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Tim Sanders, author of 4 books including his latest entitled Today We Are Rich opened up the Radio Ink Convergence show by telling the audience that he sells more books when he does a radio interview than any other promotional appearances he does, including The Today Show and USA Today. Sanders' presentation wasn't only about how to sell books, it was about leadership, innovation, confidence and disruptive technology. He says confidence is rocket fuel in life. And when up on stage Sanders sweats confidence. He's one of those people in life that you just know is happy and positive all the time. |
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Oaktree Capital Management, a financial backer of Triton Digital and Townsquare Media, among other companies, is planning an IPO, the New York Times reports. The paper, citing "a person familiar with the planned move," says Oaktree will transfer its shares to the NYSE from a private exchange. |
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Kurt Hanson takes the Luminary Award for his long track record of leadership and expertise in digital media as Radio Ink names the winners of it first annual Radio Ink Digital Awards at Convergence 11, being held now at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, CA. Kidd Kraddick's kidd.tv took the award for Best Brand Extension Through Streaming, while WEEI/Boston's WEEI.com took honors for Best Radio Station Website (Markets 1-10). Click the headline to see all the winners. |
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Clear Channel Chairman/Media & Entertainment Platforms Bob Pittman comes on board for the Radio Show: He'll be keynoting the "Total Radio" super session on September 15. "The enhancements in radio today complement our core business and offer our listeners and advertisers unmatched value propositions," says RAB President/CEO Jeff Haley. "Bob is uniquely positioned to share his perspective." The Radio Show, jointly produced by the RAB and the NAB, is set for September 14-16 in Chicago. |
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Revenue from local search advertising will reach $8.2 billion by 2015, BIA/Kelsey predicts, up from $5.1 billion in 2010. The firm is projecting that 30 percent of search volume will be local by 2015. |
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Pandora leads Triton Digital's March domestic ranker for webcasts in both the 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday daypart and the 6 a.m.-midnight list. In the all-streams ranker, which doesn't include Pandora and some other high-profile streamers, CBS Radio is number one in the 6 a.m.-8 p.m. workday daypart. |
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Exciting research reveals the wants and needs of radio's most sought after audience -- the 25-54 money demo. Discover what they really want from their radio station. Read more. |
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When you get an opportunity to spend time with people using their iPhones or Android devices, you get a real sense of how consumers have developed relationships with those devices. Radio, for the longest time, has had a special relationship with consumers. Radio executives and managers, to this day, still tout the bond listeners have with their local station or morning DJ. When Fred Jacobs played video of the consumers he tracked in a recent study it was more confirmation that consumers are doing nearly everything on these tiny devices. Banking, games, e-mail, making calls, using it as a flashlight, taking pictures, and yes, listening to music. But these consumers in cities like L.A., Cleveland, Baltimore, and Dallas were not telling Jacobs, "I have my favorite radio station app" on their phones. Is that a problem for radio? |
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As more and more stations and broadcasters are beginning to realize, online listeners and visitors are not only used to seeing ads, but are in full acceptance of ads. According to Forbes Magazine, Amazon recently conducted their own survey of Kindle customers and came up with some not-so-surprising facts. Facts that are, indeed, of great interest to the world of e-commerce and online publishers. This is not new information to many, like myself, that are deeply involved with online streaming and the monetization thereof on a daily basis. |
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Perhaps the example of what took place in Tyler Texas last night is a great example of why radio stations across America should get behind the push to have FM chips installed in cell phones. Public safety is one of the reasons the NAB is making a push to install the chips. Yesterday, Radio Ink publisher Eric Rhoads wrote an editorial about the chips and debuted a new commercial we are hoping radio stations can use to help educate the public. |
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PastBlast, the new iPad app from Radio Ink is available now in the Apple App Store. Historical audio, photos, and more from every era of radio's history, with navigation through a beautiful, fully equipped retro radio studio. Click the headline to see it, or get it here. |
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Radio Ink debuts the Mighty Red II, bringing back the little HD radio with mighty HD sound. New features on the Mighty Red II include Artist Experience -- cover art, artist info, and more -- onscreen ads that can be synced with audio, Live Pause, and song and ad Bookmarking. It's a great gift for clients to show them what's really possible with HD Radio. Click the headline to order now. |
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June 6: The Most Influential Women in Radio
