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{{Short description|American radio host and political adviser}}
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'''Todd Herman''' is a radio show host, digital polticial strategist, and public speaker from Washington State. He hosts "The Todd Herman Show" on [[KTTH]] in [[Seattle]] and regularly serves as guest host on [[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]. He was co-founder and CEO of TheDial, the first platform for [[internet radio]] and served as chief digital strategist for the [[Republican National Committee]] 2009-2011. Herman co-founded Crowdverb.
'''Todd Herman''' is an American radio show host, digital political strategist, and public speaker. He hosted ''The Todd Herman Show'' on [[KTTH]] in [[Seattle]] and was a regular rotating host on ''[[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]''. He was co-chief digital strategist for the [[Republican National Committee]] 2009 to 2011, and founded several media companies before being a [[conservative talk radio]] host.


== Radio ==
==Career==
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===Business===
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Herman became afternoon host starting September 2015 at News-Talk KTTH in Seattle when [[Ben Shapiro]] left the slot open due to family reasons.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Todd Herman To Host Afternoons On KTTH/Seattle|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/144854/todd-herman-to-host-afternoons-on-ktth-seattle|access-date=2020-07-23|website=All Access|language=en}}</ref> Shapiro departed to care for his infant daughter recovering from open heart surgery.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Todd Herman to Host KTTH-AM/Seattle Afternoons|url=https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=c39470|access-date=2020-07-23|website=news.radio-online.com|language=en-US}}</ref> He had worked as fill-in host on both [[KIRO-TV|KIRO]] Radio, part of the CBS television affiliate in Seattle and sister-station to KTTH, and the nationally-syndicated Rush Limbaugh Show. Program director Jason Antebi said of Herman at the time, “Todd is a highly engaging storyteller; it’s something you learn the first moment he cracks open the mic. Todd will also be a tremendous brand ambassador: he doesn’t just understand the KTTH mission; he lives it.”<ref name=":0" />
Herman was president and [[Technology evangelist|chief evangelizing officer]] of theDial (formerly TheDial.com), a [[start-up]] [[Internet radio]] company. The company was based in [[Salt Lake City]] before moving to [[Seattle]] in 1999, when it had 22 staff members.<ref>Steve Ernst, [https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1999/11/01/story8.html TheDial lands first deals to put its audio on Web], ''Seattle Business Journal'' (October 31, 1999).</ref> The company was ultimately acquired by Loudeye.<ref name=Rao>Leena Rao, [https://techcrunch.com/2009/03/23/former-msn-exec-named-rnc-new-media-director/ Former MSN Exec Named RNC New Media Director], ''TechCrunch'' (March 23, 2009).</ref> Herman then joined [[Microsoft]]'s [[MSN]],<ref name="Staff"/> and was involved in the creation of its [[MSN Video]] business unit.<ref name=":1"/> He held the position of Streaming Media Evangelist at [[MSNBC.com]] and then General Manager, Media Strategy and Monetization for MSN.<ref name=Upholt>Boyce Upholt, [https://www.campaignsandelections.com/campaign-insider/gop-new-media-manager-no-party-affiliation GOP New Media Manager: No Party Affiliation], ''Campaigns & Elections'' (March 22, 2009).</ref> He left Microsoft in September 2007.<ref name=Upholt/> Herman was founder and chief creative officer for [[SpinSpotter]], a software add-on designed to detect "personal voice, passive voice, biased source, disregarded context, selective disclosure, lack of balance and over-reliance on news releases" in journalism.<ref name="Staff"/> The company had 14 employees in 2008.<ref name="Staff"/>


In March 2009, after leaving Microsoft, Herman was hired as Director of New Media for the [[Republican National Committee]] (RNC),<ref name=Upholt/><ref name=Rao/> taking up the job the following month.<ref name=Upholt/> In that role, he oversaw the national [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]'s digital strategy.<ref name=CookDI>{{Cite web|last=Cook|first=John|date=2012-04-04|title=Direct Impact buys Crowdverb to bolster 'grassroots' campaigns|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2012/direct-impact-buys-seattles-crowdverb-bolster-grassroots-communications/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=GeekWire|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2010, Herman posted a personal tweet [[Barack Obama religion conspiracy theories|suggesting that President Barack Obama was a Muslim]]; the RNC distanced itself from Herman's tweet.<ref>Sam Stein, [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rnc-distances-itself-from_n_693031 RNC Distances Itself From New Media Director Todd Herman's Obama-Muslim Tweet], ''Huffington Post'' (2010).</ref>
Herman said of the promotion, "Talk radio was my first love in media and joining AM 770 KTTH is literally something of which I've dreamed. To work with David Boze and Michael Medved on Seattle's conservative talk radio station is an honor matched only by the kind words I have received from KTTH listeners."<ref name=":0" />


Herman co-founded Crowdverb, a social media monitoring startup, in 2011; it was acquired in 2012 by [[Washington, D.C.]]-based Direct Impact, a unit of [[Burson-Marsteller]].<ref name=CookDI/>
In January 2019 Herman became part of “The Candy, Mike and Todd Show”, the "troika"<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2019-01-12|title=Not even a goodbye: KIRO abruptly cancels ‘The Ron & Don Show’|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/not-even-a-goodbye-kiro-abruptly-cancels-the-ron-don-show/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US}}</ref> replacing the "long-running" "Ron and Don Show" in the 3-7pm slot<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-27|title=KIRO-FM Announces Revised Weekday Lineup|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/183775/kiro-fm-making-afternoon-changes/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=RadioInsight|language=en-US}}</ref> at [[KIRO-TV|KIRO]]. Candy Harper had most recently served as the afternoon producer on KIRO Radio while Mike Lewis, a former reporter with [[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]], had worked as a reporter and fill-in host at KIRO. The station promised Candy, Mike, and Todd would be "a fun, entertaining and intelligent trio.”<ref name=":2" />


===Radio===
Herman moved from KIRO to its conservative talk station 770 KTTH  to host the morning drive in March 2020, replacing "morning personality" Saul Spady.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cherry|first=Mike|title=Todd Herman to KTTH morning drive|url=https://www.pugetsound.media/2020/03/02/todd-herman-to-ktth-morning-drive/|access-date=2020-07-23|language=en-US}}</ref> Program director Mike Salk said of the change, “There is no one with more passion for his beliefs than Todd. He connects with his audience and creates a lasting bond. We’re thrilled to return his energy to our Northwest listeners.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=Todd Herman|url=http://www.insideradio.com/people_moves/todd-herman/article_c6355e3c-5cc6-11ea-b2f0-6fe9dff8e7b4.html|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Insideradio.com|language=en}}</ref> The “Candy, Mike and Todd” show he's joined in January 2019 had "lasted just a year."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Todd Herman – TALKERS magazine – "The bible of talk media."|url=http://www.talkers.com/tag/todd-herman/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=TALKERS magazine - “The bible of talk media.”}}</ref>
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In September 2015, Herman became afternoon host at the Seattle [[conservative talk radio]] station [[KTTH]] (AM 770) in Seattle when [[Ben Shapiro]] left the slot open.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Todd Herman To Host Afternoons On KTTH/Seattle|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/144854/todd-herman-to-host-afternoons-on-ktth-seattle|access-date=2020-07-23|website=All Access|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Todd Herman to Host KTTH-AM/Seattle Afternoons|url=https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=c39470|access-date=2020-07-23|website=news.radio-online.com|language=en-US}}</ref> At KTTH Herman worked alongside other conservative talk show hosts David Boze and [[Michael Medved]].<ref name=":0" />


In January 2019 Herman became co-host (along with Candy Harper and Mike Lewis) of ''The Candy, Mike and Todd Show'' on [[KIRO (AM)|KIRO]]; the program replaced the ''Ron and Don Show'', which had aired for 13 years.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2019-01-12|title=Not even a goodbye: KIRO abruptly cancels 'The Ron & Don Show'|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/not-even-a-goodbye-kiro-abruptly-cancels-the-ron-don-show/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US}}</ref> The show ran in the 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. time slot for one year, ending in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 27, 2020|author=Lance Venta|title=KIRO-FM Announces Revised Weekday Lineup|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/183775/kiro-fm-making-afternoon-changes/|website=RadioInsight}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Todd Herman – TALKERS magazine – "The bible of talk media."|url=http://www.talkers.com/tag/todd-herman/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=TALKERS magazine - “The bible of talk media.”}}</ref> Herman returned to KTTH to host during morning drive time in March 2020, replacing "morning personality" Saul Spady.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cherry|first=Mike|title=Todd Herman to KTTH morning drive|url=https://www.pugetsound.media/2020/03/02/todd-herman-to-ktth-morning-drive/|access-date=2020-07-23|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Todd Herman|url=http://www.insideradio.com/people_moves/todd-herman/article_c6355e3c-5cc6-11ea-b2f0-6fe9dff8e7b4.html|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Insideradio.com|language=en}}</ref>
Herman coined the term “Antifastan”<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taft|first=Victoria|title=Seattle's Antifastan Is Getting Fortification and Decorations – at Taxpayer Expense|url=https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2020/06/16/seattles-antifastan-is-getting-fortification-and-decorations-at-taxpayer-expense-n541161|access-date=2020-07-23|website=pjmedia.com|language=en}}</ref> for the [[Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone|CHAZ]] "autonomous neighborhood" in downtown Seattle established during the 2020 [[George Floyd protests]]. After Randy Fischer of the [[Americans For Fair Taxation|Americans for Fair Taxation]] called into "The Rush Limbaugh Show" while Herman was guest hosting, the organization's website declared: "Great news! Todd is a solid FAIRtax-er!"<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-04-10|title=Radio Personality - Todd Herman Supports The FAIRtax|url=https://fairtax.org/campaigns/washington-april-10-2020|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-23|website=fairtax.org}}</ref>


Herman has expressed support for the "[[FairTax]]," a proposal to abolish income and payroll taxes and replace them with a flat sales tax.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-10|title=Radio Personality - Todd Herman Supports The FAIRtax|url=https://fairtax.org/campaigns/washington-april-10-2020|access-date=2020-07-23|website=fairtax.org|archive-date=2021-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322011541/https://fairtax.org/campaigns/washington-april-10-2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Herman fills in regularly as Rush Limbaugh's guest host.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Guest Host Todd Herman {{!}} iHeartRadio {{!}} Rush Limbaugh|url=https://news.iheart.com/featured/rush-limbaugh/content/2018-05-24-rush-limbaugh-blog-guest-host-todd-herman/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=iHeartRadio|language=en}}</ref>


Herman filled in regularly as a guest host on the nationally syndicated ''[[Rush Limbaugh Show]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Guest Host Todd Herman {{!}} iHeartRadio {{!}} Rush Limbaugh|url=https://news.iheart.com/featured/rush-limbaugh/content/2018-05-24-rush-limbaugh-blog-guest-host-todd-herman/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=iHeartRadio|language=en}}</ref> In January 2021, while a guest host on Limbaugh's show, Herman suggested that the perpetrators of the [[2021 United States Capitol attack|U.S. Capitol attack]] might have been "Antifa" or "[[Black Lives Matter|BLM]]". The [[disinformation]] circulated widely among [[Donald Trump|Trump]] supporters. Subsequently, in late February 2021, Herman acknowledged that "it was clear a large group of Trump supporters entered the Capitol and assaulted people" but continued to make the claim that [[Antifa (United States)|antifa]] activists had planned to impersonate Trump supporters.<ref>Michael M. Grynbaum, [[Davey Alba]] and Reid J. Epstein, [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/us/politics/antifa-conspiracy-capitol-riot.html How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot], ''New York Times'' (March 1, 2020).</ref>
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== Business ==
Herman co-founded Crowdverb in 2010, a social media monitoring startup,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cook|first=John|date=2012-04-04|title=Direct Impact buys Crowdverb to bolster ‘grassroots’ campaigns|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2012/direct-impact-buys-seattles-crowdverb-bolster-grassroots-communications/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-24|website=GeekWire|language=en-US}}</ref> running it from out of Seattle, Austin, and Washington D.C. until 2012. The firm, which made use of [[Big data|Big Data]] "to inform communications plans and persuasion strategies for clients," was later acquired by [[WPP plc|WPP]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Herman|first=Todd|date=|title=LinkedIn|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddeherman|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-23|website=LinkedIn}}</ref> He served as chief digital strategist for the Republican National Committee from March 2009 to January 2011, his efforts being praised by [[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] magazine. Herman was founder an chief creative officer for [[SpinSpotter]] from December 2007 to April 2009 in Seattle. The venture capital backed start-up provided a software and social media system for spotting bias in news reports,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bray|first=Jim|date=2008-11-23|title=Spinspotter – Your Browser’s Built-in BS Detector|url=https://canadafreepress.com/article/spinspotter-your-browsers-built-in-bs-detector|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Canada Free Press|language=en}}</ref> discouraging media away from reliance on the “Seven Deadly Spins” of journalism: personal voice, passive voice, biased sources, disregarded context, selective disclosure, lack of balance, and dependence on news releases.<ref name="Staff">{{Cite news|last=Staff|first=|date=2008-11-17|title=SpinSpotter lets readers keep a lookout for spin|language=en-US|work=The Seattle Times|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/spinspotter-lets-readers-keep-a-lookout-for-spin/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-07-24}}</ref> The company evolved into SparkWords, a social media debate platform for major brands to start conservations around topics that lead to conversion to sales. At Microsoft, from September 2005 to September 2007, Herman served as general manager of media strategy an monetization, helping start the [[MSN]] video business unit in [[Redmond, Washington]].<ref name=":1" />


Herman announced his retirement from his KTTH show in November 2021, with the intent to launch a podcast afterward. The podcast will have a more religious focus than his radio show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/215493/todd-herman-to-exit-mornings-at-ktth/|title = Todd Herman to Exit Mornings at KTTH| date=24 November 2021 }}</ref> The radio show ended on December 1, 2021.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[NewsNation]]|title=Host Todd Herman to leave KTTH on Dec. 1|date=November 25, 2021|url=https://newsnationusa.com/news/usanews/washington/host-todd-herman-to-leave-ktth-on-dec-1/|access-date=December 2, 2021|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202225214/https://newsnationusa.com/news/usanews/washington/host-todd-herman-to-leave-ktth-on-dec-1/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
As founder and CEO of theDial from January 1997 to August 2000 in Seattle and [[Salt Lake City]], Herman developed the first internet radio network. theDial introduced major brand marketers and agencies – e.g., those for AvenueA, P&G, Microsoft, [[Universal McCann]], and [[H&R Block]] – to internet radio advertising.<ref name=":4" />


In October 2022 [[Radio America (United States)|Radio America]] signed a new distribution and sales agreement with Herman's daily podcast and a new weekly Todd Herman Radio Show to launch November 5, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ink |first=Radio |date=2022-10-20 |title=Todd Herman Signs With Radio America |url=https://radioink.com/2022/10/20/todd-herman-signs-with-radio-america/ |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=Radio Ink |language=en-US}}</ref> He guest-hosted for [[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-27 |title=The C&B Show Spends Tuesday with Todd Herman |url=https://www.clayandbuck.com/todd-herman-guest-host/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Stations ==


In January 2023 Herman was added to the line-up of the Seattle talk radio station [[KVI|KVI (570 AM)]] with a show running Sundays 5-7 p.m. plus daily commentary segments for other KVI shows.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keys |first=Matthew |date=2023-01-07 |title=KVI Seattle Adds Todd Herman |url=https://radioink.com/2023/01/07/kvi-seattle-adds-todd-herman/ |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Radio Ink |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[KIRO-TV|KIRO]]: Seattle, WA (2019–20) ''fill-in''
* [[KTTH]]: Seattle, WA (2015–19; 2020-)


== Personal ==
== Personal ==
Herman considers himself a "college dropout"<ref name=":3" />{{failed verification|date=December 2021}} and a "lifetime Washingtonian".<ref name=":1" />
Herman, a "lifetime Washingtonian",<ref name=":1" /> lives in the Seattle area. He has a daughter. Herman has on the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Leadership Committee.<ref name=":4" /> He considers himself a "college dropout".<ref name=":3" />


== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://mynorthwest.com/author/therman/ WHP 580] The Todd Herman Show on AM 770 KTTH
* [https://mynorthwest.com/category/todd-herman/ MyNorthwest]: Todd Herman
* [https://tunein.com/podcasts/Conservative-Talk/The-Todd-Herman-Show-p788270/ TuneIn]: The Todd Herman show
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddeherman LinkedIn] Todd Herman


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Latest revision as of 17:05, 6 September 2024

For the Canadian-born author and performance coach, see Todd Herman (coach).
Todd Herman
Born
Todd Eugene Herman

1966 or 1967 (age 57–58)[1]
Career
Show"The Todd Herman Show"
"The Rush Limbaugh Show" (rotating host)
StationKTTH
Show“The Candy, Mike and Todd Show”
StationKIRO-FM
CountryUnited States
Websitethetoddhermanshow.com

Todd Herman is an American radio show host, digital political strategist, and public speaker. He hosted The Todd Herman Show on KTTH in Seattle and was a regular rotating host on The Rush Limbaugh Show. He was co-chief digital strategist for the Republican National Committee 2009 to 2011, and founded several media companies before being a conservative talk radio host.

Career

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Business

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Herman was president and chief evangelizing officer of theDial (formerly TheDial.com), a start-up Internet radio company. The company was based in Salt Lake City before moving to Seattle in 1999, when it had 22 staff members.[2] The company was ultimately acquired by Loudeye.[3] Herman then joined Microsoft's MSN,[1] and was involved in the creation of its MSN Video business unit.[4] He held the position of Streaming Media Evangelist at MSNBC.com and then General Manager, Media Strategy and Monetization for MSN.[5] He left Microsoft in September 2007.[5] Herman was founder and chief creative officer for SpinSpotter, a software add-on designed to detect "personal voice, passive voice, biased source, disregarded context, selective disclosure, lack of balance and over-reliance on news releases" in journalism.[1] The company had 14 employees in 2008.[1]

In March 2009, after leaving Microsoft, Herman was hired as Director of New Media for the Republican National Committee (RNC),[5][3] taking up the job the following month.[5] In that role, he oversaw the national Republican Party's digital strategy.[6] In 2010, Herman posted a personal tweet suggesting that President Barack Obama was a Muslim; the RNC distanced itself from Herman's tweet.[7]

Herman co-founded Crowdverb, a social media monitoring startup, in 2011; it was acquired in 2012 by Washington, D.C.-based Direct Impact, a unit of Burson-Marsteller.[6]

Radio

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In September 2015, Herman became afternoon host at the Seattle conservative talk radio station KTTH (AM 770) in Seattle when Ben Shapiro left the slot open.[8][4] At KTTH Herman worked alongside other conservative talk show hosts David Boze and Michael Medved.[8]

In January 2019 Herman became co-host (along with Candy Harper and Mike Lewis) of The Candy, Mike and Todd Show on KIRO; the program replaced the Ron and Don Show, which had aired for 13 years.[9] The show ran in the 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. time slot for one year, ending in January 2020.[10][11] Herman returned to KTTH to host during morning drive time in March 2020, replacing "morning personality" Saul Spady.[12][13]

Herman has expressed support for the "FairTax," a proposal to abolish income and payroll taxes and replace them with a flat sales tax.[14]

Herman filled in regularly as a guest host on the nationally syndicated Rush Limbaugh Show.[8][15] In January 2021, while a guest host on Limbaugh's show, Herman suggested that the perpetrators of the U.S. Capitol attack might have been "Antifa" or "BLM". The disinformation circulated widely among Trump supporters. Subsequently, in late February 2021, Herman acknowledged that "it was clear a large group of Trump supporters entered the Capitol and assaulted people" but continued to make the claim that antifa activists had planned to impersonate Trump supporters.[16]

Herman announced his retirement from his KTTH show in November 2021, with the intent to launch a podcast afterward. The podcast will have a more religious focus than his radio show.[17] The radio show ended on December 1, 2021.[18]

In October 2022 Radio America signed a new distribution and sales agreement with Herman's daily podcast and a new weekly Todd Herman Radio Show to launch November 5, 2022.[19] He guest-hosted for The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show in 2022.[20]

In January 2023 Herman was added to the line-up of the Seattle talk radio station KVI (570 AM) with a show running Sundays 5-7 p.m. plus daily commentary segments for other KVI shows.[21]

Personal

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Herman considers himself a "college dropout"[15][failed verification] and a "lifetime Washingtonian".[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Staff (2008-11-17). "SpinSpotter lets readers keep a lookout for spin". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  2. ^ Steve Ernst, TheDial lands first deals to put its audio on Web, Seattle Business Journal (October 31, 1999).
  3. ^ a b Leena Rao, Former MSN Exec Named RNC New Media Director, TechCrunch (March 23, 2009).
  4. ^ a b c "Todd Herman to Host KTTH-AM/Seattle Afternoons". news.radio-online.com. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  5. ^ a b c d Boyce Upholt, GOP New Media Manager: No Party Affiliation, Campaigns & Elections (March 22, 2009).
  6. ^ a b Cook, John (2012-04-04). "Direct Impact buys Crowdverb to bolster 'grassroots' campaigns". GeekWire. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  7. ^ Sam Stein, RNC Distances Itself From New Media Director Todd Herman's Obama-Muslim Tweet, Huffington Post (2010).
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  9. ^ "Not even a goodbye: KIRO abruptly cancels 'The Ron & Don Show'". The Seattle Times. 2019-01-12. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
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  16. ^ Michael M. Grynbaum, Davey Alba and Reid J. Epstein, How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot, New York Times (March 1, 2020).
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