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• iHeart’s biggest strategic mistake.
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• 3^rdquarter ad revenue pacing revealed
• The July 25th Town Hall
• The new Cumulus board
• Those market manager surveys
• Layoffs

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• Revenue – why is it continuing to nose dive.

• How long before an Entercom turnaround.

• Trouble ahead at their former CBS all-news stations.

• New danger for 24 major market sports outlets.

• No ad revenue growth means more cutbacks – whose next and when.

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