“A display ad on Facebook is a lifeless emotionless waste of marketing dollars.” That’s how one radio industry analyst colorfully put it. Although one might ask exactly where isn’t a simple “display ad” a “lifeless emotionless waste of marketing dollars”?  And just how emotion-packed and full of life is a Google ad?  Yet that would [...]

Value to clients is about more than running ads.  And value to consumers is about more than simply playing music. That’s the new world of radio today. No longer is there a “sales side” or a “programming side.”  Nowadays there’s only one “side” and it’s the “value side.” Value to clients and consumers at the [...]

A recent Mediapost piece commented on the inevitable consolidation of players in the every-day-a-new-entrant social TV space.  This is the ecosystem surrounding your favorite shows and fresh ways to interact with them and with your friends in their presence via second screen digital platforms. The whole notion of social interactions surrounding entertainment brands is something [...]

BBC's alternative music station BBC Radio 6 Music won the U.K. station of the year award at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.

Another study from NAB has been issued which supports the notion that consumers want FM on their mobile phones. And, like all studies about what people WILL do rather than what they HAVE DONE in the past, it’s flawed. You can ask people what they value and what they have done and they will give [...]

So says Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy in this opening session highlight from the recent Worldwide Radio Summit, moderated by Triton’s Mike Agovino. Joe also shares some stats on reduced TSL for radio and matches that against the growth for Internet Radio.  These are stats that are not often publicized in the radio industry. Let’s be [...]

On the surface, retailer Target may not have a lot to do with your radio brand. But look closer, because the similarities are staggering. Like radio, Target has a wide array of items, together aimed at a broad-based, massive audience.  Like radio, Target is suffering from a million tiny cuts as Internet options eat into [...]