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Jason Derulo has released the first single from his upcoming third studio album. 'The Other Side' was reportedly written about his girlfriend Jordin Sparks. The 23-year-old pop star is well known for hits such as 'Whatcha Say' and 'Ridin Solo.' Like those songs, 'The Other Side' is upbeat and includes memorable, sing-along hooks. The song also has a dance and club vibe to it, helped out by the production of Ammo. Although the song can be adapted as a party song, 'The Other Side' was very personal to Derulo who was feeling thankful after a near-death experience. He told MTV, "I feel like I'm a different person. I'm a little more grown-up, and my music will always match that. So it's a Jason Derulo that is a little more sleek, a little more refined." The track received its joyful and energetic feel from the experience and was also inspired by Sparks. The lyrics specifically discuss a friendship that turns into a relationship, which resembles Derulo's and Sparks' real-life relationship. Derulo sings, "This could be perfect, but we won't know unless we try. I know you're nervous, so just sit back and let me drive." Derulo and Sparks have reportedly been collaborating on new material that may be on Derulo's upcoming record. The still-unitlted record is scheduled to be released sometime in the summer. Take a trip to 'The Other Side' with Jason Derulo right now on AOL Radio's Fresh 40 station. Listen to Fresh 40 on AOL Radio...(read more)

Jennifer Lopez has once again teamed up with Pitbull for her upcoming eight studio album. 'Live It Up' is the third time these two have collaborated, following 'On the Floor' and Dance Again.' RedOne, who also produced those tracks, took on the same role again for this summer jam. Like those two hits, these three artists have produced a song that is ready right now to become a dance-fueled summer anthem. Pitbull familiarly introduces the song over pulsating, powerful synth-beats by RedOne. The dance-pop tune will be perfect for the clubs, especially in the infectious and joyful chorus. Lopez is fierce in this track and entertainingly shares many inspirational lyrics in support of her message to 'live it up.' Yet, the song's main, repetitive hook will probably stand out this summer as a voice says, "Make love, don't fight. Let's f**k tonight." That is followed by a noisy, dub-step-like breakdown. 'Live It Up' may be the most successful song of the three that Lopez, Pitbull, and RedOne have produced together. It should be one of the biggest hits of the summer, combining Lopez' charm, Pitbull's signature club voice, and an unforgettable club beat. Lopez is expected to premier the song for the first time on the finale of Season 12 of 'American Idol,' where she served as a judge for the past two seasons. It is likely both Lopez and Pitbull will follow that performance with their own at the 2013 'Billboard Music Awards.' Lopez' eight studio album is expected to be released at some point this year. Get ready for summer right now and 'Live it Up' on AOL Radio's Fresh 40 station. Listen to Fresh 40 on AOL Radio...(read more)

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By Walter Sabo Sabo Media Chairman NEW YORK — Made you look! There is nothing harder than finding effective digital sellers. So hard, it is logical to conclude that there aren’t any great digital advertising sellers. The job listings are packed with ads begging, “Sharks wanted.” “Are you a shark?” “Can you bring business with you?” “Closers only.” The account executive turnover at major digital firms is very high. Start-ups raise funds to salary qualified, experienced shark-sellers but their hires sell—nothing. Not a little, but nothing. In talking with dozens of start-up CEO’s they share the same story: “I hired a seller with a killer resumé and they sold, nothing. All the billing we have was sold by me and my co-founder.” CEOs try new ad-wording (sharks), or outsource freelance sales teams only to discover those are often scams. After studying this for years, I believe that professional sellers are less than effective at selling digital advertising because BUYERS HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO BUY DIGITAL ADVERTISING.  MBAs call this an “inefficient marketplace.” Five Reasons Digital Sellers Can’t Sell Online Advertising 1. Sellers are hired based on their robust resumes in sales. They have effectively sold TV, radio, print, outdoor. Digital is a new medium with a new language and buying patterns. Prior experience, therefore, is not applicable. It may be a hindrance. 2. Buyers have no rules for digital engagement.  Go to Mindshare, Mediavest, Starcom, Starbright, FirststarIseetonight.net.uk, or any major buying agency and they have well tested, proven methods for buying proven media. But they have no algorithms or measured demands for free tickets to close a digital buy. That’s why they always ask, “How do we measure the ROI?”  Fact is, every buyer has their own ROI standards but these standards have not been established for new media. It is not the seller’s job to outline the ROI. 3. There is no standard for online video ROI.  Do you measure the first click? The first five seconds? Or does a person have to watch the whole video for it to count? 4. No training. Because it’s a new medium, there is no standard for training digital sales people. Larger digital enterprises have in-house training programs but their success rate is about the same as companies that have no formal training.  This is because the parameters for training are rooted in traditional media examples. 5. The timeline for success is different. The old transactional timelines used for radio, TV, print do not apply to digital. It takes at least 10 times longer to close a digital sale than it does traditional media. Most of the time is not spent on selling, it’s spent on finding the buyer. “New Media” is dumped into different silos depending on the company. While many companies and agencies lie and say, “Our entire company is the digital department,” the reality is that the true digital buyer is either the boss or the just hired kid. It’s not just you. The frustration of finding and managing digital sales is both profound and largely unspoken. Now you are free to speak. Walter Sabo is the Chairman of Sabo Media.   He can be reached at Walter@sabomedia.com. Meet Walter Sabo at TALKERS 2013 New York on Thursday June 6. The post Five Secrets to Hiring Excellent Digital Sellers appeared first on RadioInfo.

We know how much everyone loves music videos and so we thought it was about time we did a better job of surfacing these on Last.fm – making sure we continue to deliver the most complete music resource experience at your fingertips. So today we’re pleased to announce a brand new partnership with our good friends over at MUZU.TV, who will help us bring you over 90,000 music videos across Europe (with more countries to come very soon). You’ll be able to play these videos from both the Artist page, where they’ll be accessible in the same order as the Top Tracks, and also on every Track page where there is video available. So lots of places on the site to get your music video fix! Does it scrobble? Absolutely. We’ve made sure that scrobbling is automatically configured whenever you watch through the MUZU.TV player on Last.fm (for logged in users), and so the more videos you watch, the better your Last.fm music recommendations become. We’ll also be adding scrobbling to the MUZU.TV site soon, so you’ll also be able to scrobble MUZU.TV wherever you watch. We’re super excited to have partnered with MUZU.TV – helping us bring you a richer experience. Enjoy!

Dave and Chuck the Freak Officially Named WRIF, Detroit AM Team.  It’s been rumored for a couple of weeks now but it became official today that former alterative CIMX, Windsor morning show Dave and Chuck the Freak – along with Lisa Way – will take over the morning drive show on Greater Media’s rock WRIF, Detroit.  Dave Hunter and Chuck Urquhart hosted their successful morning show on “89X” for nearly a decade.  Greater Media says “The new show will continue to incorporate heavy listener interaction, both live on the air and through the use of social media.  In addition to having a large and loyal on-air listener base, the ‘Dave and Chuck the Freak Show’ is highly focused on the latest technology trends and consumer habits, which have translated into a strong interactive audience with more than 90,000 Facebook followers.”  Market manager Steve Chessare states, “WRIF has dominated morning radio in Detroit for 20 years.  Now, with the addition of the infamous and highly rated Dave and Chuck the Freak Show, ‘101 WRIF-FM’ is positioned to continue to dominate the Detroit morning airwaves for years to come.  We are thrilled to welcome them to the Greater Media family.”  In a statement, Dave Hunter says, “To say we’re excited to start our next adventure at the legendary WRIF is a massive understatement.  We look forward to reconnecting with our fans and having them be a part of the show every weekday morning.” Cumulus Names Bill Pugh OM for KFOG and KSAN, San Francisco.  Cumulus Media announces Bill Pugh is the new operations manager for its two rock outlets in San Francisco – triple A KFOG and classic rock KSAN “The Bone.”  Also, effective immediately, Pugh will serve as program director for KFOG.  The veteran programmer was most recently operations manager for Clear Channel’s San Diego cluster.  On his new gig, Pugh states, “I am very excited to join the Cumulus team and looking forward to all the opportunities to expand the brand in San Francisco.” More RadioInfo Career Moves.  LDR names Tracy Gilliam of TopLine Matters Inc. director of sales where she’ll oversee affiliate sales and station sales support.  LDR also announces the addition of Todd Frost, Steve DiMatteo, Sarah Davis and Mark Ediss to the company’s staff…..Stephens Media Group brings former Cox Media Tulsa local sales manager Rick Collier aboard to serve as national sales manager.  Stephens operates Christian contemporary KXOJ and sports talk KYAL “The Sports Animal.”…..Jon Smith is the new midday personality on Simmons Media’s alternative KXRK, Salt Lake City “X96,” replacing Marci Wiser…..Alex Cadelago is named vice president and director of sales for CBS Radio’s Houston cluster that includes country KILT-FM, sports KILT-AM, sports KIKK, CHR KKHH “Hot 95.7,” hot AC KHMX and Spanish KLOL…..Gina Lee Fuentez joins Univision’s CHR KKRG, Albuquerque “La Kalle” for mornings…..Katelyn Maida is upped from her weekend on-air post for Cox Media Houston to producer/social media for country KKBQ, classic country KTHT and classic hits simulcast KGLK and KHPT…..Recent Emerson College grad Kendall Stewart joins Northeast Broadcasting’s triple A WXRV, Boston “The River” as programming assistant. One Lucky WAAF, Boston Listener.  The only way to get tickets to the WAAF-hosted acoustic performance by Chris Cornell and Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden at a secret location was to win your way in as an AAF Army member (WAAF Loyalty Club).  Littleton, Massachusetts resident Annie Durkin was that lucky AAF Army member.  She’s pictured here with Cornell (l) and Shepherd (r) at The Sinclair in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the May 15th performance. The post Tuesday, May 21, 2013 appeared first on RadioInfo.

Found this review of the New Cream 650b tires over at endlessvelolove.blogspot.com. Some really nice photography to accompany it."I haven't had a single flat tire [...]. The tires are comfortable, allow for speed [...], and are aesthetically what I was looking for in a tire."Read the full article here http://endlessvelolove.blogspot.com/2013/05/early-review-soma-new-xpress-650b-tires.html

By Chris Miller Chris Miller Digital SHAKER HEIGHTS — Even though it’s still spring, Memorial Day weekend is about to roll around.  For a lot of us, that can feel like the start of summer.  So I’m giving you the summer to do a little upgrading!  Here’s a punch list of items you can work on each week between now and Labor Day to get your website and social media fixed up, and ready to totally support your on-air product this fall! Write Down Your Goals Your performance is being judged on some set of numbers.  How can your digital platforms contribute to those numbers?  Think about those goals, write them down, and share them with your co-workers.  Whether it’s content on your site, your social media, email, texting, whatever … bring it into focus. Take Something Off Your Website Almost every radio station in America has something on the front page of their website that is sucking up too much oxygen.  Get with your webmaster to check your web stats.  What’s on your front page that almost no one visits, and has nothing to do with your station?  Get rid of it.  Doing so will help your fans find the stuff they’re coming to you for! Pick Fonts and Colors I worked once with a PD who also had graphic design experience, and he proved this point to me.  You can do a lot to keep people on your site if you make all the fonts consistent, and use a limited, pleasing range of colors.  You may feel your site needs to be completely reorganized … but start with this for much quicker improvement. Freshen Your Cover Photo How long have you had the same cover photo on your station’s Facebook page?  I like to change these out at least once a month, if not more often.  If you don’t have the person-power to create Facebook cover photos that promote what you’re doing on the radio, come up with a few different generic ones you can rotate. Check Your Tabs After people look at your brand’s cover photo, what they look at next is your tabs.  What sort of photos or graphics do they see there?  Those are tiny spaces that get a lot of eyeball-time, so make them pertinent to what you are all about. Cut Back on Posts, Set Standards If your station is posting half-a-dozen or more times each day, cut back.  Be pickier about what you post.  Many successful brands post once, twice or three times a day.  They make sure that each post, however, is firing on all cylinders.  Show your fans content that relates to your brand, post eye-catching photos, and respond to what they say to you! Focus Twitter on Something    If you have a Facebook page that covers in general what your station does, don’t just duplicate that with a Twitter feed.  Think about some particular information your fans might want.  This might be contest times … talk show topics … news, weather, sports … when it’s time to vote on what gets played next … and so on.  Make your Twitter feed more valuable by dedicating it to a narrow purpose.  This might also be just instant, regular responses to listener’s questions and comments.  Finally … you don’t just have to have one Twitter feed. Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest It’s easy to get caught up in a new, buzz-worthy digital platform.  Usually, that doesn’t help you; it’s a focus-buster that detracts you from what’s already working.  However, those secondary social media sites like Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, and others can be good places to store photos, videos and other content that you promote on Facebook or Twitter.  De-emphasize these as social sites, and use them instead as content channels. Chris Miller, owner of Chris Miller Digital, is a leading radio consultant specializing in research-based strategic planning and smart use of digital media. He can be phoned at 216-236-3955 or e-mailed at chris@chrismillerdigital.com. The post Cleaning Up for Summer: Big Moves in Small Chunks appeared first on RadioInfo.

Mike & Tanya Joins Nikki for ‘Morning Mess’ at KBFF, Portland.  Alpha Broadcasting’s hot AC KBFF, Portland “Live 95.5” brings Mike Edwards and Tanya Brown aboard from Cumulus Media’s WSSX, Charleston, South Carolina to join current AM drive host Nikki West for its new “Morning Mess with Tanya, Nikki and Mike” show.  Brown and Edwards had hosted the “Two Girls and a Guy” morning show on WSSX and KBFF program director Louie Diaz says he’s had his eye on them.  “I’ve been listening to Mike & Tanya for a while.  They are now ready for PPM major league mornings.  This is just another example of Alpha’s commitment to live and local radio.  ‘The Morning Mess’ will be delivering unique and compelling audio to help Portland start the day off right.” Jessica Chandler and Ryan Walker Are New Girl and Guy at ‘95SX’ in Charleston.  With the departure of Mike Edwards and Tanya Brown for Alpha Broadcasting’s “Live 95.5” in Portland, Cumulus Media’s CHR WSSX, Charleston, South Carolina “95SX” brings Jessica Chandler and Ryan Walker in to partner with Kelly G for the new “Two Girls and a Guy” morning show.  Chandler and Walker move over from the company’s country WIWF “96.9 The Wolf.”  Chandler tells the Charleston City Paper, “When Tanya and Mike left, they asked me and Ryan to come over from their sister station and join the show.  We’re excited for the opportunity and to switch from country to pop.  We’re all around the same age, and it’ll be a younger and fresher take on the show.  ‘Two Girls and a Guy’ is always evolving, and it keeps getting better.” More RadioInfo Career Moves.  At Main Line Broadcasting’s CHR WDJX, Louisville, midday personality Sarah Jordan adds assistant music director to her responsibilities…..Gundy begins hosting the night show at Bahakel Communications’ alternative KRXP, Colorado Springs tonight (5/20).  He’ll also host the “Colorado Native” program that showcases local bands.  Gundy comes to KRXP from his operations manager post at Appaloosa Broadcasting in Cheyenne. Time to Clean Up Digital Space for Summer.  With Memorial Day weekend about to roll around, digital radio consultant and RadioInfo columnist Chris Miller suggests this is a good time to start making big moves in small chunks and get your website and social media initiatives up to speed with a little upgrading.  In a new column posted today (5/20) Miller offers a punch list of items you can work on each week between now and Labor Day to get your website and social media fixed up, and ready to totally support your on-air product this fall!  They include writing down your goals, taking something OFF your website, picking fonts and colors, freshening your Facebook page cover photo, checking your tabs for relevance, cutting back on posts by setting and raising your standards, focusing Twitter on something specific, and properly prioritizing Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest by de-emphasizing them as social sites and using them more for storage and as content channels.  To read Chris Miller’s entire article, click here. Worlds Collide on Opie & Anthony’s SiriusXM Show.  SiriusXM’s Opie & Anthony are known for broadcasting the unusual but this collage of guests from disparate worlds really takes the cake.  Picture here are (from l-r) comic Colin Quinn, celebrity chef Guy Fieri, SiriusXM host Anthony Cumia, country music superstar Trace Adkins, SiriusXM host Opie Hughes, and comic Tom Papa.  The collision happened on the O&A show last week as the four guests all happened to be scheduled for the same day and appeared on the program at the same time. The post Monday, May 20, 2013 appeared first on RadioInfo.

Comedy Central is launching a 24/7 channel on SiriusXM Satellite Radio which will feature contemporary comedians you know and up-and-coming comics who are hot on the comedy circuit. In addition, ...Read Full Post