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A veteran technology executive and the CEO of global athletic apparel company Lululemon Athletica Inc. are the newest members of the Walt Disney Company Board of Directors.

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With the Memorial Day holiday weekend coming in hours, Miami-based Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) early Friday released its first quarter 2021 results, ahead of an earnings call for analysts and investors in six days.

How did the multimedia company targeting U.S. Hispanics perform in the first three months of the year?

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Charter Communications‘ Spectrum Community Investment Loan Fund has invested $1 million in the Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF).

The nonprofit certified community development financial institution (CDFI) will provide low-interest loans to small businesses in Charter’s North Carolina service area.

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In much of Connecticut, Rocker “I-95” is perhaps used more than the actual Interstate highway traversing the southern portion of the Constitution State. It’s a heritage station based in Danbury, and has a Country sibling that is today one-third of a Hudson Valley-focused Country station.

Both FMs have a new Market President and Chief Revenue Officer.

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Podcasting is definitely the audio flavor of the times.

And to take advantage of that a podcasting services provider, Podcastle, has added to its audio tool chest.

According to the company, clients can now edit audio, convert text into podcasts and create usable audio clips from video and other audio sources.

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Podcastle founder and CEO Artavazd Yeritsyan said, “Although many tools have come onto the market for photo and video editing, audio technologies have been less accessible. We believe that audio will continue to be one of the fastest-growing and influential categories in storytelling.” He added, “Our goal is to remove barriers so that people can focus on creating interesting content and not have to worry about complex or expensive software to do it.”

As a further demonstration of widespread interest in the podcasting sector, the company announced funding from venture capital firm Sierra Ventures last year.

Info: https://podcastle.ai

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Audacy, the former Entercom, has announced some personnel changes in its San Francisco and Sacramento operations.

Current Audacy Sacramento Market Manager Stacey Kauffman will assume the role of regional vice president and market manager for Audacy Northern California. She will oversee KGMZ(AM), KLLC(HD2), KITS(FM), KLLC(FM), KCBS(AM), KRBQ9FM) and KGMZ(FM) in San Francisco.

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She succeeds Greg Nemitz and will report to Regional President Doug Abernethy. Kauffman has been with Entercom/Audacy since 2015. She has also worked for Hubbard Broadcasting, Radio One and Susquehanna Radio.

Kauffman announced that Kieran Geffert has been promoted to vice president of sales for Sacramento and San Francisco. Geffert will handle sales throughout northern California. Geffert started with KCBS(AM) when it was part of CBS Radio.

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Connected TV adoption has exploded. But how are advertisers fairing amid the transition from linear to what in the U.S. is called “CTV”?

That’s a question Innovid and Digiday believe they have the answer to, as it has released the results of a survey of 100+ brand marketers and agency execs’ thoughts on the state of Connected TV advertising.

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“There is no small irony in the observation that the deal to combine WarnerMedia and Discovery will, at least initially, have a far greater impact on linear TV than it will on streaming,” note Craig Moffett and Michael Nathanson of MoffettNathanson, the esteemed Wall Street analyst house. “Yes, the deal is ostensibly about assembling the right assets for a DTC future. But perhaps its most significant impact early on will be that it slows rather than hastens the pace of the transition.”

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Your RF site is more than a transmitter and a tower. It’s an entire ecosystem!

Radio World’s latest free ebook helps you to make sure it is running efficiently, safely and profitably.

Workbench legend John Bisset shares some of the best tips from years of helping readers maintain their sites. Paul Tinkle helps non-engineers understand what to watch for when they visit a site.

Peter Burk explains how a remote control system can help you improve routine maintenance and reduce emergency calls. Buc Fitch lays out a philosophy for clean reliable power.

Sean Edwards helps you identify trouble spots in your antenna system. Josh Bohn explores options for site connectivity.

The folks at Fluke list 10 dumb things people do when testing electricity. And award-winning engineer Jeff Welton opens up his famous bag of tips ‘n tricks!

Read it here.

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Newly released research finds that the total market value of digital content will grow by 105% over the next five years.

This value, says Juniper Research, takes into account pay-per-download revenue, in-app content spend, subscription revenue and ad spend over digital content.

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