Media Insultant
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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Media Insultant
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Media Insultant 3.18.26 Is in-car radio listening hot? Will CBS TV stations benefit from the Paramount purchase? New folks in Management. Radio finishes last year in the dumps. And why is Salem moving 860 AM to 1640?
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 STATIONSLOTUS ADDS A NEW GM<...
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Season 7
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Episode 294
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26:10
Media Insultant 3.11.26 - New earworm! iHeart dives into progammatic. Cumulus bankruptcy and the sad demise of a couple of legendary AMs.
CUMULUS ENTERS THEIR 3RD BANKRUPTCY...this is A SAD ENDING?A TRIBUTE TO TWO LEGENDARY RADIO STATIONS THAT ARE NO MOREDOES IHEART HOLD THE FORMULA FOR THE NEXT LEVEL SALES EFFORT FOR RADIO? eVEN LOCAL RADIO?&...
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Season 7
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Episode 293
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26:15
Media Insultant - Special Edition - 3.4.26 - Lucy Rice on how radio sales can better compete.
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 broadca...
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Season 7
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Episode 292
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27:32
Media Insultant 2.25.26 - Are we too hard on radio? The Olympics deliver GOLD for NBC. If Saga goes up for sale, who will show up to buy? And Entravision leadership changes.
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…...
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Season 7
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Episode 291
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24:53
Media Insultant - 2.18.26 Radio gets to 25% in digital. Really? Or just shell game? Nexstar and TEGNA merger is back on or is it? What's up with radio.com?
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?<...
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Season 7
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Episode 290
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26:49