The stories about ratings respondents cheating abound. Some are true and some are urban legend. The issue is, how do you manage and program in a world of statistical sampling, measurement error, and non-response biases that may be working against …
Does 35 years seems like a long time ago? Well it seems like yesterday in the music business. That’s because the music from 35 years ago is still in high demand, in hot rotation on the radio, and the artists …
The Internet rocked the media world with one simple advertiser advantage. Accountability. Advertisers on the Internet can see who watches what, and when they watch it. But the playing field may become level. For the first time the People Meter…
Do you remember the Jetson’s space car? It was an open air vehicle that avoided all traffic delays, flew George directly to Spacely Sprockets, and best of all…it folded into a briefcase.
Unfortunately we are a long way off from …
Almost on a daily basis we are fed by the trades, newspapers, TV reports and who knows how many media related blogs, that the death of traditional media is just around the corner. Just as the Buggles claimed “TV Killed …
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Hey…has he gone crazy? Steve Jobs recently announced the development of the newly designed Apple Nano complete with a built-in FM tuner. He must be crazy to build an old technology like radio into a new technology like the Nano.…
So we have a last minute bailout for Sirius/XM with John Malone riding in as the white knight. 
Mel ends up with $530m in bailout dough, and life goes on. But satellite radio has deeper problems that begin and end …
The market crashes, lenders aren’t lending money, and those who hold media properties are wondering if there ever will be a light at the end of the tunnel.
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