Media Insultant

It’s Media Insultant for the week of March 8th.  Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their  opinions on all things media. Among other stories… ·       Just what we need another time sink!  Does the world need Clubhouse? ·       A follow up on iHearts final 2020 earnings report - tough year!  ·       And…the gangster/thug of music rights is back beating up radio stations. Don’t forget the Media...

It’s Media Insultant for the first week of March.   Jackson Weaver and Keith Samuels offer opinions on all things media. This week... ·       Lots’ of bad news in radio earnings reports as expected… even being in 5 Georgia Markets doesn’t save Q4 for Cumulus…. ·       But TV continues to mainline on political…. ·       iHeart splits – getting set for sale or just to extract more value…? ·       An...

Keith and Jackson are back for a weekly dose of Media Insultant.  This week... Do we get to see a perp walk?  Ed Stolz on the lamb or in jail… Some new thoughts on the future of radio without Rush…and... iHeart drives a spike thru the hearts their own radio stations… Feedback anytime at jackson@intownmedia.com and we appreciate your subscription to our weekly podcast.  New show drops each Tuesday!...

Rush Limbaugh is dead.  What else is dying with Rush?  This is a special edition of Media Insultant…NOT consultant but Media Insultant!  Today we’re talking about Rush Limbaugh’s impact on the radio business…and where we go from here!   Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media l...

Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver offer their opinions and thoughts on the current media scene – radio, TV, print and digital are all topics they dig into. 1.      Exiting news – soon radio listening in your car!(Hello!) 2.      The battle of the giants grows as Paramount Plus launches 3.      Why is the NAB so opposed to ZoneCasting? 4.      And…why did no one show up for Lori Lewis’ webinar? DON’...

Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver opine on all things media.  They sometimes even say something that makes sense.  New episodes drop each Tuesday!   This week... 1.    50 years of success doing the same thing over and over… 2.    The story just gets better and more complicated…Ed is back. 3.    Radio loses another talented manager 4.    The big get bigger and less diversified.  Do we care? Media In...

This week Keith and Jackson offer their opinions on a what's going on in media...including: 1.    The Marshal is in town… 2.    What is Fortress Capital’s play with Alpha Media…? 3.    Sinclair’s regional sports nets – roll ‘em!! 4.    Apple crushing Facebook revenue…yikes!  Video version available on YouTube.  New episode each Tuesday.  Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson D...

Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver opine on what's going on in the media space this week... BREAKING:   Alpha Media's bankruptcy is a tough one! 1.    The death of advertising supported media. ? 2.    Great.  Just in time.  Another all-news OTT channel…just in time for what…?. 3.    Cumulus killing free speech?  Who cares!? 4.    A killer podcast recommendation!   Don't forget to subs...

Each week Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver opine on all things media.  This week… 1)      I thought syndicated radio shows were for small markets!  Bobby Bones arrives in Seattle! 2)      The Sharks swim free in streaming for the next season.  KFOX is out and maybe radio sports is too. 3)      What’s on YOUR dashboard? 4)      Creepy genius!  Monster hitmaker from the 60s & 70s was indeed a mo...

1)       What a difference 20 years or radio makes.  Or does it? 2)      Golf on the radio is like watching Velveeta cheese age in the cooler.  So why did Sirius XM want the rights to the Masters? 3)      Amazon buys podcaster Wondery for some $300 million.  What’s the REAL reason they want to be in such a small business? 4)      Direct Response (DR) advertising has long been occupied by bottom fe...

Keith and Jackson ask will Radio.com be a better brand than Entercom?  What is Jeff Smulyan going to do with $200M in SPAC money?  How to sell against Google/Facebook other than begging.  And Ed Stolz story may be over as well as the NAB basically pleading poverty with hundreds of millions in the bank! Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comm...