Pandora getting local and moving into Talk programming

Radio Headlines February 11, 2010

Look at one possible future … Pandora.  Interview at Hear 2.0

Radio-info (241,488 Monthly Visits says Compete.com) – Clever headline … Receiver Trouble.  Access.1 Communications owes lenders $109-million and now the lenders want the court to appoint a hedge fund guy as receiver. [This is going to be ugly.]  Lincoln Financial Group owns radio stations in Atlanta, Miami, and Denver.  They are taking some losses this year but will continue to support them “for the time being”.  Mancow and Cassidey are out at Chicago WLS.    Read more …

All Access (103,247 Monthly Visits) – Universal Music Group gets new CEO with track record of finding stars, growing revenues, and building new business models. [No Wall Street MBA?].  EMI looking to raise $200-million from investors so it doesn’t violate debt covenants. Entercom CEO calls an “all hands” meeting at the company’s Boston cluster for next Wednesday.  [It’s always bad when you don’t know what’s coming.]  Read more …

RBR (69,924) – Mancow out after he joined WLS in Oct’08 and hit No. 1 just four months later.  National syndicated show continues.  Creativity Lost and discussion how current radio leaders not working.   Read more …

Inside Radio (14,153) – Leads with “Radio faces digital gap” and at $500-million radio has barely scratched the surface of local online revenue.  H&R Block’s tax plan includes radio with 26,044 spots last week.  Read more …

Radio Ink (13,505) – Radio Mercury Awards move to NYC and align with Advertising Week in September.  Second item Mancow out at WSL/Chicago.  Read more …

Inside Music Media (Unknown) – Local Pandora Radio … local ads and “talk” shows coming.  Consolidators move toward cheap national programs with little or no local costs and they make money as long as they can keep their local licenses.  But, Pandora can be even cheaper.  Read more …

Kurthanson/RAIN (10,397) – Warner Music to stop licensing free-to-use, ad-supported online streaming services.    Read more …

Hear 2.0 (4,290) – Pandora’s Sales Strategy – a chat with John Trimble, Chief Revenue Officer (Sales Guy).  This guy just landed a planet-sized product placement with the movie Avatar.  Read more …

Jacobs Media Blog (Unknown) … Learning from Toyota and questions what plans you have when the inevitable crisis hits your business. [Ans:  Call Jacobs Media.] .   Read more …

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