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• It happens next week – details on how ugly it’s going to be.
• Big money is on the line – how big?
• The 3 competitors that are forming a consortium to carry out the attack.
• How this first time ever initiative turns iHeart, Premiere and Seacrest’s strengths into a major liability.
• Why iHeart’s monopolistic Katz rep firm is being caught flat footed.
• This is a national effort but the same concept would work for local stations – here’s the plan of attack.

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• Will Entercom set up a trust to hold stations awaiting further deregulation or  sell them when the merger closes for money.
• How lenders want Entercom to handle the extra stations.
• Is Lew Dickey still in as a spin-off partner?
• Which buyers does Entercom look to as safe for selling spin-offs.
• Which current Entercom stations are likely to be sold and to whom?  We name them and their markets.

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• We’ve got a report of Entercom turning down a high-priced deal for one of their currently owned radio station – here are the details including price.
• That doesn’t mean they’re not entertaining other offers – see where.
• What is the one thing on the calendar that is pushing Entercom to consider selling some stations even before the DOJ approves the CBS merger.
• Rule number one that will absolutely never be broken is that David Field will never, ever do what? Here it is and you can bet on it.
• Which potential buyers Entercom favors.
• And this! Entercom may be a buyer out of the box once the CBS merger closes – look at this station and this market first.

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• Who will run daily operations?
• Is there a place for Scott Herman post merger?
• Will Entercom start its own rep firm?
• How will Entercom fight the rate cutting that is destroying iHeart and Cumulus?
• Programmatic buying – are they on board to cut sales costs and commissions?
• Programming plans revealed.
• Future expansion possibilities.
• Debt strategy to avoid becoming buried in red ink like iHeart and Cumulus.
• Their digital plans together.
• David Field’s job security (the Fields own less than 30% of the new entity).

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• The compelling evidence of a Cumulus/Lew Dickey deal.
• What might that deal look like?
• Why it now behooves Cumulus to help Lew Dickey get back in the radio business.
• What Lew Dickey could have that Cumulus badly needs.
• Why Cumulus is so afraid of what Lew is up to that they would rather deal with him.

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