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Tyga Signs With Columbia Records

• Grammy® Award-nominated multiplatinum hip-hop star Tyga has officially signed with Columbia Records in what is described as a “multi-million dollar

• Joe “Flu Season” Lewis has been named as the new afternoon drive talent and Programming Assistant for Cumulus Urban KTCX

• iHeartMedia has named Brent Johnson as General Sales Manager of its Louisville cluster. As GSM, Johnson (left) will be responsible

• Def Jam Recordings announced a restructured executive leadership team — Rodney Shealey has been promoted to EVP of the label,

• SummitMedia Greenville, SC has appointed Steven Fulton as Promotions Director, starting today. In this newly created position, Fulton will oversee

• Cumulus Media announced management changes at the top of its Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA groups — after eight

• As first reported by RAMP on Tuesday, Entercom has formally announced that Jay Hicks is the new PD of Rhythmic WPGC/Washington.

• Veteran programmer Tod Tucker is packing for a move to Louisiana as the newly named Operations Manager of Cenla Broadcasting’s cluster

• Columbia Records has named Azim Rashid as Senior Vice President Urban Promotion. In this new position, Rashid will leading the

• Last week we reported that “Hurricane Dave” Smith had exited as VP of Programming & Operations for Radio One Atlanta