Media Insultant

LOWEST UNIT RATE - NO CHAOS HERE…

AMAZON’S GENIUS AD BUSINESS…IS KILLING IT…

DIGITAL CPMS DECLINE…WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VALUE…?

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media...

BUILDING A NEW RADIO STATION FROM SCRATCH…

NEW BRAND BUT IS THE STORY ANY DIFFERENT FOR GEOBROADCASTING

KATZ DOES A DUMB STUDY…

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management.&nbs...

I KNOW…WE WILL RUN SOME ADS ON OUR TV STATIONS AND EVERYONE WILL RUN TO THE STORE AND BUY NEXTGEN TVS!! 

THE SHIFT IN RADIO M&A IS APPARENT…

NIELSEN AND CUMULUS CONTINUE TO PISS ON EACH OTHER….

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - bu...

THE SOUND OF THE CITY - PROOF THAT EVEN A SOLID SUCCESSFUL RADIO STATION DOESN’T HAVE TO REMAIN THAT.. .WE GEEK OUT.

HOW DOES WMAR’S ROTATOR DIGITAL TV NEWS SHOW LOOK….??

AUDIOGRAPH - RADIO CONTINUES TO TRY AND MATCH DIGITAL AUDIENCE DATA.

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They f...

KCAL BLOWS OUT STAFF…BUT IS THE REAL REASON?

THE PERILS OF TV CONSOLIDATION IN INDY

SCRIPPS GOES TO THE MATTRESSES WITH ALL IN  DIGITAL

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and managemen...

WE THINK THE FCC’ S OWNERSHIP CAP REMOVAL IS A TERRIBLE IDEA

RADIO QUARTERLY’S ARE IN - NOT MUCH GOOD NEWS, YET.

THE NATIONS #1 BILLING RADIO STATIONS HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP. 

FOX TELLS THE NFL - NADA! 

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but a...

ST LOUIS BLUES?  DID HOFFMAN OVERPAY…OR DID AUDACY GET EVERY DIME ON THE TABLE…?

HOW DOES ONE SELL INTO A DECLINING MARKET?

HERE’S AN IDEA.  LET’S OPEN A COFFEE SHOP FOR OUR TV STATION

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but a...

GOT A TOUGH TIME RECRUITING?  WE’VE GOT A NEW IDEA THAT MIGHT HELP…STICK AROUND

IS THE  COMCAST SPLIT  A PRELUDE TO MORE “PREMATURE CERTAINTY?”

CUMULUS UPHELD BY COURT AGAINST NIELSEN -  BUT THE DAMAGE IS EXTENSIVE.

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They...

SCOTUS SEEMS TO BE HANDING TV EVEN MORE POLITICAL REVENUE

AUDACY SELLS IN ST. LOUIS - SO?

TV MOURNING SHOW - AS IN  OBITUARY OR DEATH NOTICES…A NICE NEW REVENUE SOURCE…

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or...

KRML - GOTTA LOVE THE STORIES OF THIS CLASSIC MOVIE RADIO STATION. 

EASTLAN MOVES UPTOWN

IHEART LAYOFFS - SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW OR MAYBE SOMETHING IS NEW?

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and...

A MYSTERIOUS RADIO STATION SALE

WARSHAW WALKS FROM MORE RADIO STATIONS

WE CLARIFY OUR RADIO STATION OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE SETTING.

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management.  Videos are...

WE MAY HAVE UNDERESTIMATED BYRON ALLEN’S EFFORTS TO TAKE ON YOU TUBE…BUT IT WON’T BE EASY…

FCC ADDS EXPENSIVE BURDENS TO RADIO AND TV

HUBBARD REBRANDS…OR BRANDS…OR IS JUST STATING THE OBVIOUS…WE AREN’T SURE…

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscap...

WHAT’S THE  DIGITAL SALES TIP HIDDEN IN BORRELL’S RECENT REPORT…?

BYRON ALLEN SAYS, WHAT THE HELL.  LET’S TAKE ON YOU TUBE.

THE IHEART SIRUIS TALKS HIT A SNAG…AND THE ENEMY MAY BE RADIO.

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily...

JOHNNY CARSON HAS AN ANNIVERSARY.

COX MEDIA GROUP APPARENTLY IS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL

TED TURNER TAKES OUT THE TRASH

SBS/SALEM RESTRUCETURE

WTOP’S EXTRAORDINARY LEADER RETIRES…

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or b...

LOTS OF JUSTIFIED TRIBUTES TO TED TURNER…

WHAT IS URBAN ONE DOING BUYING MORE RADIO STATIONS THIS CLOSE TO BK. 

IS A SELLING GM A GOOD IDEA?

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and mana...

NEVER ONE TO BE BASHFUL - THE NFL PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON!

CUMULUS IS SADLY ABOUT OVER…

AUDACY BOOSTS IT’S SPORTS PRESENCE…AT THE EXPENSE OF LEGENDARY RADIO.

WHAT TO SAY WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, NO ONE LISTENS TO THE RADIO 

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV ...

YIKES…GM HAS PULLED HD RADIO FROM THEIR CARS.

OUR AUDIENCE CHIMES IN ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE #1 OBJECTION FOR RADIO SALES PEOPLE…

IHEART AND SIRIUS  HAS US SCRATCHING OUR HEADS…

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media tha...

NAB SPRING SHOW -LOOKING FOR BUYERS!

ANOTHER SAD RIP FOR A GREAT BROADCASTER AND GUY

AI PANIC IN THE STREETS AT GOOGLE.

FCC STORY YOU WON’T BELIEVE

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and mana...

CAN STREAMING SAVE LOCAL TV STATIONS…?

MEDIACO EGO GETS IN THE WAY OF A CLIENT FOCUSED MESSAGE.

SBS FILES AND MARY GETS ANOTHER YEAR AT THE HELM OF A SINKING SHIP! 

Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial...