July 6, 2011
Jack Myers is a media economist and chairman of Media Advisory Group. MAG invests in early stage companies that advance and support the media ecosystem and represents management teams in the sale of media companies with value of more than $100 million. Jack writes the weekly (subscriber-only) Jack Myers Media Business Report, publishes JackMyersThinkTank.com and MediaBizBloggers.com blog platform for industry thought leaders, and is the author of three books on advertising, including Building Brands and Profits in The Relationship Age, written in 1998. Jack?s weekly video commentary on the media economy can be viewed at Reuters Insider. Jack is the recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award for journalism, won the Crystal Heart Award from the Heartland Film Festival, and has been nominated for both an Academy and Emmy Award.
"I'm excited to be co-chairing Forecast 2012 with Peter Smyth. Our goal is to deliver insights, case studies and practical knowledge that can support radio management as they navigate through this transformational period," according to Jack Myers. "Jack Myers is a well known and highly respected media forecaster and analyst. We are delighted he has agreed to co chair Forecast 12 and excited for the chance to draw on his wealth of business and financial acumen for this year's conference," said Deborah Parenti, Vice President and General Manager of Radio Ink in making the announcement.
For more than two decades, Jack has been among the media industry's leading visionaries and economic forecasters. He has advised more than 250 media companies, marketers and agencies on business transformation, revenue-development and organizational best practices. Clients have included Disney/ABC, General Motors, Coca-Cola, The Huffington Post, TiVo, Sears Roebuck, Campbell Soup Co., Clorox, Reebok, AT&T, Kmart, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, TJX Corp., Turner Broadcasting, CBS-TV, AOL, Discovery Communications, The Weather Channel, Met Life, Time Warner, Golf Magazine, Aegis Group, Mediaedge and Fox Broadcasting. He currently has investments in 15 companies including Tremor Media, MyYearbook.com, Rally Marketing, Echo Systems, HeresYourNeighborhood.com, CatalystSF, adGenesis, TRA Global, Marketshare and Simulmedia.
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