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Stern, Rush, Beck, Seacrest Combine for $303 Million

Howard Stern made $95 million between May 1st 2011 and May 1, 2012 according to the latest listing of the World's Most Powerful Celebrities in Forbes magazine. Forbes calculated the gross income of the celebrities pretax and before management, agent and attorney fees were deducted. Rush Limbaugh is listed making $69 Million.

BIA/Kelsey Says Local Advertising Shifting to Online

The report says local ad spending will grow at a rate of 2.6% through 2016 to more than $150 billion. That's the good news, the bad news is, BIA/Kelsey expects spending to increasingly shift from traditional media and direct advertising to digital alternatives. Mobile and online will account for the largest increase in local ad spending, nearly doubling from $11.1 billion in 2011 to $21.8 billion in five years.

Townsquare Hires Former Kraft VP

Townsquare creates the position Executive VP and Chief Strategy Officer for Mark Stewart. Stewart is responsible for overall positioning of the Company’s diversified assets, including Townsquare's 244 radio stations, a live event business and digital properties. Stewart was at Kraft Foods, where he was VP Global Media overseeing Kraft’s global media budget. Stewart reports directly to CEO Steven Price.

Entravision Turns Tropical in Orlando

It's called "Salsa 98.1" on Entravision's WNUE-FM in Orlando. Entravision Radio President Jeff Liberman made the announcement. “We understood the need for an all-tropical format in the market and, with Orlando being one of the fastest growing Hispanic markets in the U.S., we are committed to providing listeners with this highly in-demand tropical music on Salsa 98.1 FM.”

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Not So Fast Pandora. iHeart Hits Milestone

Clear Channel says iHeartRadio now has 10 million registered users. Even though the app has been out since 2008, users were not required to register until the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas last September when Clear Channel upgraded the app allowing users to create their own stations. So for iHeartRadio the climb to 10 million only took 8 months. It certainly doesn't hurt when you have hundreds of radio stations to help promote.

ESPN Radio’s Audio Avenue Set For May 23rd

ESPN Radio will host its owned and operated stations from New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Dallas as well as 12 affiliates in a special day-long event May 23. Those 16 stations as well as network shows will broadcast throughout the day from the second annual “Audio Avenue” to be held outdoors on the quad of ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol.

(BLOOMBERG) Digital Dashboard Becomes Mainstream

(NY TIMES) Spotify Raising Millions

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(TECHCRUNCH) Hackathon Photos Roll in

(WSJ) Is This Just Another Bubble?

(WIRED) Think You Should LIKE The Stock?

Does GM Have a Point About Dropping Facebook?

Women Click on More Ads

(CNBC) Emmis Stock Poised for Breakout

(Wash Post) NPR Struggling With Advertising

Businessweek Does Huckabee Feature

Paul Koffy New AM Host at KMNB Minneapolis

CBS Market Manager Mick Anselmo makes the announcement “It has been about finding the right talent for the lead chair on BUZ’N. I am excited to announce that Paul Koffy will be joining our on air staff. He’s talented, award winning, and grew up in the shadow of the Twin Cities. His knowledge of our area and love for the music will be felt by the BUZ’N listeners every day." Koffy starts Tuesday, May 29th.

John Candelaria New PD for Beasley in Vegas

Candelaria will program BOB-FM KVGS-FM and The Oasis KOAS-FM in Las Vegas. Candelaria moves to the Beasley stations in Vegas from Radio One’s KBFB-FM and KSOC-FM in Dallas where he was Operations Manager and Program Director for nearly 10 years. He started in broadcasting in 1982 at Urban Contemporary KANW in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Candelaria starts his new job Monday, June 4th and reports to Ops Manager Justin Chase.

Y100 Miami Names Chad Valentine APD/MD

In his new role, Valentine will oversee Y100’s daily operations and programming. He most recently served as Program Director for Wild 95.5 in West Palm Beach. Valentine joined Clear Channel Media West Palm Beach as an evening host in 2004. During his tenure with Clear Channel West Palm Beach he also served as Music Director and Assistant PD. Valentine will continue as afternoon host on West Palm Beach’s WLDI Wild 95.5 from 4-8.

Thanks for The Memories And You're Fired

Life can be difficult for stand-alone stations in markets with clusters up the road that can do more with less and still operate during a recession. Independently owned WFNX has been competing in Boston for nearly 30 years. Until Wednesday that is, when Stephen Mindich (pictured here from the Boston Herald) notified his staff he was selling to Clear Channel. He then fired 17 of the 21 employees.

What's Next In Digital Media?

At Radio Ink's Convergence 12, set for June 4-5 in Silicon Valley, Larry Marcus -- managing director of Walden Venture Capital and an original investor in Pandora -- has assembled a panel of successful venture capitalists representing different stages of investment, from seed/angel through later/expansion stage.

(MANAGEMENT) Compensation and Leadership Ideas

(by Ken Thoreson) At this time of year sales management must be looking at pipeline levels and goals for July/August and determining if there is the necessary level of activity to ensure targets will be exceeded.

(SOCIAL) Google+: Living Up to its Promise?

(by Mike Stiles) So how much are you conducting social marketing on Google+ as compared to Facebook and Twitter? Yeah, we thought so. It's worth remembering that Google's social network has only been widely available to the public for eight months. And it's only been available for use by us brands for six months. Six months, that's it. True, that amount of time seems like a blink. But considering the speed with which technological, and particularly social innovation, moves, it's also "forever."

(PODCAST) How to Generate Lucrative Leads

How many times have you returned to the office and announced to the sales team..."that's it everyone, time to go home, we've just been making too many sales calls today. In his earnings report to Wall Street the always colorful Ed Christian said he still believes there are businesses not being called on by radio salespeople and he's been around quite awhile. What we dicided to do in our latest podcast with Matt Sunshine from the Center for Sales Strategy is discuss lead generation.

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(LEGAL) RMLC Settles With BMI. Where's SESAC?

(by Davix Oxenford) The Radio Music Licensing Committee has announced a settlement with BMI over music royalties for the public performance of musical compositions for the period 2010-2016. Terms have not been announced, so we can't provide the details, yet. But as I wrote recently, when the RMLC announced the terms of its agreement with ASCAP, we would assume that the terms would be somewhat similar to the ASCAP deal.

(SOCIAL) 4 Ways To Divide Your Time In Social

(by Loyd Ford) There are a lot of things you can do with social media, but stations have specific needs. As programmers or personalities, we should be seeking access to ears and eyes for our products both online and on-air, and also to participate in the lives of the most active listeners.

(PROGRAMMING) McRadio – Not Even

(by Ron Robinson) During all dayparts, corporate music radio has multiple opportunities to dish out the equivalent of a full and yummy smorgasbord. A tantalizing and stunningly attractive buffet. But, we won't do that. Instead, we are offering up the music radio equivalent of cracked bowls of dry cornflakes.

(TALENT) 5 Lessons From Little League Baseball

(by Angela Perelli) Say you're seven and up at bat for your first baseball game of the year. You're wearing your still-white baseball pants, a fresh red jersey, new cleats, and a Cardinals cap. Your first at-bat against the provincial champions, you hit a single. The next boy up swings and sends the ball to right field. As you reach second base, Dadcoach voices shout at you from all directions: "Go to third!!!" "Stay at second!!!" "Keep going!!!" "STOP!"

Convergence: Special Registration - Spend Less Learn More

"Bravo! As I sort through my 27 pages of hand written notes. I have to admit by 5pm, I think I had reached the maximum of bandwidth of comprehension." 2011 Radio Ink Convergence Attendee. Convergence is jammed packed with concepts, ideas and information that impact every aspect of your station's digital strategy. To get the most out of radio's premiere digital conference, we encourage you to send at least three people - and if you do, we'll offer a fourth registration absolutely free this week.

Rob Glaser Gets Real At Convergence 12

Rob Glaser has been in streaming since before the beginning: He founded RealNetworks in 1994, and the company soon debuted the groundbreaking RealAudio, which created the market for real-time streaming audio. When KPIG in Freedom, CA, became one of the first stations to stream its over-the-air programming, way back in 1995, it got online via RealAudio.

Hotel Rooms For Convergence Selling Out

Radio Ink's 2012 Convergence is just a few short weeks away and hotel rooms are filling up. In addition to the first ever panel on the battle for the dashboard, attendees will see innovative speakers and informational panels as more companies increase their total digital revenue, understanding how vital online revenue is to their future. Take a look at our agenda. See who we have as keynote speakers. Most importantly, do not delay in reserving your room for Convergence 2012. If you want an edge over your competition when it comes to digital revenue in 2012 and beyond, we'll see you in Santa Clara June 4th and 5th.

The Battle For The Dash Coming to Convergence

With real estate limited and demand extremely high, the only question that remains is who will win. Gone are the days when AM/FM radio owned the dashboard in every automobile that rolled off the assembly line. We now live in an age where automotive manufacturers are creating entertainment systems - or infotainment systems - where consumers want to be able to safely use every app on the smartphone without ever having to take their hands off the wheel.

Borrell To Unveil Eye-Popping Research

Radio Ink is proud to announce that Gordon Borrell has joined our action-packed lineup at Convergence June 4th and 5th. Borrell will bring with him new research about local media and details about who's generating significant digital revenue. We spoke to Borrell abuot why it's important YOU attend Convergence 2012.

The Best of The Best in The Digital World.

Rewarding the best in the digital world is nearly complete. You submitted the nominations, our judges did their homework and the finalists have been selected for the 2012 Radio Ink Digital Awards. It's time to recognize and reward the people, stations, and companies that drive the industry in new media. All the winners will be announced at Convergence 12, to be held June 4-5 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley. Our digital awards are sponsored by Presslaff Media.

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