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 • 272 episodes
Media Insultant
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Media Insultant - Special Edition - AI will cheat you out of budget consideration and what you can do about it.
Our ad agency guru, Ed Steenman of Steenman & Associates joins us for a SPECIAL EDITION of Media Insultant. Ed compares his media buying strategy with an AI buy with Chat GPT. The results may surprise you. He also talks ab...
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Season 6
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Episode 269
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20:41
Media Insultant - 8.13.25 - TV M&A surges. ESPN deal in jeopardy politically? And Apple makes a grab for F1 coverage when ESPN drops out.
APPLE MAY PICK UP F1 - BUT WHY DID ESPN BOW OUT? (4:30)ESPN STUNS WITH NEW NFL DEAL - BUT WILL TRUMP TAKE HIS POUND OF FLESH…? (9:08)TV GROUPS ARE ON A BUYING BINGE - WHAT DO THE TV GROUPS KNOW THAT WE DON’T? (13:...
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Season 6
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Episode 268
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25:15
Media Insultant - 8.6.25 - Is 13 seconds of porn worth $222,000? Will AI exclude radio & TV from marketing budgets? And iHeart has new leadership.
IS AI A DOOM MACHINE FOR RADIO & TV BUDGETS?PERSONNEL UPDATE WITH KEITHTEGNA PAYS FOR DIRTY VIDEO - BUT IT HARDLY SEEMS FAIR. WELCOME TO our podcast focused on radio TV and OCCASIONALLY digital...
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Season 6
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Episode 267
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24:43
Media Insultant 7.16.25 - Salvation for local TV news? Blurring the lines between video and radio. And some TV stations are saying, we don't need a network!
THE LOCAL PROMISES A FUTURE FOR LOCAL TV NEWS. (0:20)VIDEO MAY NOT HAVE KILLED THE RADIO STAR...BUT INSTEAD, JOINED HANDS WITH RADIO. (10:35)WHY ARE MAJOR BIG MARKET TV STATIONS LOSING THEIR NEWORK AFFILIATIONS? (...
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Season 6
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Episode 266
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20:42
Media Insultant - 7.9.25 - Radio geeks - REEL RADIO is back! Fox likes multiple market managers. Paul Harvey's estate sues Paramount Pictures and regardless of what the NAB says, AM stations are shutting down.
TOWNSQUARE WALKS AWAY…AGAIN…(10:44)FOX TELEVISION DUPLICATES WHAT RADIO HAS BEEN DOING…(4:50)PAUL HARVEY - FROM HIS GRAVE - THE REST OF THE STORY.(10:33)REEL RADIO FOR GEEKS IS BACK! (17:34)
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Season 6
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Episode 265
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22:08