as its preferred attribution partner across all markets. As such, Acast has declared that starting September 1, it will discontinue accepting new campaigns utilizing Spotify’s Ad Analytics.

Libsyn has introduced Predictive Contextual Targeting, aimed at enhancing ad targeting abilities for podcast advertisers without relying on cookies. The feature allows advertisers to fine-tune their targeting across various audience segments, such as Pet Owners or Big Box Store Customer.

PRX has selected New Hampshire Public Radio to participate in its 2023 Journalism Podcast Accelerator. NHPR's entry, This Is A Love Story, is a nonfiction podcast focusing on a couple who has triumphed over trauma, racism, and incarceration.

Triton Digital has released its US Podcast Ranker for July 2023 reporting period, which reflects a stable industry with familiar names holding strong positions. Once again, SiriusXM Podcast Network is sitting at the top of the Top Sales Networks Report.

A new report by Edison Research's Share of Ear survey, updated to reflect Q2 2023, reveals that AM/FM radio remains a robust force in the total audio listening space, particularly in terms of reach. This also expands to include an increased digital footprint.

Is your station streaming content on digital platforms? Do you have effective tools for monetizing your digital audience? If you answered "yes" to the first questions, but "no" to the second ... your station is losing money. So how do radio sellers and managers fix that?

Radio Ink is excited to welcome two highly respected voices in the radio industry to its team of columnists. Both John Shomby and Charese Fruge' are joining the ranks for our digital headlines, leveraging their extensive experience and expertise to benefit readers.

Davis Broadcastings's Smooth Jazz 101/100 (WJZA) is helping around 200 Atlanta families facing food insecurity with a free grocery shopping experience. The station is hosting the Goodr Pop-up Grocery Market with help from local businesses and sponsors on Saturday, August 26.

"Live and Local." It's said to be the essence of radio. But in the era of RIFs and budget cuts, sometimes dayparts become voicetracked from afar or subbed entirely for network programming. So how do the Best Program Directors fight back?

Davontae "Vont" Leak is set to become the new night show host at iHeartMedia Twin Cities' 101.3 KDWB starting on August 21. Leak, who graduated from William Paterson University this past Spring, briefly spent time this summer at iHeart's KKDM and WHO in Des Moines, Iowa.