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Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver, two media executives opine on all things media - radio, TV, cable, print, and digital. Both have long careers in radio, TV, digital and print and are not short on opinions in this tumultuous time. All opinions are theirs but happy to hear yours too! Video version available on Vimeo. New episodes each Wednesday. [email protected] and www.intownmedia.com
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S7E292 Media Insultant - Special Edition - 3.4.26 - Lucy Rice on how radio sales can better compete.
We’ve got a special edition of Media Insultant for you today. And much of what we will talk about today is Evergreen…worth listening to a couple of times…My old friend Keith Shipman - he’s the…
S7E291 Media Insultant 2.25.26 - Are we too hard on radio? The Olympics deliver GOLD for NBC. If Saga goes up for sale, who will show up to buy? And Entravision leadership changes.
IF SAGA COMM. IS IN PLAY…WHO’S IN THE POOL?OLYMPICS? THE TENT POLE THAT IS DELIVERING FOR NBC.WE ARE ACCUSED OF GIVING RADIO A HARD TIME. AND THAT IS CORRECT….ENTRAVISION OUSTS A 25YEAR LEADER…Media…
S7E290 Media Insultant - 2.18.26 Radio gets to 25% in digital. Really? Or just shell game? Nexstar and TEGNA merger is back on or is it? What's up with radio.com?
RADIO GOT 25% DIGITAL….BUT WE THINK, MAYBE NOT.RADIO.COM URL SOLD…BUT WHAT FOLLOWS IS JUST WEIRD.TEGNA/NEXSTAR BACK UP TO THE PLATE BUT ARE THE NETWORKS BEING ACED OUT?Media Insultant is produced…
S7E289 Media Insultant - 2.11.26 - New earworm! How'd Radio Row do? WTF is the deal with Eastlan and Cumulus? Tentpoles seem to be sagging on TV.
WE ALL WATCHED THE SUPER BOWL BUT HOW DID RADIO ROW PERFORM…?CUMULUS LEAKED AND NIELSEN IS PISSED ABOUT IT…GRAMMYS RATINGS - OLYMPIC RATINGS FOR BETTER OR WORSEMedia Insultant is produced each…
S7E288 Media Insultant - 2.4.26 - Why would an iHeart exec jump ship to a sinking one? Is Radio Row dying? Audacy reorg is different this time. And Jackson bitches about OTA reception on his home TV.
WITH OUR FAVORITE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS PLAYING THIS WEEKEND IN THE THE BIG GAME…KEITH TAKES A LOOK AT THE DEATH OF “RADIO ROW” FOR SUPER BOWLLE GRETT TO BEASLEY? HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AUDACY’S NEW…
S7E287 Media Insultant 1.28.26 How good is Bobby Rich's new book...? Cumulus to consolodate. What is GEO?
Bobby Rich’s Life in your radio…worth reading?MediaCo is getting the old band back together.Another acronym you’ll have to memorize….GEOConsolidation continues…as Cumulus centralizes Kansas…
S7E286 Media Insultant - 1.21.26 - Earthquake story, Cumulus winning in court, Sinclair doubles down and MediaCo is still MIA on HD channels in LA.
WHAT WOULD EPHRAM ZIMBALIST JUNIOR SAY ABOUT DAN BONGINO - OUT AT THE FBI BACK TO PODCASTINGMEDIACO TRYING TO SPREAD THE BUZZ… STILL QUIETSINCLAIR RAMPS UP THE PRESSURE ON SCRIPPS…AND CUMULUS WINS A…
S7E285 Media Insultant - 1.14.26 - We share an earworm! Audacy consolodates newscasts in two markets. Your next fortune is at YouTube? Not! The Oscars are the next tent pole that goes to streaming.
BROADCASTING SHARING RESOURCES - EVEN WITH THE EVIL COMPETION. THE OSCARS SAY BUY-BYE TO ABC TV. CAN ANYONE MAKE MONEY ON YOU TUBE?WE SHARE AN EARWORM. WARNING! Media Insultant is produced each…
S7E284 Media Insultant - 1.7.26 - Don't forget QR codes. How does Cumulus negotiate with Nielsen? SFO gets a new manager from Bean Town. And is MTV really gone?
SCRIPPS KINDA EMBARRASES SINCLAIR...HERE COMES THE JUDGE...AND HE SLAPS NIELSEN.MTV. RUMORS OF YOUR DEMISE ARE GREATLY EXAGERATED…IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE HOLIDAYS...BUT NO GRASS GROWING UNDER JEFF…
S6E283 Media Insultant - Holiday Edition 12.17.25
This week we deviate from our normal format and resurrect our annual Ode to the Holidays with our poet lauret, Tony Bollen. If you're a regular, you've heard Tony's tributes to both radio and the…
S6E282 Media Insultant - 12.10.25 - More on getting radio out of the data ditch. Even we have a comment on the Netflix acauistion. And Mediaco seems confused. Or clueless.
MEDIACO IS TRIPPING UP AGAIN…OR JUST DON’T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS?VALIDATION OF MY UPPER FUNNEL SALE MODEL FOR RADIO - I PROMISE i WON’T SAY I TOLD YOU SO…CONNOISSEURS RECENT SUCKING UP ALPHA MEDIA GOT…
S6E281 Media Insultant - 12.3.25 - Is the TV M&A activity in jeoprardy? Trump makes useless threats. And iHeart is guaranteeing us a human experience.
TRUMP IS CONFUSED ABOUT LICENSES FOR TV NETWORKS…TWO BIG TELEVISION M&A DEALS ARE IN SOME JEOPARDY…IHEART ISSUES A WEIRD AI GUARANTEE.Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell…
S6E280 Media Insultant - 11.26.25 The collapse of radio values? Bonneville starts a sports net that makes no sense. And Jackson rants about radio data!
THE WIZARD OF WESTPORT IS MAKING RADIO INTERESTING AGAIN!WE THINK RADIO IS FIGHTING THE WRONG BATTLE!BONNEVILLE STARTS A REGIONAL SPORTS RADIO NETWORK…AH…AND THE REASON FOR THAT????Media Insultant…
S6E279 Media Insultant - 11.19.25 - AI is helping how? Now everyone can sell everything in media! And how was FORECAST?
EVERYONE IS SELLING EVERYTHINGAI HELPS RADIO HOW?WE MISSED FORECAST - BUT STILL HAVE AN OPINION.Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments,…
S6E278 Media Insultant - 11.5.25 - iHeart SFO shuffled? Cumulus stumbles, again. And Is Amazon about to re-order local media sales?
IS LOCAL MEDIA JUST ONE AMAZON CLICK AWAY FROM OBLIVION? (3:40) iHEART SFO - KEITH STARTED PULLING THE STRING AND INTERESTING THINGS KEEP POPPING OUT….(15:17)CUMULUS CONTINUES THE SLIDE…AND YA GOTTA…
S6E277 Media Insultant 10.29.25 - EMF might be the most successful radio group in the oountry! No one seems to give a damn about digital media waste! And the FDA could chop $7 billion out of TV revenue! Now that's a problem!
NO ONE SEEMS TO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT WASTE - THE MONEY JUST KEEPS FLOWING (8:10)FDA RATTLES WITH A POTENTIAL BAN ON TV AND RADIO ADS. (13:12)EMF UNFOLDS FINANCIALS - KICK BUTT (4:15) Media Insultant is…
S6E276 Media Insultant 10.22.25 - Is the one day sale a gimmick at Connoiseur stations? Cumulus comes out fighting! Saga makes a good move IOHO!
WHO’S GOING TO BLINK FIRST? CUMULUS TAKES ON NIELSEN IN WHAT SOME CALL A GAME OF CHICKEN! (7:55)CONNOISEUR HAS A DEAL FOR YOU! (2:09)WE GIVE SAGA COMMUNICATIONS A SOLID FIST BUMP ON THEIR MOVES THIS…
S6E275 Media Insultant - 10.15.25 - Both Saga and The Wizard say go big or go home. More layoffs of good people. FCC Commissioner Carr floats a dumb idea...IOHO.
GO BIG OR GO HOME. THAT’S WHAT SAGA IS SAYING!(17:45)MORE LAYOFFS - AH…NO FURTHER COMMENT (7:10)A SURPRISING DEAL THE WIZARD OF WESTPORT STRIKES A BIG ONE (1:20)FCC COMMISSIONER CARR HAS A DEAL FOR…
S6E274 Media Insultant 10.8.25 - Net's VS Affiliates. Does it get better or worse? No deals in radio M&A. Is that going to last? Is Salem going to make it?
IT’S ALWAYS BEEN THERE BUT THE KIMMEL DEBACLE PUTS FURTHER STRAIN ON THE NETWORK STATION RELATIONSHIPS…(1:25)RADIO M&A IS …TO PUT IT MILDLY, VERY QUIET. IS THIS THE QUIET BEFORE THE STORM>??…
S6E273 Media Insultant - 10.1.25 - STOP with new business! A remarkable NEW budgeting process for your station!
This is a SPECIAL EDITION of Media Insultant. WIth budgeting season here we asked Gerry Tabio and Sally Beamer of Creative Resources Group to give us some guidance on budgeting in these challenging…
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