“Paul Gleiser’s letter to Eddie Fritts took my breath away.”
You will get chills when you read the stunning clarity with which Clear Channel’s plans — and those plans’ consequences — were foretold in 1995.
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News-you-can-use, from the massive, mind-boggling Consumer Electronics Show: Facebook is now signing-up 450,000 members EVERY DAY (not a mis-print). Read what-that-means-to-YOU, and my CES notes, in my February newsletter, and Talkers magazine. |
“Our challenge is figuring out the best ways to use these new platforms to stay relevant to the increasingly demanding and mobile lives of our viewers…
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…especially in this economy, consumers are turning to brands, services and devices that make their lives easier and allow them to do things they couldn’t do before.” Anne Sweeney, co-chair, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group, keynoting CES |
Radio take note: Podcasting/streaming/other new-platform-distribution can boost use of your on-air product, just as it’s helped ABC’s on-air ratings.
I feel like I’ve been swept…Into Tomorrow!
He’s radio royalty to the Consumer Electronics industry: Into Tomorrow host Dave Graveline, broadcasting live from the middle of the THIRTY FOOTBALL FIELD-size CES Exhibit Hall.
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You bet I was star-struck! HC with Motown LEGEND Stevie Wonder. |
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They’re calling each other! CBS News VP/Radio Harvey Nagler (L) and Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show host Tom Kraeutler brandish obligatory gadgets at CES. |
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Justice won’t be done until he’s in The Hall. Baseball great Pete Rose. |
Hear me now, and believe me later:
RADIO’S TRAFFIC FRANCHISE IS ULTIMATELY DOOMED.
Read why, in my February newsletter.
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(Gracefully) aging DJs in Gadget-land. HC grabs a RARE photo of K-Earth101/Los Angeles DJ Shotgun Tom Kelly…WITHOUT his trademark hat! |
