Inside Music MediaJerry Del Colliano

Take THAT Eric Rhoads!

I can suck up to Lew Dickey just like everyone else to get advertising.

Oh, wait!

I don’t take advertising.

And I’ll put Jon Pinch on my cover, too – wait, wait -- I don’t have a cover.

Okay, then I take it back.

Cumulus is the worst radio group in America.

Just playing with you Eric.  But I just don’t get it.

Don’t understand how this tricky Dickey gets away with putting lipstick on a pig every three months – a veritable pig roast, even.

I have a no-bullshit Wall Street analyst that strips Dickey bare (forgive that imagery) and exposes what’s really killing Cumulus revenue.

And I will add four of these upsetting moves are going to be advanced this year.

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1. News of a merger in which Dickey can bury debt and lay claim to the seller’s revenue performance.
2. Why the over-priced Westwood One deal could unravel the rest of Cumulus.
3. How SweetJack, traffic and the Nash country format lived up to their hype in terms of revenue.
4. How Cumulus will be able to cut on-air talent and management jobs at a very fast pace from here on in.
5. The one piece of good news for Lew Dickey that spells bad news for Cumulus sellers.

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