Two things happened last week that made me realize again that the advantages local radio stations traditionally had in serving their communities are being marginalized by technology. Listeners can get the critical news and information they once could only get from their hometown radio station in a multitude of places and platforms and they’re using… Read More »
I believe in holding companies accountable when they do something wrong. Like when Republic Airlines caused me to be injured on one of their flights. But I also believe in acknowledging the all too infrequent “good citizenship” of a corporation, especially a media company, that has done something incorrectly and then has the honesty, and… Read More »
For someone who studies the Internet, today is the day we borrow the infamous line from Steve Martin in “The Jerk“. It excites me every year with Mary Meeker from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers releases her yearly Internet Trends Report. It may be the very best look at the state of the Internet, and how it… Read More »
Yes, I’m guilty. Guilty as charged for not updating this blog for over a year. I could give you a million excuses from “I had a nasty paper cut on my pinky and couldn’t type” to “The dog ate it”, but I won’t. I’ve been working hard and trying to spend time with the family,… Read More »
Over the weekend, I tried to listen several times to a very major market radio station owned by a very large multimedia company via their online stream, and I thought my ears would start bleeding. It was a complete nightmare. I don’t want to mention the station or owner because they would be truly embarrassed to know… Read More »
The following post is from The Music Meeting, my blog about music for grown ups. I’m a huge believer that the future of music is mobile, whether it be listening in the car, on a smartphone, or on some kind of device that we haven’t even thought of yet. That being said, I’m very intrigued… Read More »