If you go by my mail, a lot of readers are scratching their heads about Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan's decision to give 41-year old Chief Financial Officer Patrick Walsh the additional responsibility of running U.S. radio operations.
The radio industry sure has a lot of financial wizards running things.
It's clear that the radio industry still doesn't get it.
The problem with radio is not money.
It's worse.
It's a lack of compelling and addictive content. Failure to create content for the mobile world and a terrible misunderstanding of what the Internet can mean in terms of future revenue. Plus a total&hellip
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