Entercom’s CEO David Field has hired an experienced video exec to become the company’s first Vice President to run the highly profitable legacy CBS all news franchise -- he has no experience in radio management or programming.
A painful transition is ahead that will affect all present employees.
A new model is coming for a company not comfortable with “the CBS way” of doing all-news.
It’s a big gamble with a lot of money on the line at a time when Entercom can’t afford to lose any of it.
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