Jackson Weaver

Media Insultant

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Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver, two media executives opine on all things media - radio, TV, cable, print, and digital. Both have long careers in radio, TV, digital and print and are not short on opinions in this tumultuous time. All opinions are theirs but happy to hear yours too! Video version available on Vimeo. New episodes each Wednesday. jackson@intownmedia.com and www.intownmedia.com

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Jackson Weaver

Episodes

Media Insultant - Thurs Ed 9.30.21 Dealing with a drunk GM. Cox is now laying off employees. And Triton's new Audio Marketplace threatens sales people everywhere. 30.09.2021 17:00

Welcome to the only media centric video and audio podcast, MEDIA INSULTANT. We focus on the trends and people in the traditional media business as well as emerging digital media. Jackson Weaver and Keith Samuels, a couple of opinionated media execs give their opinion and ideas – some of which actually make sense. This week: · IS TRITON ABOUT TO ELIMINATE SALES ROLES IN RADIO STATIONS? ·...

Media Insultant - Tuesday Edition 9.28.21 The networks whiff at the Emmys. Tegna is back in play. A couple of serious suitors. Marketron has some lessons for radio stations. 28.09.2021 16:42

Welcome to the only media centric video and audio podcast, MEDIA INSULTANT. We focus on the trends and people in the traditional media business as well as emerging digital media. Jackson Weaver and Keith Samuels, a couple of opinionated media execs give their opinion and ideas – some of which actually make sense. This week: · SAD DAYS FOR THE MAJOR (CBS, NBC, ABC, & FOX) NETS AT THE...

Media Insultant - Thurs Ed. 9.23.21 The Taj Mahals of broadcasting are disappearing. Self serving promotion can be deadly. And a sad challenge for anyone recruiting sales people in the media space. 23.09.2021 17:51

Welcome to the only media centric video and audio podcast, MEDIA INSULTANT. We focus on the trends and people in the traditional media business as well as emerging digital media. Jackson Weaver and Keith Samuels, a couple of opinionated media execs give their opinion and ideas – some of which actually make sense. Today: · DEADLY SELF SERVING RADIO PROMOTION · DO WE NEED BIG RADIO...

Media Insultant - Tuesday Edition 9.21.21 The NAB cancels convention with less than 30 days notice. YIKES! Gray's WLUC TV in the Upper Peninsula fires veteran weatherman for not getting vaccinated. And an old school radio spot traffic story. 21.09.2021 17:11

Welcome to the only media centric video and audio podcast, MEDIA INSULTANT. We focus on the trends and people in the traditional media business as well as emerging digital media. Jackson Weaver and Keith Samuels, a couple of opinionated media execs give their opinion and ideas – some of which actually make sense. This week: · THE NAB CANCELS IT’S BIGGEST MONEY MAKER. · GRAY TELEV...

Media Insultant - Thur Ed 9.16.21 Jackson doesn't get Turntable, but Keith does! Tegna is on an OTT Quest with new app and subchannel. Personnel changes too. 16.09.2021 16:30

Welcome to the only media centric video and audio podcast, MEDIA INSULTANT. We focus on the trends and people in the traditional media business as well as emerging digital media. Jackson Weaver and Keith Samuels, a couple of experienced media execs give their opinion and ideas – some of which actually make sense. This week: · KEITH EXPLAINS TURNTABLE TO JACKSON…HE STILL DOESN’T GET IT…...

Media Insultant - Tue Ed 9.14.21 So more is better? That's the NAB's position. This is our first anniversary. Alexa is sounding just like a radio station! What's Amazon up to..? 14.09.2021 19:11

Welcome to the only media centric video and audio podcast, MEDIA INSULTANT. We focus on the trends and people in the traditional media business as well as emerging digital media. Jackson Weaver and Keith Samuels, a couple of opinionated media execs give their opinion and ideas – some of which actually make sense. This week: · WHEN IS ENOUGH CONSOLODATION ENOUGH? · AMAZON SHOULD J...

Media Insultant - Thur Ed 9.9.21 Retire to a small market radio station? Let us know. IBA launches a very cool $2,000 per day contest and G Networks tries a re-brand at the same time they end up in court. 09.09.2021 18:51

Welcome to the only media centric video and audio podcast, MEDIA INSULTANT. We focus on the trends and people in the traditional media business as well as emerging digital media. Jackson Weaver and Keith Samuels, a couple of experienced media execs give their opinion and ideas – some of which actually make sense. This week: · G NETWORKS IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN UGLY LAWSUIT · IBA LA...

Media Insultant - Tue Ed 9.7.21 Jackson goes on a tirade about the lack of leadership in broadcasting over the vaccines for Covid. And the big boys put the squash on Locast. 06.09.2021 18:25

Welcome to the only media centric video and audio podcast, MEDIA INSULTANT. We focus on the trends and people in the traditional media business as well as emerging digital media. Jackson Weaver and Keith Samuels, a couple of experienced media execs give their opinion and ideas – some of which actually make sense. This week: · JACKSON RIPS INTO BROADCASTERS LACK OF COURAGE AROUND VACCINE...

Media Insultant - SPECIAL EDITION - 9.2.21 Media recruiting specialist Lucy Rice on meeting the challenge of finding and retaining a successful sales team. 02.09.2021 24:01

They used to line up at the front door each spring. Young eager new broadcasters who wanted to work for us. Sales, on-air, promotion…whatever it took to get in the door. Today most of our recruiting efforts are fruitless. Craigslist ads and posts on the state broadcasters sites don’t cut it. So what to do? Lucy Rice of Sales Sense in Portland has some great ideas. Well worth a listen. As a...

Media Insultant - SPECIAL EDITION - Tuesday 8.31.21. Ron Stone of Independent Broadcasters Association has some new tools for meeting the challenges of today's media landscape. Listen as he tells us how IBA is helping many broadcasters in this interview. 31.08.2021 26:24

This week Media Insultant breaks format to bring you a Special Edition. Keith and Jackson always challenge traditional media to find new solutions. Well, Ron Stone, head of the small radio group, Adams Radio has done something to meet that challenge. He’s started the Independent Broadcasters Association (IBA) to offer all broadcasters the advantages of scale that the large publicly traded radio...

Media Insultant - Thur Ed 8.26.21 Unbelievable! What we heard on iHeart radio station this week! NexGen TV tries again. No go! And How hard is it to recruit a new sales rep. A Seattle station finds out. 26.08.2021 16:24

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT… Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Join us twice a week for Media Insultant. Today we lead with… · PUBLIC RADIO AUDIENCE ALSO IN DECLINE. · HOW TO PISS OFF YOUR CLIENTS. · NEXGEN TV TRIES AGAIN WITH WHAT WE THINK IS A DUD. This is the August 26TH Thursday Edition – join us weekly Tuesday and Thu...

Media Insultant - Tue Ed. 8.24.21 QR codes on TV? Really? Radio rating flaw exposed again. How come there's no hit music on podcasts. 24.08.2021 13:00

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT… Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Join us twice a week for Media Insultant. Today we lead with… · SUDDENLY – OLD TECH IS NEW TECH · SHORTCOMINGS EXPOSED IN NIELSEN’S PPM METHODOLOGY · MORE PEOPLE CHURN AT AUDACY. This is the August 19th Thursday Edition – join us weekly Tuesday and Thursday morni...

Media Insultant - Thurs Ed. 8.19.21 Was the Olympic NBC coverage really profitable? Dish and Sinclair continue their pissing match and Keith has news on personnel changes in radio. 19.08.2021 22:14

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT… Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Join us twice a week for Media Insultant. Today we lead with… SINCLAIR AND DISH BATTLE OVER THE BALLY SPORTS NETWORKS – AND ERGEN SPEAKS THE TRUTH! WE ASK WHY NBC ANSWERED A QUESTION NO ONE ASKED! AUDACY CONTINUES WITH PERSONNEL TURMOIL…THIS TIME IN THE PROGRAMMING DEPARTMENT. This is...

Media Insultant - Tuesday Special Edition 8.17.21 We break format to spend some time with well respected media director Melissa Durfee-Davis of GreenRubino in Seattle. 17.08.2021 26:30

This is a special edition of Media Insultant. Keith and I get to interview Melissa Durfee-Davis long time media director in the Pacific Northwest with such legendary shops as Cole & Weber, DNA and GreenRubino. Melissa gives us some insight into the workings at the agency level...how they have changed with the advent of digital media...and what she thinks good sales people can still contribu...

Media Insultant - 8.12.21 Thurs Edition Ignore 2019. Everyone is WAY up. Or are they? Nielsen has entered the jewelry business. And we are bummed that Media Insultant is NOT in the top 20 podcast ranking! We were surprized too! 12.08.2021 17:13

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT… Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Join us twice a week for Media Insultant. Today we lead with… · QUARTERLY REPORTS ARE OUT. EVERYONE IS UP…BUT ALSO DOWN. · NIELSEN PPM IS NOW A FASHION ACCESSORY. IF YOU LIKE BLACK. · TOP 20 PODCASTS. WHERE ARE THE BIG BROADCASTERS? This is the August 12th Thursd...

Media Insultant -Tuesday Edition 8.10.21 We comment on Radio Ink's Top 40, Disney's hard ball for data tactics and proof the FCC's radio revitalization isn't working! 10.08.2021 19:14

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT… Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Join us twice a week for Media Insultant. Today we lead with… · WE COMMENT ON THE RANKING OF RADIO INK’S TOP 40 MOST POWERFUL RADIO EXECUTIVES. · DISNEY SHORTS A STAR INEXCHANGE FOR….? THIS IS A NEW ONE… · THE FCC AUCTION 109 PROVED THAT AM IS FINALLY DEAD – VERY...

Media Insultant - Thur Ed 8.5.21 Radio betting on sports betting, iHeart tunes in and lots of personnel changes. 05.08.2021 18:52

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT… Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Join us twice a week for Media Insultant. Today we lead with… · CUMULUS JUMPS INTO THE BETTING WORLD WITH WYNN · TWO STREAMING PLATFORMS COMBINE · MOVING CHAIRS ON THE DECK OF THE TITANTIC…? This is the Thursday August 5th Edition – join us weekly Tuesday and Thu...

Media Insultant - Tuesday Edition 8.3.21 We recommend a great new podcasting app. iHeart introduces what we think is the dumbest skill ever! The Olympic ratings in freefall... 03.08.2021 15:11

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT …Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Twice a week now Media Insultant today leads with… · A TRICK NEW PODCAST PLAYER… · THE OLYMPICS ARE THE GIANT RATINGS SUCK SOUND YOU’RE HEARING… · NEW IHEART SKILL IS TOO DUMB FOR WORDS..,. This is the Tuesday August 3rd Edition – join us weekly Tuesday and Thur...

Media Insultant - 7.29.21 Thurs Ed. How low can CW go? Sad demise of a legendary AM signal. Another SPAC? 29.07.2021 13:55

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT …Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Twice a week now Media Insultant today leads with… · A TV NETWORK RATING WE’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE… · ANOTHER LEGENDARY AM SIGNAL SIGNS OFF THE AIR. · KEITH SPOTS AN UBER EATS SIGN · HANG ON TO YOUR WALLETS …HERE COMES ANOTHER MEDIA SPAC. This is the Thursda...

Media Insultant - 7.27.21 CBS blows up TV management in their top THREE markets! Guess who's back in the news. And...is Cox kidding? A deal with Amazon!? 27.07.2021 19:42

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT…Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Twice a week now Media Insultant today leads with… · AMAZON AND RADIO/TV. IS THIS A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN OR HELL? · ED STOLZ. WHAT MORE CAN WE SAY…BUT WE DO HAVE MORE TO SAY! · CBS TV BLOWS UP THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR BIGGEST MARKETS! This is the Tuesday July 27th...

Media Insultant - 7.22.21 Thursday Edition. CBS/Viacom in play? Lots of personnel changes in broadcasting and faint praise for Audacy. 22.07.2021 18:42

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT…Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Twice a week now Media Insultant today leads with… · AUDICY CUTS MORE JOBS BUT GETS A KUDO FROM US. · KEITH HITS INTERESTING PERSONNEL CHANGES · WANT A TV NETWORK? RUMORS OF CBS SALE. This is the Thursday July 22nd Edition – join us weekly Tuesday and Thursday m...

Media Insultant - Tue Ed 7.20.21 Ok...we were wrong! Volleyball on TV should be killer. Why isn't it? And...a salute to a real creative genius. 20.07.2021 17:43

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT…Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Twice a week now Media Insultant today leads with… · WHOOPS…WE’RE WRONG AGAIN! · VOLLEYBALL ON TV. WHEN WILL IT WORK? · OUR SALUTE TO ONE OF THE MASTER CREATIVE RADIO PEOPLE EVER! This is the Tuesday July 20th Edition – join us weekly Tuesday and Thursday morni...

Media Insultant - 7.15.21 Thur Ed. Suddenly broadcast TV thinks it's 1990! Personnel changes make your head swim. And is Sinclair thinking straight? 15.07.2021 16:45

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT…Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Twice a week now. Media Insultant today leads with… · PERSONNEL CHANGES IN RADIO AND TV – KEITH HAS SOME COMMENTS · WE CONTINUE TO PICK ON NEXT GEN TV. · SINCLAIR SEEMS TO BE DOUBLING DOWN ON REGIONAL SPORTS This is the Thursday July 15 Edition – join us weekly...

Media Insultant - 2.13.21 Will the confusion at Audacy ever end? How is weather change creating new video formats? Ed Stoltz won't go away...amazing! 13.07.2021 15:17

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT…Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Twice a week now. Media Insultant today leads with… · ENTERCOM…ER, AUDACY IS CONFUSED WITH AUDICY OR IS THE OLD ENTERCOM GETTING INTO AEROSPACE? · WILL GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CREATE THE NEXT BIG FORMAT FOR TV? · STOLZ IS BACK. YES…IT CONTINUES… This is the Tuesda...

Media Insultant - 7.8.21 - Thursday Edition. What's an 'asshat' in media? Wanna listen to Madonna's playlist? Audacy can help! Newspaper subscriptions are helping...but probably not enough. 08.07.2021 17:38

WELCOME TO MEDIA INSULTANT…Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions on what’s going on in media. Twice a week now Media Insultant today leads with… · WHEN IS MORE NOT BETTER? AUDACY MAY SOON KNOW… · WHY DOES BOB HOFFMAN CALL GOOGLE “ASSHATS”? · NEWSPAPERS HANG ON WITH SUBSCRIPTIONS. This is the Thursday July 8th Edition – join us weekly Tuesday and Thursday...