FRONT PAGE – Page 653 – RAMP – Radio and Music Pros

Square Buys Majority Stake In TIDAL

• Square, Inc., the mobile payments company, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority

• LiveXLive Media, a global platform for livestream and on-demand audio, video and podcast content in music, comedy and pop

• Meruelo Media’s 95.5 KLOS/Los Angeles, “Southern California’s Rock Station,” in connection with Toad Hop Entertainment and the Toad Hop

• Following yesterday’s confirmation of Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo (left) as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce,

• iHeartMedia’s KEGL (97.1 The Eagle)/Dallas-Fort Worth is devoting most of Friday to host the Russ Martin Show Listeners Foundation

• Benztown and its partner Yamanair Creative, which provides custom commercial creative to stations in over 350 markets, have entered

• iHeartMedia has named company veteran Kristy Beebe as the new Market President for the company’s Indianapolis group — Classic Rock

• Cumulus Sports-Talk WGFX (104.5 The Zone)/Nashville has signed sports journalist Buck Reising as its new midday host, weekdays from

• David Crosby has become the latest rock star to cash in on the increasingly lucrative practice of selling his

• The long-running and extremely popular Quiet Storm show on Howard University’s WHUR/Washington continues to expand its footprint — in December