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
Podcasting since 2021 • 267 episodes
Media Insultant
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Media Insultant - 6.25.25 A tribute to Dennis Holt. TEGNA moves local news to OTT and Apple Plus may soon take advertising. Just what we need!
IS ADVERTISING GOING TO FOLLOW THE BOUNCING APPLE PLUS…(18:20)WE TAKE OUT HATS OFF IN DEEP RESPECT FOR WESTERN MEDIA iNTERNATIONALS DENNIS HOLT . (9:35)TEGNA MAKES A BOLD MOVE WHICH IS BOUND TO P...
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Season 6
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Episode 264
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23:32
Media Insultant - 6.18.25 The radio story about Fun, Fun, Fun. Public broadcast at crossroads. The pending death of Blue Links. iHeart in the south of France? And BFofA fund raiser!
NPR AND PBS - IS THEIR HAIR REALLY ON FIRE…. ARE THEY ON THE ROPES OR IS THIS ALL SMOKE AND MIRRORS…? (10:50)SOME THINK THAT SEARCH IS HAVING AN EXISTENTIAL MOMENT….AND MAYBE SO! BLUE LINKS (16:24)IHEART SHO...
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Season 6
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Episode 263
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26:23
Media Insultant - 6.11.25 - Emmis in New York. Cox leaving their roots. Meta is all in on AI for your next commercial campaign. CBS TV problems continue.
BOYS WILL BE BOYS…THAT MAY BE TRUE BUT IT COSTS CBS MILLIONS. (2:55)META SAYS, WE DON’T NEED NO STINKING CREATIVES! (13:07)COX FURTHER RETREATS FROM IT’S ROOTS AS A MEDIA POWERHOUSE (17:50)OW I...
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Season 6
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Episode 262
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22:51
Media Insultant - 6.4.25 - Cox takes a late train out of Tulsa. Byron Allen puts stations on the block. And Jeff Warshaw is pissed!
TULSA IS AN OIL TOWN THAT MORE THAN 200 SONGS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT…BUT THAT’S NOT ENOUGH FOR COX TO STAY IN TOWN…(12:31)THE DEBT BOOGIE MAN HAS COME CALLING ON BYRON ALLEN…HE’S NOT BUYING PARAMOUNT OR ABC…HE’S BECOME A SELLE...
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Season 6
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Episode 261
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24:27
Media Insultant - 5.28.25 - Delilah gives her heart, but it's not enough. We look at the new Alpha merger deal. AI Ashley goes to weekends and Wendy McMahan jumps ship at CBS.
KDUN IS HANDED BACK TO THE FCC (3:07)WHOOPS. OUR MEMORIES ARE OVERLOADED AND WE HAVE A MISTAKE TO CORRECT… (5:27)THE DEAL BEHIND THE DEAL OF THE YEAR. (6:57).AI ASHLEY HAS BEEN RIFFED! (11:50)<...
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Season 6
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Episode 260
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22:33