2-27-2015
On Thursday Apple sent out one of its cryptic emails for a mystery event Monday, March 9, in San Francisco. Smart money would bet on the event centering around the the Apple Watch introduction, but with Apple, who knows. The logo used in the announcement features the Apple logo tagged with "Spring Forward." If it's not about the watch, it could be the new "iSpring." Probably a digital soap.
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9-16-13
Derrin Woodhouse joins Clear Channel from VEVO, taking on the newly created position of National Entertainment Director for National Programming Platforms. Woodhouse will assist with the planning of the iHeartRadio Music Festival, Pool Party, Album Release Parties, B2B events, and more.
At VEVO, Woodhouse was Director of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, creating and producing hundreds of events. Prior to VEVO, Woodhouse was Director of Integrated Marketing at BET, and Entertainment Marketing Manager at Time Inc.'s Style & Entertainment Group.
9-3-13
By now you have all the details on the Cumulus plan to purchase syndicator Dial Global for $260 million (see below under "in case you missed it.") Today at 11:00AM Eastern, Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey will present more details to shareholders about the acquisition. Cumulus executives will tell shareholders this purchase is a "compelling strategic opportunity," and when the deal is closed and the meshing of the two companies complete there will be, "$40+ million of estimated cost synergies and substantial incremental revenue growth opportunities." By acquiring Dial Global, Cumulus CEO believes he would have enough content in his portfolio to challenge Clear Channel owned Premiere Radio Networks.
During the presentation this morning, Dickey will try to convince shareholders this purchase will help the company by "deleveraging on identified cost synergies alone." The $40 million will be slashed, according to Cumulus from combining the network expenses and from eliminating duplicate infrastructure. The company says this provides, "significant synergy opportunities." Those savings are expected to be realized within the first two years with more than 50% generated in the first 12 months after closing. Cumulus will example the Citadel merger, and the cost savings from that deal, when presenting to shareholders today.
Dial Global distributes, produces and syndicates programming and services to more than 8,200 radio stations. The content includes over 200 news, sports, music, talk and entertainment radio programs, services and digital applications. Dial Global also syndicates live events, 24/7 formats, prep services, jingles and imaging libraries. Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey and Dial Global CEO Paul Caine are hopeful the deal will close before the end of 2013. There is also a question yet as to whether this transaction will be looked at by the feds. Several small market operators have said they are concerned this will end competition for the 24-hour music formats. Dickey told Radio Ink last week they should not worry. He says this deal is going to make life better for them not worse.
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November 28, 2012
Arbitron's Custom Sports Services has introduced a new PPM metric, the Event Retention Index. The ERI can, Arbitron said, provide more clarity on the extent to which audiences stayed tuned in to sports broadcasts.
The ERI estimates the proportion of a station's audience that stays tuned for the complete quarter hours during a game, relative to the average of the top 20 stations in its market, Monday-Friday, 6 a.m.-7 p.m. An ERI of 120 would indicate listeners are 20 percent more likely to stay tuned for all 15 minutes of a quarter hour than the average of the top 20 stations.
Arbitron Sports Manager Chris Meinhardt said, "The Event Retention Index can provide tangible evidence that people who listen to sports broadcasts 'stick around' during games and are more likely to be exposed to advertising during the broadcast."
Arbitron measured ERI during the 2010 Major League Baseball season, and found that people who listened to play-by-play were more likely to stay tuned for a complete quarter hour than listeners to typical programming among the top 20 stations. For example, people who listened to an average San Diego Padres game were 31 percent more likely to listen for the complete 15 minutes compared to the top 20 stations.
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5-29-2012
BIA/Kelsey is holding a one-day event focusing on monetizing "the mobile, local and social media opportunity." Mobile Local Media San Francisco will take place June 27 at the Mission Bay Conference Center at the University of California San Francisco. The speakers and agenda will focus directly on how mobile is at the center of commerce today.
Speakers include Stewart Alsop, partner, Alsop Louie Partners; Surojit Chatterjee, senior product manager, mobile ads, Google; Chris Folmar, director of mobile development, SuperMedia; Mike Ghaffary, director of business development, Yelp; David Hornik, general partner, August Capital; Mok Oh, chief scientist, PayPal; Mihir Shah, vice president, mobile, Groupon; Joe Weir, vice president, digital, Belo Corp.; and David Yoo, senior vice president, commerce innovation, American Express. The speakers and agenda will focus directly on how mobile is at the center of commerce today.
Sessions include:
? Monetizing Mobile: Who?s Making Money and How?
?Mobile and Social: Where?s the Sweet Spot?
?Wheeling and Dealing: Loyalty and Deals Mobilize
?Mobile Shopping and Payments: Closing the Local Loop
?Mobile Ads and Ad Networks: Where?s the Beef?
?The Starting Line: Best Practices in Product Development
?Print, Audio and Video: Media in Transformation
? The VC Take on Mobile, Local and Social
3-20-2012
Nationally syndicated radio talk show host and New York Times best-selling author, Dave Ramsey, presented his common-sense debt reduction and wealth-building strategies to a crowd of nearly 7,500 people at his Total Money Makeover Live event at UCF Arena in Orlando. Ramsey was brought in by Clear Channel affiliate WFLA-AM who also spent time with sponsors and station staff at a WFLA- hosted reception.
The event was simulcast to more than 200 locations across the country. Ramsey also presented his EntreLeadership 1-Day event to nearly 1,000 business leaders.
Clear Channel Orlando Market Manager Lynda Byrd said ?The personal attention and customer service we get from Dave Ramsey and his team is nothing short of stellar. It's amazing that in spite of having 500+ affiliates he makes us feel so special. Truly feels like he's a member of our local team. Dave does syndication the right way.?
1-26-2012
The CRS says songwriting events will take on increased role at Country Radio Seminar in February and the Kingsley event "Acoustic Alley?will be a highlight. Kingsley says, ?There's nothing better than hearing a favorite song sung by the writer. For a music lover, that's as good as it gets?
Casey Beathard, Jim Beavers, Corey Crowder, Marv Green, David Lee, Wendell Mobley and Rivers Rutherford are the Feb. 22nd performers. Rhett Akins, Tom Douglas, Ben Hayslip and Jeffrey Steele perform Feb. 23rd. The Acoustic Alley is open from 9:30 p.m. until midnight in the Belmont Room inside the Renaissance Hotel.
Bob Kingsley?s Country Top 40 and SunTrust Bank are sponsoring the new after-hours songwriter event.
1-17-2012
Pandora says "Portugal. The Man" will headline the next live music event in the Company?s new series of free, personalized concerts. The show will be held at The Bowery Ballroom, Tuesday, January 17th. Pandora Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Tim Westergren said, ?It is exciting to see a central theme of Pandora?s mission come to life, that of helping bands find their audiences and facilitating the joy of discovery for our listeners. As the series continues, we look forward to bringing these personalized live music events to our listeners in cities all across the country.?
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(1/17/2012 6:06:49 PM)
Tim,
Thanks for putting more pressure on iNiquity - we'll put those scammers out of business! LOL!
The 2011 Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion was held this past weekend at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention. Over 14,000 attendees had exclusive access to select theme parks, concerts, seminars and other festivities. Performers included the Oscar and Grammy Award winning Jennifer Hudson, Brian McKnight, Keith Sweat, Keith 'Babyface' Edmonds, and a teen-only "Swagged Out" concert with Soulja Boy, Mindless Behavior, Trevante, Hamilton Park, Da Pretty Boyz and Dai and Nyte. Diggy Simmons, son of music mogul Russell and
Kimora Simmons, performed to room full of screaming fans during the Friday Night Teen Club Party.
The Celebrity Golf Tournament, hosted by Tom Joyner and R&B great Eddie LeVert, featured such top names as Dr. Catana Starks, the first female head coach of an NCAA Division One men's golf team at Tennessee State University, a historically black college, Jim Thorpe, the PGA Tour and Champions Tour veteran and Roland S. Martin, TJMS Analyst & CNN Contributor. Allstate Insurance Company did its part for helping to keep students in college with its "Quotes for Education" program. Allstate is donating $10 to the Tom Joyner Foundation for anyone who gets an insurance quote.
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July 1, 2011
It was a down and dirty release with not much detail and Emmis confirms it was due to the pending sale to Merlin Media. WRXP in New York has cancelled an event called "The WRXP TaKLIBERTY Festival." The event was set to feature Coldplay and a release on the event said its been cancelled due to "unforseen cirumstances." It was going to be held at the PNC Bank Arts Ceter. Refunds are being offered to anyone who purchased tickets.