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Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver, two media executives opine on all things media - radio, TV, cable, print, and digital. Both have long careers in radio, TV, digital and print and are not short on opinions in this tumultuous time. All opinions are theirs but happy to hear yours too! Video version available on Vimeo. New episodes each Wednesday. jackson@intownmedia.com and www.intownmedia.com
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IN CAR RADIO LISTENING IS UP….IS THAT GOOD NEWS? WHY DO WE HAVE TO SIT THOUGH ‘WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK' BREAKS IS THE PARAMOUNT DEAL WITH SKYDANCE GOOD FOR CBS TV STATIONS LOTUS ADDS A NEW GM SALEM MOVES TALK STATION FROM 860AM TO 1640AM. WHY? Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is r...
CUMULUS ENTERS THEIR 3RD BANKRUPTCY...this is A SAD ENDING? A TRIBUTE TO TWO LEGENDARY RADIO STATIONS THAT ARE NO MORE DOES IHEART HOLD THE FORMULA FOR THE NEXT LEVEL SALES EFFORT FOR RADIO? eVEN LOCAL RADIO? KTLA APPOINTS A NEW SALES MANAGER AND KEITH AND I DISAGREE BIG TIME ON THE WISDOM OF THE HIRE…… Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape...
We’ve got a special edition of Media Insultant for you today. And much of what we will talk about today is Evergreen…worth listening to a couple of times… My old friend Keith Shipman - he’s the retiring head of WSAB and is a broadcaster himself with a cluster in Bend, OR. In a phone call the other day he took us to task. “You guys really give radio a hard time! How about a little love?” And frankly, who better to help us with that than the noted sales and manage...
IF SAGA COMM. IS IN PLAY…WHO’S IN THE POOL? OLYMPICS? THE TENT POLE THAT IS DELIVERING FOR NBC. WE ARE ACCUSED OF GIVING RADIO A HARD TIME. AND THAT IS CORRECT…. ENTRAVISION OUSTS A 25YEAR LEADER… Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management...
RADIO GOT 25% DIGITAL….BUT WE THINK, MAYBE NOT. RADIO.COM URL SOLD…BUT WHAT FOLLOWS IS JUST WEIRD. TEGNA/NEXSTAR BACK UP TO THE PLATE BUT ARE THE NETWORKS BEING ACED OUT? Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are under the Med...
WE ALL WATCHED THE SUPER BOWL BUT HOW DID RADIO ROW PERFORM…? CUMULUS LEAKED AND NIELSEN IS PISSED ABOUT IT… GRAMMYS RATINGS - OLYMPIC RATINGS FOR BETTER OR WORSE Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are under the Media Insultant S...
WITH OUR FAVORITE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS PLAYING THIS WEEKEND IN THE THE BIG GAME…KEITH TAKES A LOOK AT THE DEATH OF “RADIO ROW” FOR SUPER BOWL LE GRETT TO BEASLEY? HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AUDACY’S NEW REORG HAS SOME SERIOUS PAIN FOR MARKET MANAGERS. Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is re...
Bobby Rich’s Life in your radio…worth reading? MediaCo is getting the old band back together. Another acronym you’ll have to memorize….GEO Consolidation continues…as Cumulus centralizes Kansas radio. Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. V...
WHAT WOULD EPHRAM ZIMBALIST JUNIOR SAY ABOUT DAN BONGINO - OUT AT THE FBI BACK TO PODCASTING MEDIACO TRYING TO SPREAD THE BUZZ… STILL QUIET SINCLAIR RAMPS UP THE PRESSURE ON SCRIPPS… AND CUMULUS WINS A BIG ONE IN COURT… Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sal...
BROADCASTING SHARING RESOURCES - EVEN WITH THE EVIL COMPETION. THE OSCARS SAY BUY-BYE TO ABC TV. CAN ANYONE MAKE MONEY ON YOU TUBE? WE SHARE AN EARWORM. WARNING! Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are und...
SCRIPPS KINDA EMBARRASES SINCLAIR... HERE COMES THE JUDGE...AND HE SLAPS NIELSEN. MTV. RUMORS OF YOUR DEMISE ARE GREATLY EXAGERATED… IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE HOLIDAYS...BUT NO GRASS GROWING UNDER JEFF WARSHAW’S FEET… Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sa...
This week we deviate from our normal format and resurrect our annual Ode to the Holidays with our poet lauret, Tony Bollen. If you're a regular, you've heard Tony's tributes to both radio and the holidays in the past. Well this year is a new treat as he brings up an old poem for our Christmas pleasure. Enjoy! Have a great holiday - and we'll see you back next year! Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer c...
MEDIACO IS TRIPPING UP AGAIN…OR JUST DON’T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS? VALIDATION OF MY UPPER FUNNEL SALE MODEL FOR RADIO - I PROMISE i WON’T SAY I TOLD YOU SO… CONNOISSEURS RECENT SUCKING UP ALPHA MEDIA GOT US THINKING ABOUT HOW ALPHA EVEN GOT THERE… Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent o...
TRUMP IS CONFUSED ABOUT LICENSES FOR TV NETWORKS… TWO BIG TELEVISION M&A DEALS ARE IN SOME JEOPARDY… IHEART ISSUES A WEIRD AI GUARANTEE. Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are under the Media Insultant Showcase on Vimeo. Co...
THE WIZARD OF WESTPORT IS MAKING RADIO INTERESTING AGAIN! WE THINK RADIO IS FIGHTING THE WRONG BATTLE! BONNEVILLE STARTS A REGIONAL SPORTS RADIO NETWORK…AH…AND THE REASON FOR THAT???? Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are ...
EVERYONE IS SELLING EVERYTHING AI HELPS RADIO HOW? WE MISSED FORECAST - BUT STILL HAVE AN OPINION. Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are under the Media Insultant Showcase on Vimeo. Comments are always welcome at jackson@intown...
IS LOCAL MEDIA JUST ONE AMAZON CLICK AWAY FROM OBLIVION? (3:40) iHEART SFO - KEITH STARTED PULLING THE STRING AND INTERESTING THINGS KEEP POPPING OUT….(15:17) CUMULUS CONTINUES THE SLIDE…AND YA GOTTA WONDER WHEN WILL IT BOTTOM OUT…? (12:10) Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent...
NO ONE SEEMS TO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT WASTE - THE MONEY JUST KEEPS FLOWING (8:10) FDA RATTLES WITH A POTENTIAL BAN ON TV AND RADIO ADS. (13:12) EMF UNFOLDS FINANCIALS - KICK BUTT (4:15) Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are un...
WHO’S GOING TO BLINK FIRST? CUMULUS TAKES ON NIELSEN IN WHAT SOME CALL A GAME OF CHICKEN! (7:55) CONNOISEUR HAS A DEAL FOR YOU! (2:09) WE GIVE SAGA COMMUNICATIONS A SOLID FIST BUMP ON THEIR MOVES THIS WEEK… (18:48) IF THERE IS A FLY IN MY SOUP…DO i WANT THE MRC TO TELL ME? (16:50) Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV ...
GO BIG OR GO HOME. THAT’S WHAT SAGA IS SAYING!(17:45) MORE LAYOFFS - AH…NO FURTHER COMMENT (7:10) A SURPRISING DEAL THE WIZARD OF WESTPORT STRIKES A BIG ONE (1:20) FCC COMMISSIONER CARR HAS A DEAL FOR YOU!…(20:04) Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sal...
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