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Yungblud, DJ Mustard, Backstreet Boys & More Remember the First Time They Heard Their Music On the Radio
March 15, 2019 3:59 PM EDT 0 0 0 "I was like 'Mom, my song’s playing on the radio in America,' Yungblud recalled. 'And she was like, 'That’s mental.'" The iHeartRadio Music Awards took over the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday (Mar. 14 ...
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Billie Eilish Doesn't Fit Any Genre, But May End Up Dominating Radio Anyway
March 12, 2019 4:43 PM EDT 0 0 0 Billie Eilish has said she wears different scents around different people so that everybody has their own idea of what she smells like. She does the same with her music: Each song pivots from the previous release, no two sounding too similar. Her br ...
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As Streaming Hits New High, Podcasting Goes Mainstream, Smart Speakers Take Hold & Pandora Dominates: Study
March 08, 2019 2:06 PM EST 0 0 0 Streaming reached a new peak this year, potentially driven by smart speakers and a surge in podcasting, new data from Edison Research and Triton Digital shows. According to the 2019 Infinite Dial study, Americans are spending more time listening to ...
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Companies Behind 300 Canadian Radio Stations Consider Dropping Michael Jackson's Music
March 07, 2019 8:03 PM EST 0 0 0 "Our decision for the time being is to make no firm decision," says an executive with Stingray Three Canadian radio stations have pulled Michael Jackson 's songs following the release of HBO's documentary Leaving Neverland last w ...
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A Reissued Ray Charles Classic Offers 'Modern' Lessons on Country's Potential Among Black Fans
March 07, 2019 11:40 AM EST 0 0 0 Jimmie Allen , Darius Rucker and Kane Brown are making a statement in contemporary country by tearing down the historical belief that the genre is closed to people of color. But the advances the music has made at eliminating racial stereotypes on th ...
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'Bean' Baxter Exiting KROQ Morning Show 'Kevin & Bean' After 30 Years
March 06, 2019 7:16 PM EST 0 0 0 Baxter, who has hosted the show alongside Kevin Ryder since it launched in 1989, made the surprise announcement Wednesday morning. Gene "Bean" Baxter is leaving KROQ's morning show Kevin & Bean after 30 years. Baxter, who has ...
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SiriusXM Creates First-Ever Pandora Content Team to Produce Podcasts, Playlists & More
March 06, 2019 4:35 PM EST 0 0 0 SiriusXM chief content officer Scott Greenstein heads up the new initiative. In SiriusXM's latest update to Pandora since acquiring the digital streamer last month, the satellite radio giant on Wednesday (March 6) announced the first-ever ded ...
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2 New Zealand Radio Stations Drop Michael Jackson Music After 'Leaving Neverland'
March 05, 2019 6:49 PM EST 0 0 0 In the wake of HBO’s Leaving Neverland documentary focusing on child-molestation accusations against pop star Michael Jackson , some radio stations have begun to remove the artist's songs from rotation. On Monday, three Canadian stations pulled ...
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3 Quebec Radio Stations Stop Playing Michael Jackson Music After 'Leaving Neverland'
March 05, 2019 3:01 PM EST 0 0 0 Three major Montreal radio stations have stopped playing Michael Jackson songs as a result of child-molestation allegations against the late musician that aired Sunday and Monday in an HBO documentary. A spokeswoman for the owner of the French-langu ...
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Prosecutors Recommend Two-Year Prison Sentence for Former Radio Host Craig Carton's Co-Conspirator
March 01, 2019 5:32 PM EST 0 0 0 Strip club operator Michael Wright allegedly helped Carton steal $2 million. Prosecutors with the Southern District of New York say a co-defendant of former sports radio host Craig Carton should face 21 to 27 months in prison for his role in a Ponzi ...
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iHeartMedia Announces Special Broadcast To Celebrate New 'American Idol' Season
March 01, 2019 8:49 AM EST 0 0 0 iHeartMedia announced Thursday (Feb. 28) that Ryan Seacrest will host a special American Idol broadcast to introduce the season premiere of the ABC Television Network singing competition. “ American Idol continues to be one of America’s favor ...
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SiriusXM Adds More Than 100 New Channels to Streaming Platform
February 28, 2019 11:35 AM EST 0 0 0 On the heels of its recent aquisition of Pandora, satellite radio behemoth SiriusXM is adding more than 100 curated music channels to the streaming platform, its biggest unloading yet. The new, commercial-free " Xtra Channels " are availab ...
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SiriusXM Drives Higher Liberty Media Financials in Q4
February 28, 2019 10:40 AM EST 0 0 0 Liberty Media, the company controlled by billionaire mogul John Malone and which houses such assets as satellite radio company SiriusXM Radio, the Atlanta Braves baseball club and the Formula One racing circuit, on Thursday reported higher fourth-qu ...
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Howard Stern & Robin Quivers Try to Cover 'Shallow': Watch
February 27, 2019 9:57 AM EST 0 0 0 It's...something. There have been a bunch of really great covers of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper 's show-stopping A Star is Born duet "Shallow." Kelly Clarkson , Nick Jonas , Lewis Capaldi, America's Got Talent alum Brian Ju ...
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Nick Waterhouse Unveils New Material at KCRW Apogee Session
February 26, 2019 4:56 PM EST 0 0 0 The L.A. soul rocker's self-titled album is out March 8. Musician and producer Nick Waterhouse previewed tracks from his upcoming self-titled album during a recorded session at Apogee Studios in Santa Monica, California, for local public radio ...
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iHeartMedia Buys Cloud-Based Tech Company Radiojar
February 26, 2019 2:58 PM EST 0 0 0 iHeartMedia announced its acquisition of Radiojar Information Technology S.A. today (Feb. 9). The Anthens, Greece-based online audio technology company was bought by iHeartMedia, Inc. subsidiary RCS . iHeartMedia said it will incorporate Radiojar ...
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The So-Called 'Local Radio Freedom Act' Is Actually an Anti-Creator, Anti-Property-Rights Bill (Guest Column)
February 25, 2019 3:32 PM EST 0 0 0 The LRFA is a deception that both conservatives and progressives in Washington should shoot down, writes A2IM CEO Richard James Burgess. The 116th U.S. Congress and Democratic majority in the House of Representatives are barely two months old, yet s ...
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Radio Royalty Bill Introduced in Congress (Again) Arguing Stations Should Not Have to Pay Artists & Labels
February 21, 2019 8:08 PM EST 0 0 0 It is the latest in a string of similar bills presented to lawmakers biennially. Radio lobbyists and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in Washington D.C. are backing the latest iteration of the Local Radio Freedom Act, which would limit royalties ...
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What Did Kacey Musgraves' Triumphant Grammy Night Say About Country Radio?
February 21, 2019 9:21 AM EST 0 0 0 "She won't do the promotional things that radio expects," said an exec on why country radio ignored what became the Grammy album of the year. What did Kacey Musgraves ' triumphant Grammy night say about country radio? Musgraves w ...
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Rising Gorilla or Shrinking Dinosaur? Country Radio Questions Its Future
February 20, 2019 10:18 AM EST 0 0 0 Country radio is "an 800-pound gorilla," Garth Brooks told programmers during the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville Feb. 13-15. "It ain't going anywhere." Broadcasters themselves seem more cautious. Quite possibly, it� ...
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Paul Shaffer to Launch 'Paul Shaffer Plus One' Celebrity Interview Show on SiriusXM & AXS TV
February 18, 2019 8:59 AM EST 0 0 0 Paul Shaffer has mastered the art of captivating conversation from his seat at the piano, and the renowned bandleader and four-time Emmy nominee will further hone his chat chops with the launch of his new multi-platform series, Paul Shaffer Plus One ...
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Garth Brooks On His Amazon Deal and Putting Radio First: 'Country Radio is the 800-Pound Gorilla'
February 15, 2019 1:47 PM EST 0 0 0 Two years into his exclusive streaming and downloading deal with Amazon Music, Garth Brooks detailed how he hopes to expand the relationship to embrace terrestrial country radio stations further and to protect the songwriters during an in-depth town ...
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What Does Cumulus' Sale of WPLJ & WNSH Mean for New York City Radio?
February 14, 2019 3:24 PM EST 0 0 0 In a matter of hours on Wednesday, New York City’s radio landscape changed significantly as Cumulus Media Inc. dealt adult top 40 or "hot adult contemporary"-formatted WPLJ, and country WNSH (Nash 94.7), to Educational Media Foundation (EM ...
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Cumulus Media Sells Off Six Stations to K-LOVE Christian Radio Owner EMF, Including New York's 95.5 PLJ
February 13, 2019 7:12 PM EST 0 0 0 The radio giant also swapped three stations with Entercom Communications Corp. Cumulus Media Inc. announced on Wednesday a combo of portfolio moves that sells six radio stations to Educational Media Foundation (EMF) and swaps three stations with Ent ...
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As Country Radio Seminar Turns 50, Terrestrial Radio Redefines Its Role
February 12, 2019 6:15 PM EST 0 0 0 Radio stations are still a major voice in the genre, but not the only one. When broadcasters convene in Nashville for the 50th annual Country Radio Seminar (CRS) running Wednesday to Friday this week, they will find their industry in a much differen ...
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Will Record Labels Soon Have a Sirius Problem?
February 11, 2019 3:07 PM EST 0 0 0 The satellite giant's purchase of Pandora could give it leverage. SiriusXM's $3.5 billion purchase of Pandora, finalized Feb. 1, will create a digital-radio behemoth with customized radio playlists, a contract with Howard Stern and an esti ...
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Spotify's Acquisition of Gimlet & Anchor Does to Podcasts What It Can't Afford to Do to Music
February 08, 2019 6:34 PM EST 0 0 0 Now the streaming giant can finally bring its vision of becoming a "two-sided marketplace" to life -- just not for music first. Over the past several months, Spotify’s relationship with record labels and distributors has been murky at best ...
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North Carolina Radio Stations Drop R. Kelly From Playlists
February 06, 2019 4:02 PM EST 0 0 0 Two radio stations in North Carolina’s largest city have dropped R. Kelly from their playlists. WBTV in Charlotte reports WOSF-FM operations manager Jeff Anderson said he doesn’t think it’s in the best interest of the station to play Kelly’s songs, ...
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Beyond Cars: SiriusXM Hopes Pandora Will Help It Expand Into New Terrain
February 06, 2019 11:21 AM EST 0 0 0 SiriusXM CEO Jim Meyer has big plans for the now-largest audio entertainment company in the world. The satellite radio giant closed its $3.5 billion acquisition of music streaming service Pandora Music on Feb. 1, adding to the former's 34 milli ...
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Spotify to Acquire Podcast Firms Gimlet Media, Anchor
February 06, 2019 7:32 AM EST 0 0 0 "These acquisitions will meaningfully accelerate our path to becoming the world’s leading audio platform," says CEO Daniel Ek. Music streaming giant Spotify on Wednesday (Feb. 6) unveiled definitive agreements to acquire podcast creator Gi ...
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'Big Bang Theory' Cast and Creator Prove Their Fab Four Bonafides on New Sirius Series 'Big Bang Beatles'
February 04, 2019 1:42 PM EST 0 0 0 Beatles fans are getting a little something special on Sirius/XM's The Beatles Channel through Thursday (Feb. 7), courtesy of a group of primetime TV Beatlemaniacs. “Big Bang Beatles” will feature four cast members from CBS' long-running ...
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SiriusXM Finalizes $3.5 Billion Purchase of Pandora
February 01, 2019 3:02 PM EST 0 0 0 Satellite radio giant SiriusXM has completed its $3.5 billion acquisition of digital radio and streaming service Pandora. Shareholders gave the deal their seal of approval earlier in the week, when it was also announced that Pandora CEO Roger Lynch, ...
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Apple Music's Zane Lowe to Keynote 2019 Music Biz Conference
January 31, 2019 11:07 AM EST 0 0 0 The Music Business Association (Music Biz) announced on Wednesday (Jan. 30) that Zane Lowe will give a keynote at the 2019 Music Biz Conference. The Grammy-nominated producer is the global head of artist relations at Apple Music and host of its Beat ...
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SiriusXM Grows Subscribers, Financials in Fourth Quarter
January 30, 2019 8:33 AM EST 0 0 0 Satellite radio giant SiriusXM, home of Howard Stern, on Wednesday reported improved fourth-quarter financials as it continued to add subscribers. SiriusXM added a net of 346,000 subscribers in the latest quarter, ending it with more than 34 million ...
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Roger Lynch To Exit As Pandora CEO As Stockholders Approve Acquisition By SiriusXM
January 29, 2019 4:55 PM EST 0 0 0 Roger Lynch , who has served as CEO of Pandora since August 2017, will be stepping down from the company, according to a press release. The news comes as Pandora stockholders approved the company’s $3.5 billion acquisition by SiriusXM , which was fi ...
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iHeartMedia Promotes Jon Zellner to President of Programming Operations, National Programing Group
January 29, 2019 4:12 PM EST 0 0 0 iHeartMedia announced on Tuesday (Jan. 29) the promotion of Jon Zellner to president of programming operations for its national programing group, effective immediately. He will report to Tom Poleman , the company's chief programing officer. ...
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Mark Ronson Talks Recording Single With Howard Stern, Haim, The Roots: 'We Can Have a Hit'
January 29, 2019 10:45 AM EST 0 0 0 The producer also discussed some behind-the-scenes stories from 'A Star is Born' on Stern's show on Tuesday morning (Jan. 29). Howard Stern has long proclaimed himself to be the "King of All Media," but after reaching the to ...
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Radio Disney Country Embraces Women Ignored On Terrestrial Airwaves
January 29, 2019 10:28 AM EST 0 0 0 When the 50th annual Country Radio Seminar convenes in Nashville Feb. 13-15, terrestrial programmers will likely be talking mightily about a subject that's not officially on the agenda. The conference is packed with panels on time management, i ...
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Country Radio and St. Jude Make Strides in 30-Year Battle With Childhood Cancer
January 25, 2019 11:32 AM EST 0 0 0 The 30th annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids charity fundraising initiative gets underway. Taking on a task as complex as eradicating childhood cancer deaths would be daunting for any group and could easily become demoralizing. But that has been ...
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iHeartMedia's Bankruptcy Plan Approved, CEO Bob Pittman Receives Contract Extension
January 22, 2019 8:12 PM EST 0 0 0 The restructuring process will cut the company's debt load and spin off its outdoor advertising business. iHeartMedia has received necessary approval for its Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, which will cut its debt load and spin off its outdoor adve ...
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Thomas Rhett's 'Sixteen' Becomes 5th 'Life' Single to Top Country Airplay Chart
January 22, 2019 11:55 AM EST 0 0 0 Thomas Rhett 's "Sixteen" ascends 3-1 on Billboard 's Country Airplay chart (dated Jan. 26), up 6 percent to 40.2 million audience impressions in the week ending Jan. 20, according to Nielsen Music. Co-written by Rhett, "Si ...
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Box Office: 'Glass' Opens to $47M Over MLK Weekend
January 20, 2019 4:29 PM EST 0 0 0 Elsewhere, Japanese anime pic 'Dragon Ball Super: Broly' surprises, while 'The Upside' continues to laugh loudly. M. Night Shyamalan's Glass is easily winning the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend at the box offi ...
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What to Make of R. Kelly's Catalog – And How Much Does That Matter? – On the Chart Beat Podcast
January 17, 2019 9:30 AM EST 0 0 0 A roundtable discussion following the premiere of Lifetime's "Surviving R. Kelly." Welcome to the Billboard Chart Beat Podcast , where each week co-hosts Gary Trust and Trevor Anderson , from the Billboard charts department, discuss w ...
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iHeartRadio Launches a Broadway Channel and Digital Hub
January 14, 2019 8:43 AM EST 0 0 0 Fans of show tunes are getting another place to get their fix now that iHeartRadio has launched a Broadway channel and online hub. iHeartRadio Broadway started offering streaming music from Broadway shows Monday. A companion website will provide new ...
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iHeartMedia Redesigns Family App, Partners With Honda, Samsung, Android and Roku
January 08, 2019 12:02 PM EST 0 0 0 iHeartMedia announced the redesign of their iHeartRadio Family app among other innovations on Tuesday (Jan. 8) during the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The iHeartRadio Family app has improved navigation as the scrolling mechanism is ...
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Community Organizers Call on iHeartRadio & Radio One to Ban R. Kelly Music
January 07, 2019 5:57 PM EST 0 0 0 The accused musician has reportedly seen a spike in streams since the release of Lifetime’s 'Surviving R. Kelly.' Following the release of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly docuseries that aired in six parts over the weekend, community leaders ...
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iHeartMedia Names Hetal Patel EVP of SmartAudio Intelligence Insights
January 03, 2019 9:06 AM EST 0 0 0 iHeartMedia has named Hetal Patel executive vice president of SmartAudio Intelligence Insights, the radio giant's team dedicated to consumer insights, market intelligence and tracking industry trends. Patel was most recently head of sales resea ...
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Mitch Glazier Takes Over as Chairman and CEO of RIAA
January 02, 2019 1:13 PM EST 0 0 0 The new year brings “new leadership for a new era” at the Recording Industry Association of America as Mitch Glazier formally becomes chairman and CEO of the influential trade group. Announced back in April, Glazier succeeds Cary Sherman , who has r ...
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Stingray Drops Takeover Bid for Music Choice
January 02, 2019 11:26 AM EST 0 0 0 Canadian digital platform Stingray has pulled its $120 million offer to acquire U.S.-based TV music platform Music Choice. The original bid to Music Choice's consortium of owners, including Comcast, Charter and Sony, among others, had been made ...
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Justice Department Demands Radio Station Be Ordered to Register As Russian Agent
January 02, 2019 10:44 AM EST 0 0 0 On New Year's Eve, the U.S. Department of Justice ratcheted up the legal war with the owner of a Washington D.C. radio station that is broadcasting Sputnik International. In Florida federal court, the DOJ now demands injunctive relief requiring ...
