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Small Market Radio - Better Days Are Coming
June 17, 2009
In Radio These Days, Small Is Better | online.wsj.com
Small market radio stations are best poised to come out of this economic downturn. Localism is a key driver, especially since newspapers are disappearing.
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April 5, 2009
WHDH-TV snubs Leno as 10 p.m. | www.boston.com
What's the rush to publicly announce this? Probably not a good move on the station's part.
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A LITTLE OPTIMISM FOR LOCAL TV & RADIO
March 25, 2009
Measuring Newspaper’s Decline | www.rbr.com
The web is great for aggregating national news but does not address local needs the way newspapers used to. Operative words are "used to" as the universe of newspapers is rapidly shrinking.
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January 16, 2009
Leno TV Time Shift Lays Egg With Ad Buyers at Ratings Loser NBC | www.bloomberg.com
Must See TV? Sounds somewhat familiar, but more a memory than reality. Less is more in a fragmented TV universe.
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TV Remains Ad King But The Rules Are Changing
January 5, 2009
The Internet's Cool, But TV Remains Ad King | www.informationweek.com
Yes, TV provides advertisers "critical mass" necessary for broad immediate reach. Yes, TV is the only medium with the ability to reach 50%+ of any given demographic. These two "yesses" will continue to change and evolve in 2009 and beyond.
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November 21, 2008
TVB's Revised Spot Forecast: Down 7-11% | www.tvnewsday.com
2009 is going to be a tough year but what else is new? TV, like other media is not immune to the economic downturn. Advertisers are being forced to re-look media/marketing expenditures, that in itself is not unusual or a bad thing per se.
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Personal People Meter - When Almost Good is Not Good Enough
September 29, 2008
NYC Council backs FCC probe of PPM. | www.rbr.com
Under reporting of audience listenership to Urban and Spanish-language stations hurts everyone, the listeners and advertisers. It's taken main stream marketers a while to fully understand the importance of these audiences
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Can Radio Overcome All The Negativity?
September 24, 2008
Rehr: 'Negativity' Threatens The Radio Business | www.radioink.com
As with other mediums, revenue is down but radio is far from out of business. New technologies and a return to localism will help.
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Nielsen TV HH's Increase for 2008/09
September 11, 2008
Nielsen: TV Households to Increase 1.5% for 2008-09 Season | www.mediaweek.com
Continued growth overall, key shifts in population demographics. New technology enables advertisers to better reach these targets.
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TV Advertising Tops Newspapers
August 11, 2008
Study: Broadcast Beats Papers for Ad Sales | www.reuters.com
No surprises here as newspapers continue to lose relevance amongst readers and advertisers. The Internet will be the biggest winner as has been forecasted for a while now
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August 4, 2008
CBS To Sell 50 Radio Stations | www.radioink.com
This is beginning to look like a new version of Clear Channel's "less is more", in this case it's about less stations rather than shorter message lengths. It's a far cry from the early days of Mel Karmazin's management of the radio division.
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IS IT TOO LATE FOR SAM ZELL AND TRIBUNE COMPANY
July 7, 2008
L.A. Times Newsroom to Shrink by 150 Jobs | www.nytimes.com
You cut and cut and before you know it there's no product to sell. Unlike a factory or other asset, there's no correlation between reducing cost and overhead and making a profit.
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June 3, 2008
Publisher offers 5,000 more books for Kindle | www.businessweek.com
While not happening as quickly as with newspapers and magazines, books are not that far behind. Kindle and Sony's Reader will make electronic readership a lot easier
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Scripps to post lifestyle TV clips to YouTube
May 22, 2008
Scripps to post lifestyle TV clips to YouTube | www.reuters.com
Smart move, will expose their brands to a younger audience not generally viewing their networks
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Katie and CBS, a match not made in heaven
April 11, 2008
CBS News, Katie Couric Likely to Part Ways | online.wsj.com
In the end, third place in a less than a relevant race is not all that bad. Both katie Couric and CBS might be better served by separating.
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LONG TERM PROSPECT FOR NEWSPAPERS
March 31, 2008
Gannett Co., Inc. Releases December Statistical Report | www.tradingmarkets.com
Decines in both circulation and ad revenue continue. Newspapers must adapt to a changing media landscape to maintain relevancy
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Starbucks Seeks Customer Input
March 24, 2008
Starbucks Seeks Customer Input | online.wsj.com
Looks like Starbucks is trying to get back to basics after failing at mass customization. It's been a long and winding road for them, not unexpected when their leader had visions of 40,000 Starbucks.
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MULTICASTING OPPORTUNITIES WITH DTV
March 12, 2008
Local Stations Multiply | www.broadcastingcable.com
Potential upside for advertisers as well as broadcasters, ability to narrowcast, not unlike the relationship between broadcast TV and cable in the early 1980's
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A Sign of the Times for Printed Newspapers - Article written by Mr. P.J. Louis
February 13, 2008
Gannett Co., Inc. Releases December Statistical Report | www.tradingmarkets.com
Article is extremely relevant as it address the current climate for newspapers. There is still life left, but much change is needed.
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Radio Industry and Arbitron will get it right
December 18, 2007
October Radio Revenues Down 7% | publications.mediapost.com
Obviously there's a lot at stake; audience measurement and ad revenue for the stations. Realistically, this is a major step, going from traditional diaries to PPM's, corresponding results to date are not surprising.
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