Cumulus Restructures Leadership: Cumulus is implementing a new organizational leadership structure to "enhance the company’s strategic and operational focus and leverage its business platform" following the completion of the integration of Citadel and Westwood One. Changes include the elimination of its Co-COO positions held by Jon Pinch and John Dickey. Pinch will be retiring at the end of November. The following newly created leadership positions will report directly to Chairman/CEO Lew Dickey.

• EVP/Radio: Yet to be named. Position will focus on providing day-to-day operational and strategic leadership of Cumulus' radio stations.
• EVP/Content & Programming: John Dickey, who will focus on developing and maximizing content and programming across Cumulus stations, the Westwood One network and other media platforms including Nash and Rdio.
• President/Westwood One: Steve Shaw, who will oversee all national and digital sales for both Westwood One, Cumulus stations group and Rdio.

"Our vision has been to build the radio company of the future and that is exactly what we are achieving," says Lew Dickey. "Towards that end, we have strategically broadened the Company's scope and now have in place differentiated distribution channels and multiple content development platforms. To accelerate our plans, we are putting in place a new organizational structure to reflect the Company's strategic evolution, bringing clarity, focus and accountability to key leadership roles in both our station and network groups." More later in Country Aircheck Today (9/4).