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THOUGHT THE RELIGIOUS FORMAT WAS BULLETPROOF …

• How Salem blew a good thing, cratered stock to 76 cents and forced bankruptcy planning
• A recent and embarrassing humiliation from competitor EMF
• A tightening on finances by jittery lenders

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HOW DO THEY KEEP THEIR JOBS …

• How they’re getting away with the destruction of radio 
• Next year’s 3 lifeline moves to watch for as almost every radio group dodges bankruptcy
• Dramatic proof where radio is still a booming business
• The 2 radio groups next up for bankruptcy as soon as 12 months as their CEOs scheme to stay in place

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WHY IS iHEART SO UNUSUALLY QUIET … 

• What’s going on inside iHeart as they burn cash and stock price plummets 72%
• iHeart in 2024 – the writing soon to be on the wall
• What’s next – prepare for what’s likely to shake up the company

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THE PALACE INTRIGUE …

• A delay of the inevitable for this important reason.
• What’s really stalling the Audacy bankruptcy.
• Read how it ends -- 30 days ahead of time.

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• Who forced the 30-day bankruptcy extension
• The reason Audacy is slow rolling its debt payments 
• The contentious issues the sides are focusing on now 
• Chances of an out-of-court settlement
• It will all come down to 1 of these 3 outcomes in early December

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• The secret maneuvers to reward radio CEOs even as they are mandating cost reductions and employee RIFs.
• Audacy CEO’s retention bonus – where was he going to go?
• The reason Susan Larkin and J.D. Crowley stepped in it as part of an Audacy plot.
• Outrage over a Cumulus board motion recently passed.
• A c-suite heist as radio groups go into bankruptcy.

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• Now there is a time frame for the second Cumulus bankruptcy (it’s notable that we’ve called them all so far).
• Revenue way off so where’s the money coming from until then?
• A big decision on programming.
• A new wrinkle in the desperate sale of assets.
• The sudden cash burn.

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Watch David Field pull off Audacy’s bankruptcy.

Today, what we’re hearing on …

• That 30-day extension of a loan interest payment.
• The chance of a last-minute out of court reorganization with lenders.
• Pinpointing Audacy’s bankruptcy based on iHeart and Cumulus that went before them.
• A mini-bankruptcy?

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Click to read: Podcasting’s Reverse Effect on Radio Revenue …  Concern Over iHeart’s Earnings … Cumulus Q3 Revenue Reveal … The 2 Never-Mentioned Radio Bankruptcies … Changes in Musical Listening Habits … Greg Ashlock’s iHeart Demotion … Beasley Faces Stock Delisting … iHeart Investors Sensing Something Troubling …. Modernizing Radio … What Audacy Bankruptcy Means for Employees … Calculating Audacy’s Bankruptcy Date… Horizontal Radio Monopolies … Relaxation of Ownership Rules is Back On

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Just say it – iHeart and Cumulus still choking on debt are getting ready to go again, but this time will be very different.

Today, I’m laying out how bankruptcy the second time around will look …

• How another bankruptcy filing became a necessity.
• The major mistake Cumulus made in their first bankruptcy that they are paying for now.
• Notice how iHeart is eerily quiet these days – what that’s all about.
• The cost of kicking the debt down the road just got more expensive.
• Why investors are giving up on radio stocks.
• More concerning than missing revenue or sinking stock prices.

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Click to read: Changes in Musical Listening Habits … Greg Ashlock’s iHeart Demotion … Beasley Faces Stock Delisting … iHeart Investors Sensing Something Troubling …. Modernizing Radio … What Audacy Bankruptcy Means for Employees … Calculating Audacy’s Bankruptcy Date… Horizontal Radio Monopolies … Relaxation of Ownership Rules is Back On … Potential Buyer Awaits Audacy Bankruptcy… New SiriusXM … What’s Stalling the Audacy Reorganization … Is Radio Ready for a Comeback?

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Another one is getting ready to bite the dust – but this one doesn’t have the size or clout of the bigger consolidators to claw back …

Today, I’m getting into …

• Can they be the one radio group to survive a delisting death sentence?
• Does that mean bankruptcy is now baked in?
• An assessment of what’s gone wrong at Beasley.
• Their dominance over iHeart and Audacy in Boston and Philly.
• How easy it is to avoid a NASDAQ delisting but why everyone is so worried.
• Beasley’s ticking time bomb.

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Click to read: iHeart Investors Sensing Something Troubling …. Modernizing Radio … What Audacy Bankruptcy Means for Employees … Calculating Audacy’s Bankruptcy Date… Horizontal Radio Monopolies … Relaxation of Ownership Rules is Back On … Potential Buyer Awaits Audacy Bankruptcy… New SiriusXM … What’s Stalling the Audacy Reorganization … Is Radio Ready for a Comeback? … Younger Demos Want These Radio Changes … Surge Pricing for Radio … Stupid On-Air AI Tricks

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iHeart is awfully quiet these days – no more sideshows and promises of future business growth and even investors are worried …

Today  … what they’re worried about.

• Yes, debt is a problem but here’s a bigger, more immediate problem causing concern.
• Troubling metrics that keep investors awake at night.
• How iHeart can produce positive revenue for the next three years that’s still not enough.
• Unsettled issues surrounding iHeart on ownership, stock price, employees.
• The thing that is worse than filing bankruptcy again – and it likely will happen.

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Click to read: Modernizing Radio … What Audacy Bankruptcy Means for Employees … Calculating Audacy’s Bankruptcy Date… Horizontal Radio Monopolies … Relaxation of Ownership Rules is Back On … Potential Buyer Awaits Audacy Bankruptcy… New SiriusXM … What’s Stalling the Audacy Reorganization … Is Radio Ready for a Comeback? … Younger Demos Want These Radio Changes … Surge Pricing for Radio … Stupid On-Air AI Tricks … How Nielsen is Killing Audience Gains

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What about the employees – enough about Field and his favorites, what does their impending bankruptcy do to the people who work in radio …

Bankruptcies destabilize companies – some never recover, the ones that do never look the same.

I get into the effect of the Audacy bankruptcy on its people …

• What to expect when you’re expecting an Audacy bankruptcy
• What about the legacy Entercom employees vs. CBS
• Susan Larkin – stays or goes?
• Post-bankruptcy raises and layoffs
• Two scenarios – one if current management is allowed to remain in place, the other with a new CEO.
• Behind the scenes Cumulus employees say what it’s like to work in a post-bankruptcy company

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Click to read: Calculating Audacy’s Bankruptcy Date … Horizontal Radio Monopolies … Relaxation of Ownership Rules is Back On … Potential Buyer Awaits Audacy Bankruptcy… New SiriusXM … What’s Stalling the Audacy Reorganization … Is Radio Ready for a Comeback? … Younger Demos Want These Radio Changes … Surge Pricing for Radio … Stupid On-Air AI Tricks … How Nielsen is Killing Audience Gains …

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At long last, it’s now possible to get a pretty good line on when Audacy will file for bankruptcy …

They’re just about screaming out loud “we are filing for bankruptcy” after years of denying it and lately warning of not being a “going concern”.

Important info you won’t want to miss …

• How to calculate Audacy’s filing date accurately
• The CEO’s current thinking about throwing himself on the mercy of the bankruptcy court.
• These revealing behind-the-scenes indicators
• The meaning behind their skipped $18 million interest payment
• If you own their stock …
• What happens to COO Susan Larkin post-bankruptcy

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Click to read: Horizontal Radio Monopolies … Relaxation of Ownership Rules is Back On … Potential Buyer Awaits Audacy Bankruptcy… New SiriusXM … What’s Stalling the Audacy Reorganization … Is Radio Ready for a Comeback? … Younger Demos Want These Radio Changes … Surge Pricing for Radio … Stupid On-Air AI Tricks… How Nielsen is Killing Audience Gains … iHeart Fast-tracking AI at Stations …

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Just when I thought relaxation of ownership rules was finally off the table due to the FCC and iHeart’s reluctance, horizontal radio monopolies emerge that could shake the entire industry up …

Today, I’m going to get into it an escape plan that can help failed owners get back to making money or get out – or both.

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• A way for debt laden owners to consolidate horizontally and grow vertically.
• Why even iHeart would like to get in on it (remember, they were against helping competitors own more stations).
• Money would be no problem.
• Chances this version gets past the FCC’s previous objections.
• See a frightening hypothetical that can actually happen for real.

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Click to read: Relaxation of Ownership Rules is Back On … Audacy on the Clock … Potential Buyer Awaits Audacy Bankruptcy… New SiriusXM … What’s Stalling the Audacy Reorganization … Is Radio Ready for a Comeback? … Younger Demos Want These Radio Changes … Surge Pricing for Radio … Stupid On-Air AI Tricks… How Nielsen is Killing Audience Gains … iHeart Fast-tracking AI at Stations …

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But why is the NAB pushing more consolidation when so many consolidators are going bankrupt?  Suing the FCC, angering their biggest group members …

Today, I’m going to spell out the irony and desperation that actually thinks more debt is worth fighting for and the dangers that come with it.

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• Who benefits most if ownership limits are relaxed.
• And who gets hurt the most because there are groups that would be in harm’s way.
• The story behind iHeart’s rethinking of consolidation.
• What would expanding stations mean to Cumulus and Audacy both struggling to stay above water.
• We’ll go down the list: Urban One, Salem, Beasley and the mid-range groups, how does expansion help them.
• And the disaster that could hit Saga, yes Saga if they were allowed to expand in their current markets or add new ones.
• One more thing we’ll get into – what about Townsquare, they have the best financials doing “digital first”, do they get into radio deeper?

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Click to read: Audacy on the Clock … Potential Buyer Awaits Audacy Bankruptcy… New SiriusXM … What’s Stalling the Audacy Reorganization … Is Radio Ready for a Comeback? … Younger Demos Want These Radio Changes … Surge Pricing for Radio … Stupid On-Air AI Tricks … How Nielsen is Killing Audience Gains … iHeart Fast-tracking AI at Stations … Blocking TikTok’s Knockout Punch to Radio …

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Don’t buy the hype -- Audacy didn’t just skip an $18 million interest payment to facilitate restructuring their debt, there’s a better reason … 

What’s going on here?  You can’t believe Audacy but there is now clear evidence of what they are up to with this move.

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• Does skipping payments presage the end or the beginning?
• If you want to know exactly when this either gets resolved once and for all or hits the bankruptcy courts, it’s now all as clear as can be.
• Remember how I’ve stressed that Audacy hired the same bankruptcy advisors that Cumulus used before filing – based on that, here’s what will happen.
• We will get into the exact date of a bankruptcy or pre-packaged deal and tell you which one it will be – and you can take that to the bank.

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Click to read: Potential Buyer Awaits Audacy Bankruptcy… New SiriusXM … What’s Stalling the Audacy Reorganization … Is Radio Ready for a Comeback? … Younger Demos Want These Radio Changes … Surge Pricing for Radio … Stupid On-Air AI Tricks … How Nielsen is Killing Audience Gains … iHeart Fast-tracking AI at Stations … Blocking TikTok’s Knockout Punch to Radio … The Stakes in Audacy Bankruptcy Talks …

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Yes, the CBS merger assets are so attractive that at “clearance prices” a welcomed Audacy shakeup could happen …

This is about the behind-the-scenes negotiations to save Audacy or at the very least clear out the current administration and start over.

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• The thing Audacy has on its side that could get lenders off their backs and let them continue to run the company.
• The potential buyer who is waiting with investment capital to be part of the solution – we’ll name him.
• The scenario in which David Field is retained by Audacy, paid more money BUT a new CEO is brought in– a possibility lenders have on their side.
• Which page from the Cumulus bankruptcy playbook is Audacy focusing on.
• Let’s be honest here from what those familiar with the situation know – how unhappy are Audacy lenders, wanting new-blood angry or second-chance angry.

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Click to read: New SiriusXM … What’s Stalling the Audacy Reorganization … Is Radio Ready for a Comeback? … Younger Demos Want These Radio Changes … Surge Pricing for Radio … Stupid On-Air AI Tricks … How Nielsen is Killing Audience Gains … iHeart Fast-tracking AI at Stations … Blocking TikTok’s Knockout Punch to Radio … The Stakes in Audacy Bankruptcy Talks … Class of ‘27’s Changing Views on Radio …

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Inside:  The things lenders and Audacy are fighting over

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Click to read: Is Radio Ready for a Comeback? … Younger Demos Want These Radio Changes … Surge Pricing for Radio … Stupid On-Air AI Tricks … How Nielsen is Killing Audience Gains … iHeart Fast-tracking AI at Stations… Blocking TikTok’s Knockout Punch to Radio … The Stakes in Audacy Bankruptcy Talks … Class of ‘27’s Changing Views on Radio …  iHeart is Coming After Your Spot Revenue … A Radio Station That Got Music Discovery Right …

You may also like: The Meaning of the “White Noise” Podcast Boom … Music Radio’s Secret Weapon Against Streamers … How Consolidators Plan to Change Ad Sales … The End of the Market Manager … Bottom Feeder Buying Cumulus, Audacy Debt …  The Audacy Reorganization Talks … Shockers Ahead from iHeart, Audacy … What’s for Sale at Audacy … Audacy to Renege on Pension Plans …Airplay and Attention Span

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Click to read: Stupid On-Air AI Tricks … How Nielsen is Killing Audience Gains … iHeart Fast-tracking AI at Stations … Blocking TikTok’s Knockout Punch to Radio … The Stakes in Audacy Bankruptcy Talks … Class of ‘27’s Changing Views on Radio …  iHeart is Coming After Your Spot Revenue … A Radio Station That Got Music Discovery Right … The Meaning of the “White Noise” Podcast Boom … Music Radio’s Secret Weapon Against Streamers …

You may also like: How Consolidators Plan to Change Ad Sales … The End of the Market Manager … Bottom Feeder Buying Cumulus, Audacy Debt …  The Audacy Reorganization Talks … Shockers Ahead from iHeart, Audacy … What’s for Sale at Audacy … Audacy to Renege on Pension Plans …Airplay and Attention Span … Bankruptcy Talks Accelerate After Audacy 2Q Earnings Disaster … What to Expect from 2^nd Quarter Revenue

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What we know and how deep they will go

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Click to read: Blocking TikTok’s Knockout Punch to Radio … The Stakes in Audacy Bankruptcy Talks … Class of ‘27’s Changing Views on Radio …  iHeart is Coming After Your Spot Revenue … A Radio Station That Got Music Discovery Right … The Meaning of the “White Noise” Podcast Boom … Music Radio’s Secret Weapon Against Streamers … How Consolidators Plan to Change Ad Sales … The End of the Market Manager … Bottom Feeder Buying Cumulus, Audacy Debt …

You may also like: The Audacy Reorganization Talks … Shockers Ahead from iHeart, Audacy … What’s for Sale at Audacy … Audacy to Renege on Pension Plans …Airplay and Attention Span … Bankruptcy Talks Accelerate After Audacy 2Q Earnings Disaster … What to Expect from 2^nd Quarter Revenue … Record Labels Confirm the Decline of CHR …  The Big Consolidators Plan for the Future … Chaos at Cumulus

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• A contentious obstacle to overcome
• The hot buttons for both sides
• Your station may have to deal with Audacy’s fallout

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Click to read: Class of ‘27’s Changing Views on Radio …  iHeart is Coming After Your Spot Revenue … A Radio Station That Got Music Discovery Right … The Meaning of the “White Noise” Podcast Boom … Music Radio’s Secret Weapon Against Streamers … How Consolidators Plan to Change Ad Sales … The End of the Market Manager … Bottom Feeder Buying Cumulus, Audacy Debt … The Audacy Reorganization Talks …. Shockers Ahead from iHeart, Audacy …

You may also like: What’s for Sale at Audacy … Audacy to Renege on Pension Plans …Airplay and Attention Span… Bankruptcy Talks Accelerate After Audacy 2Q Earnings Disaster … What to Expect from 2^nd Quarter Revenue… Record Labels Confirm the Decline of CHR …  The Big Consolidators Plan for the Future … Chaos at Cumulus… The Race to Rebrand Radio … Listeners Paying Streaming Rate Hikes Rather Than Free Radio

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A seismic change for Nielsen subscribers that even they don’t yet see.

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A Radio Station That Got Music Discovery Right
The Meaning of the “White Noise” Podcast Boom
Music Radio’s Secret Weapon Against Streamers
How Consolidators Plan to Change Ad Sales
The End of the Market Manager

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• Disruptive changes to how account execs will sell. 
• Where the size of station sales forces is headed – smaller to save compensation or larger to boost revenue? 
• Cleaning up collections. 
• Questionable sales practices for iHeart, Audacy and Cumulus that could easily become accepted everywhere.
• Solutions for redefining the role of sales manager and how to get maximum revenue from salespeople.

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• Only two outcomes are possible.

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Click to read: The End of the Market Manager … Bottom Feeder Buying Cumulus, Audacy Debt … The Audacy Reorganization Talks …. Shockers Ahead from iHeart, Audacy … What’s for Sale at Audacy … Audacy to Renege on Pension Plans …Airplay and Attention Span … Bankruptcy Talks Accelerate After Audacy 2Q Earnings Disaster… What to Expect from 2^nd Quarter Revenue … Record Labels Confirm the Decline of CHR …

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• Scripps reportedly fired many of their local TV GMs making radio salivate at the potential savings.
• The new “glorified” sales manager.
• The radio groups most likely to fire market managers in favor of regional execs.
• The ones most likely to consider regional market managers.
• The safest radio groups to be a market manager (by group and size).

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Click to read: Bottom Feeder Buying Cumulus, Audacy Debt … The Audacy Reorganization Talks …. Shockers Ahead from iHeart, Audacy … What’s for Sale at Audacy … Audacy to Renege on Pension Plans …Airplay and Attention Span … Bankruptcy Talks Accelerate After Audacy 2Q Earnings Disaster … What to Expect from 2^ndQuarter Revenue … Record Labels Confirm the Decline of CHR … The Big Consolidators Plan for the Future …

You may also like: Chaos at Cumulus … The Race to Rebrand Radio … Listeners Paying Streaming Rate Hikes Rather Than Free Radio … Religion is Soaring, Salem is Not … The Core Needs of Listeners Have Changed … Satellite has a Radio Problem … The Golden Bachelor Warning… Audacy’s Screwed Up Bankruptcy … The Rise of Unions in Media … Spillover Effects of a Disney TV Sale

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• The two likeliest outcomes.
• What’s the holdup – one issue seems insurmountable.
• How their podcasting business is getting in the way.
• Who gets screwed most – Audacy, bondholders or lenders.
• At stake: a voluntary reorganization or a balls on bankruptcy.

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Click to read: Shockers Ahead from iHeart, Audacy … What’s for Sale at Audacy … Audacy to Renege on Pension Plans …Airplay and Attention Span … Bankruptcy Talks Accelerate After Audacy 2Q Earnings Disaster … What to Expect from 2^nd Quarter Revenue … Record Labels Confirm the Decline of CHR … The Big Consolidators Plan for the Future … Chaos at Cumulus … The Race to Rebrand Radio …

You may also like: Listeners Paying Streaming Rate Hikes Rather Than Free Radio … Religion is Soaring, Salem is Not … The Core Needs of Listeners Have Changed … Satellite has a Radio Problem … The Golden Bachelor Warning… Audacy’s Screwed Up Bankruptcy … The Rise of Unions in Media … Spillover Effects of a Disney TV Sale … The Projected Outcome of the Audacy Bankruptcy Talks … Audacy Hedges Its Bets

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• Will Audacy stations be sold in Boston and Phoenix?
• The other assets that could be sold off within a year.
• The coming benefits dump.
• The one competitor that is singlehandedly preventing Audacy’s revenue from rising forcing asset sales.

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Click to read: Audacy to Renege on Pension Plans …Airplay and Attention Span … Bankruptcy Talks Accelerate After Audacy 2Q Earnings Disaster … What to Expect from 2^nd Quarter Revenue … Record Labels Confirm the Decline of CHR … The Big Consolidators Plan for the Future … Chaos at Cumulus … The Race to Rebrand Radio… Listeners Paying Streaming Rate Hikes Rather Than Free Radio … Religion is Soaring, Salem is Not …

You may also like: The Core Needs of Listeners Have Changed … Satellite has a Radio Problem … The Golden Bachelor Warning… Audacy’s Screwed Up Bankruptcy … The Rise of Unions in Media … Spillover Effects of a Disney TV Sale … The Projected Outcome of the Audacy Bankruptcy Talks … Audacy Hedges Its Bets … Threads, Twitter & Radio … Breaking Down Audacy’s 1-for3- Reverse Stock Split

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• The employees that will be most affected by this decision – an estimated number, kind of money being lost.
• Is this the approach other bankrupt radio groups will now use?
• How a few lucky Audacy employees saw this coming and what they did to protect their nest egg.
• The option to quit their jobs and take their chances outlined here.

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Click to read: Airplay and Attention Span … Bankruptcy Talks Accelerate After Audacy 2Q Earnings Disaster … What to Expect from 2^nd Quarter Revenue … Record Labels Confirm the Decline of CHR … The Big Consolidators Plan for the Future … Chaos at Cumulus … The Race to Rebrand Radio … Listeners Paying Streaming Rate Hikes Rather Than Free Radio … Religion is Soaring, Salem is Not … The Core Needs of Listeners Have Changed …

You may also like: Satellite has a Radio Problem … The Golden Bachelor Warning… Audacy’s Screwed Up Bankruptcy … The Rise of Unions in Media … Spillover Effects of a Disney TV Sale … The Projected Outcome of the Audacy Bankruptcy Talks … Audacy Hedges Its Bets … Threads, Twitter & Radio … Breaking Down Audacy’s 1-for3- Reverse Stock Split… AI’s Projected Impact on the Music Business

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• How angry bondholders may force Audacy into bankruptcy court wiping out everyone’s equity.
• Behind-the-scenes negotiations -- details.
• Do lenders want Field out as a condition?
• The new pivot Field is selling to save his job (succeeding digital and podcasting).
• Ominous sign the end is near: retirement plans.

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Click to read: What to Expect from 2^nd Quarter Revenue … Record Labels Confirm the Decline of CHR … The Big Consolidators Plan for the Future … Chaos at Cumulus … The Race to Rebrand Radio … Listeners Paying Streaming Rate Hikes Rather Than Free Radio … Religion is Soaring, Salem is Not … The Core Needs of Listeners Have Changed … Satellite has a Radio Problem … The Golden Bachelor Warning…

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• First good look at their rate of cash burn.
• The revenue they need to generate just to pay their bills.
• They sold WDRQ, Detroit for $10 million for quick cash – what’s on the block now?
• What they have in mind by promising to retrain the sales force.
• Why they are gutting many of their stations.

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Click to read: The Race to Rebrand Radio … Listeners Paying Streaming Rate Hikes Rather Than Free Radio … Religion is Soaring, Salem is Not … The Core Needs of Listeners Have Changed … Satellite has a Radio Problem… The Golden Bachelor Warning… Audacy’s Screwed Up Bankruptcy … The Rise of Unions in Media … Spillover Effects of a Disney TV Sale … The Projected Outcome of the Audacy Bankruptcy Talks …

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• Why virtually all religion-based stations are succeeding while Salem is in financial hot water.
• The winners and losers in one of America’s top format genres.
• Salem’s mistakes that EMF didn’t make.
• The ingenious formula EMF uses to buy stations on the cheap.

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• What a last-minute pre-packaged bankruptcy means to the operation of Audacy stations.
• The radio groups that are watching their latest tactics closely.
• One investor is in for the biggest shellacking.
• Lenders would rather stay with current management than have to run Audacy themselves. True or false?

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• We called this over a year ago in living color – along with the Cumulus and iHeart bankruptcies before that – now batting 1.000, here’s our projected outcome of the Audacy reorganization.
• Are lenders holding almost $2 billion in debt in the mood to cut a deal?
• Is it true that Audacy and David Field can somehow survive a pre-pack bankruptcy?
• The signs that this is going to get ugly.
• The projected outcome – who gets screwed, who gets lucky.

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• The not so warm and fuzzy CEO is now romancing the staff to get the one thing he desperately needs from them.
• How half-truths are being used to paint a picture of stability.
• Details of an orchestrated “charm offensive” to win back employees.
• David Field talks about the new people he hired – here’s what he is leaving out.
• What’s next: this final Hail Mary.

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• Reverse stock splits almost never work, so why did Audacy just do a 1-for-30 split?
• Why would one of the cheapest radio CEOs spend $3.2 million on pay raises and bonuses at a time like this.
• The coming potential screwing of Audacy shareholders.
• The favorite for running Audacy post-bankruptcy.
• Who is on the growing list of radio groups that are angling for a voluntary bankruptcy.

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• How to update the “hot clock” to reflect how audiences actually live and listen to radio today.
• For example, there is one programming element that can be added at no cost whatsoever – yet no stations do this ratings booster (until now?).
• Radio, take note: Striking stats on how the record business is successfully adapting to shorter radio listener attention spans and it goes virtually unnoticed.
• Too many commercials are a turnoff and they’re not going to be reduced anytime soon, but there is a way to mitigate the tune-out factor.
• Should AI be included in future format clocks – jump on it first, wait or say no way.
• The secret Spotify users have for what they want from a radio station.

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• “Retention Awards” from the cheapest radio group to keep employees who have no intention of leaving – why?
• Yes, yes David Field gets an unconscionable pay bump for presiding over a company preparing for bankruptcy – but look who else is getting spiffed now.
• Wall Street wants deep cuts from them so why is Audacy doing the exact opposite?
• Talent, programming and sales – their stake in this corporate money grab.
• Will the healthy radio companies start giving raises?

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• “The list” to address radio’s turn offs.
• Time spent listening enhancers.
• Where digital and podcasting fit in.
• Consolidators are already flirting with artificial intelligence (AI) – are listeners interested?
• How to harvest the “gift” of increasingly shorter attention spans.
• News and talk are on the list, but you may be shocked at how listeners want it now.

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• The three types of new owner that will be buying radio stations from desperate consolidators.
• There’s one consolidator that knows this already and they have already begun to take advantage of the next type of station owner.
• AM stations are being shut down or sold for pennies on the dollar – KABC is likely next – does that mean there is a brisk market for AM?
• How are the distressed radio stations sold by consolidators to new owners performing?
• The return of the mom-and-pop era?

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• The profit in not growing the company.
• Plans for market managers.
• Latest distraction: a new low margin business with auto renew in fine print.
• They failed in network, podcasting and spot radio, here’s where they appear to be headed next.
• And, that $50 million buyback of stock has come under fire for this reason.

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• The bankruptcy Audacy is modeling itself after.

• They even hired the same advisory firm.

• Based on this model – who can get screwed and who gets paid.

• Cumulus and iHeart (and potentially Audacy) filed bankruptcy before it was needed – what’s that all about?

• What are the chances a private equity backed company will file for bankruptcy compared to a traditional company – there are research numbers now available.

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• What exactly is sportswashing and how Audacy is strategically employing it.

• This 1-for-30 share Audacy reverse stock split is not what it appears to be – there is a specific reason for this move and helping investors is not at the top of that list.

• The revealing report card on reverse stock splits.

• Field wants what Cumulus CEO Mary Berner was having when she filed for Cumulus – her version worked for her.

• Shareholders usually get screwed in reverse stock splits so why is Audacy’s so important?

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• For a company that is headed to bankruptcy, why is Audacy increasing its spending?
• Where are they spending the money.
• A first good look at David Field preparing for bankruptcy not preventing it.
• CBS-type spending vs. Audacy penny pinching – why the change?
• The fate of their well-publicized forced retirements.

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• The rather surprising position of lenders as Audacy publicly declares it may no longer make it as a going concern.
• The 3 things that Audacy must come away with or it’s game over.
• The way things are leaning at this moment – bankruptcy, loss of control or stay of execution.

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• Cumulus revenue is off, their digital and podcasting gambits are inconsequential at this point.
• They see an erosion of public confidence in their stock.
• So what are they going to do about it?

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Audacy has lost 99% of its value since the CBS merger in 2017 –  CEO David Field publicly criticized CBS at the time for inept management and said he was the only one who could fix it.

So how did he wipe out all the equity of a company that it turns out was never broken?

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• Where they will likely use it first
• What follows next
• They’re threatening AI to replace humans – why risk riling up their employees
• Examples of AI already creeping into music and radio

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• Yesterday’s NYSE delisting and its effect on operations.
• Lenders want more cuts and Audacy wants fewer – there’s a reason.
• How that could change their layoff situation.
• The thinking behind stating publicly that Audacy may no longer be a “going concern”.
• What it all means to lenders, shareholders and remaining employees.

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• Revenue projections for the rest of the year.
• The chance of a lender-driven refinance.
• What happened to all the promised layoffs and cost-cutting?
• Which investors gets screwed the most.
• Look who is ready to hijack the company.

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• What’s different
• The perfect layoff (yes, one radio group has this down pat)
• The hits keep on coming but employees are still shocked -- smart ways to prepare
• The one thing that irks a laid off employee even as much as money issues
• When to sue, when to take what you can and run

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You may also like: The Mediacraft of Tucker Carlson’s Firing … Audacy Reportedly Fudging Their Digital Numbers… Consolidators Risking Ageism Lawsuits … No AM in Cars as an Assault on Right Wing Radio … Audacy to Claw Back Sports Radio … Huge Pay Disparities Discovered at iHeart … Severance Abuse During iHeart Layoffs… Audacy Selling Stations to Prevent Bankruptcy … Audacy’s Tankathon … Layoffs & Lawsuits as iHeart’s Troubles Mount

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• What’s new:  which of these consolidators have a chance to avoid bankruptcy, which don’t.
• Why they now even fear making their debt payments on time as strange as that sounds.
• Learn which ones are toast at Audacy, iHeart, Cumulus & Beasley should they go belly up.
• The one problem they all have in common that will not go away.

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• Radio is unnecessarily pissing off its listeners.
• Several listener complaints that can be remedied at little to no expense at all.
• The somewhat surprising audience input on promos, sweepers and morning shows.
• A way to get around programming to Nielsen PPM instead of the new needs of in-demo audiences.

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• The sudden emphasis on long tenured and older employees as layoff targets.
• The latest trick they’re using to potentially defend against ageism lawsuits.
• The 60-year old’s not in harm’s way.
• It goes both ways, a top revenue manager bolted for a surprising non-radio job.
• The new forced-retirement.

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• What automakers have against AM radio.
• The reason manufacturers want to shut down radio.
• Learn about the next iteration of infotainment systems on FM, satellite and digital devices.
• How next year’s digital dashboard is being reimagined.
• Relevant tests underway by Tesla, Apple and BMW.

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• The effect of a smaller, weaker sports presence on competitors.
• Learn whether there will be  more walking away from expensive NFL rights agreements.
• The strangest Audacy firings perhaps ever – sports head Mike Dee and podcast exec Tim Murphy.
• The big salaries now being eliminated predict as an indicator of where Audacy will be diminished.
• The revised and latest Audacy downsizing strategy.

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• If you thought you knew what the top iHeart execs are making, you may want to think again.
• The ratio of CEO pay to that of median employees for 2022.
• Expensive, high level hiring now going on during layoffs.
• iHeart’s sorry, not sorry scenario for focusing on firing radio people.
• 100% pay increases for this year compared to last.

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• What Urban One is thinking by taking Cox Houston off the hands of a more than anxious seller while deeply in debt.
• Such a deal – wait until you crunch the numbers.
• The reason Urban One can’t file its 2022 Form 10-K revenue statement required by the SEC on time while every other group has done so.
• Their casino ambitions.
• The way they will spinoff stations to comply with ownership limits.

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