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• Spotify made its long awaited stock market debut on Tuesday, with shares opening at $165.90, well above the “reference

• Cumulus Media has reached a definitive agreement with Merlin Media to formally acquire Alternative WKQX/Chicago and the iconic WLUP-FM call letters

• Warner Music Group (WMG) has acquired Sodatone, which has established a reputation as the world’s premier A&R insight tool.

• iHeartMedia Boston announced a new long-term agreement with conservative talk personality Howie Carr to remain as host of The

• Steel City Media, which owns two radio stations in Pittsburgh and four in Kansas City becomes the latest broadcast

• Townsquare Media, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire three radio stations in Trenton, NJ from Connoisseur Media,

• Streaming giant Pandora announced it would acquire digital audio firm AdsWizz in a deal valued at $145 million. The

• Looks like three years of “double secret probation” is finally over for the Maney, Roy & LauRen Morning Show,

• Woodward Radio Group (WRG), a division of Woodward Communications, Inc. is adding an eighth signal to its Wisconsin portfolio,

• Silver Lake has made a strategic investment in the Oak View Group (OVG), an entertainment and sports facilities company