Want to Save Radio? Bring on the Pirates!
On Saturday night we went to see “Pirate Radio” a film based on the pirate radio stations that broadcast rock and roll music from international waters in the North Sea to millions of English teens from...
View ArticleToday’s Radio Pirates!
I blogged earlier about the Pirate Radio movie and our need for Pirates to take over radio today, to engage with listeners passionately about something. I have had a few people comment to me that “HOT...
View ArticleCitizen Journalists Join Government & Media to Give Twitter its Voice
Four Police Officers Shot and Killed On the first Sunday following an otherwise uneventful Northwest Thanksgiving holiday, four police officers were gunned down at a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington...
View ArticleOne word every elected official should learn from Scott Brown
Scott Brown, Senator-elect from Massachusetts was interviewed this morning on The Today Show by Meredith Vieira. As I listened to the interview one word delivered by Senator-elect Brown got my...
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#apple + @anncurry = Twitter for breaking news
It’s been an interesting few weeks in Twitterland proving that today, everybody is a publisher. When an earthquake rocked Haiti, Brian Williams, Katie Couric and the rest of the world’s news...
View ArticleComcast spends to rebrand as XFINITY. Let me explain . . .
A brilliant move by Comcast. Instead of focusing attention (money) on really improving customer service, or perhaps doing something valuable for the consumer like NOT playing games with pricing,...
View ArticleSearch Has the Answer – No Matter the Question
Is Traditional Advertising still Effective? In the last few weeks have you responded to an advertisement delivered by your mail carrier? Have you made a purchase solely due to an advertisement you saw...
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How Much is a TV Station worth today?
How much is a TV Station worth today? How about a radio station? For that matter, how about a newspaper? Not as much as they were a year ago. And certainly not as much as 5 or 6 years ago. And not...
View ArticleABC is about to cut 300 – 400 jobs. Why is that good news?
In my last post, I talked about the challenges facing local TV Stations. Shrinking audiences, new fees from the networks that used to pay them, competition from nearly everything electronic. Yesterday...
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Are You Surfing the Internet While Watching TV?
Are you surfing the internet while you watch TV? If your answer is yes you are not alone. A new study by Forrester shows that US consumers now spend equal time with television and the Internet. So...
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