Monday, July 26, 2021

iHeart’s Amazon Deal Is Nonsensical

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  • The real end game for iHeart’s new venture with Amazon’s Alexa – and it’s not listener engagement.
  • How iHeart plans to connect unwitting listeners with stations that do not have live people working on-air.
  • What young people really think of Alexa and voice activated listening may surprise you and certainly Bob Pittman.
  • True or false: “This is a direct line to allow our audience to talk back, to share their thoughts and help influence what you hear on the radio” – okay, then, the four questions listeners really want to ask iHeart.
  • How this “groundbreaking” move is all about iHeart’s competitors.

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Friday, July 23, 2021

Audacy Concerned About Revenue Shortfall

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  • The make it or break it revenue issue that is killing Audacy right now.
  • Two warning signals that Audacy continues to ignore – one more than the other.
  • Why the sales revolt in several major markets is the tip of the iceberg.
  • If you had to name one person not named Field or Larkin who might be leading Audacy in the wrong direction, many employees would choose this person.
  • The likely replacement for Bob Philips as Chief Revenue Officer.

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

Radio Selling Almost as Much Video As TV Does

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  • If you want to sell video, give it to a radio sales rep to do – here’s the research.
  • Video is a huge market that someone in radio is going to figure out and cash in on – in fact, we’ll tell you who it will be.
  • And for all you lovers of programmatic buying, wait until you see the actual research on radio vs. programmatic.
  • New evidence points to radio’s future as not being radio, not being audio and not being video – then what is it?

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Radio is in Perpetual Decline – How Does it End

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  • The missing ingredient that could change everything overnight – but will the major owners go for it.
  • Not just the end of live and local but radio stations that will be run on an iPhone – yes, an iPhone.
  • There are examples of radio groups that could be around for the long haul – here’s the best one.
  • Radio and the mobile phone – where does it stand?
  • A startling future not even imaginable a few years ago – FM, AM, digital, local, new businesses.

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

iHeart to Copy Townsquare’s Digital First Strategy

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  • Deemphasizing radio is what has been driving iHeart stock – why Wall Street is excited.
  • How one major bank moved the market when it backed iHeart’s new non-radio strategy.
  • iHeart’s digital plan versus Townsquare’s Digital First which derives 52% of all its revenue from non-radio digital products.
  • The list of radio groups that are looking into digital first as a replacement for legacy radio and a potential new company name for iHeartMedia.

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