EXECUTIVE ACTION – Page 25 – RAMP

Big Machine Inks Backbeat Troubadours

• Big Machine Records has signed the Backbeat Troubadours, featuring award-winning artists Mark Collieand Billy Bob Thornton. The duo’s debut

• American Public Media’s Marketplace, the most widely consumed business and economic news program in the country — in radio

• Paramount Pictures and Warner Music Group (WMG) have announced a multi-year, first-look deal. The companies will partner on theatrical

• In collaboration with global artist development company Believe, music executive Az Cohen has launched a new record label, AZTEC.

• Beasley Media Group Detroit announced a new partnership with the Michigan Black Business Alliance (MBBA) to support Black-owned businesses

• The Radio Mercury Awards, produced by RAB, announced the finalists for the 2026 competition, recognizing the year’s most creative

• Beasley Media Group announced that longtime Philadelphia radio personality and programming leader Mark “Razz” Radziewicz, PD and midday talent

• Congrats to Chris Eagan, VP of Brand & Content for Hubbard’s WTMX (101.9 The Mix) and WTBC (Throwback 100.3)/Chicago,

• Townsquare Media, Inc. announced a strategic digital advertising partnership with Salt Lake City-based Broadway Media, which has seven radio

• Kobalt, the world’s leading independent music publisher, has promoted Leslie Ahrens to Managing Director and Executive Vice President, Creative,