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Perhaps you saw the AdAge headline – “Young Consumers Switch Media 27 Times An Hour.” Not a day.  An hour. And if you’re over 40, you probably read the story and concluded that there must have been a typo.  How is it even possible to make an average of 27 media audibles an hour? That’s because if […]

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You NBA fans will remember the exciting years we witnessed here in Detroit in the mid-2000s when the Pistons emerged as the league’s hardest working team.  They won a championship in 2004, besting the Kobe/Shaq-led Lakers in the NBA Finals, and continued to play great basketball until age, change, and bad draft picks conspired to […]

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As regular readers of this blog know, the car/radio relationship has been an ongoing theme of many posts.  We all know how important the automotive industry has been to radio – from national and local advertising to the fact that many people do the lion’s share of their listening behind the wheel. Last week, we ran a […]

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The news that Facebook is acquiring Instagram for an estimated one billion dollars sends out all sorts of messages.  Instagram has amassed 30 million users in under two years.  It’s CEO, Kevin Systrom, is another young entrepreneur (like Mark Zuckerberg) who found a killer app. Here are a few angles and thoughts: Photos rule – […]

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Don’t blame me for the title of this morning’s post – it actually was written by msnbc.com’s Courtney Garcia.  The story is about how James McCartney has apparently contacted Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison, and Zak Starkey in an attempt to form the next generation of Beatles. (Thanks for the heads-up, Mr. Prep.) (In the picture below from […]

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That’s right – everyone has one. And one of the true downsides of all this content and all these platforms is that it opens the door to anyone and everyone to sound off. Yes, including me.  I try to use this space wisely as our blog blew past the 7 year milestone in February and […]

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One of the downsides of being on the road 40+ weeks a year is that all those hotel, airline, and rental car company encounters simply become a blur.  Unless there’s a really great or a heinous experience, they all run together. But you have to give many of these brands credit – there is no […]

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Regular JacoBLOG reader Mike Seltzer recently shared an article devoted to the “Groupon effect.”  The article from Fast Company asked the key question: Do Groupon And Living Social Do More Harm Than Good? The article acknowledges rampant growth in the deal space, but also points to substantial losses for both Groupon and Living Social, as well […]

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Mad Men is a show that I have historically gone back and forth on.  I watched religiously during the first season, but have come and gone in successive years.  For Season 5, I’m back with a vengeance, very much enjoying how Don Draper and company are navigating the turbulent ‘60s. Without giving anything away, the […]

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In past posts, we have talked about the car as the next battleground for radio content.  As we will soon learn in our Techsurvey 8, more and more Americans are buying vehicles with systems like Ford’s SYNC, enabling a wider range of dashboard entertainment and information. Meanwhile in the cubicles, life goes on as always […]

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You have to hand it to American business.  As the economy has been roiled by the real estate bubble, the failure of banks, European nations that we never thought about, and other factors, some corporations apparently act like this buyer’s market gives them license to start rifling through the desks and dressers of job applicants. […]

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We’ve said it here in this space for some time now – radio’s CEOs could help themselves by signing up for Twitter accounts and communicating their thoughts, views, and observations. Now there’s proof that indicates it’s a great idea.  A new survey from BRANDfog comprised of more than 400 consumers and employees of companies shows that CEOs […]

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Regular readers of this blog know my position that radio has essentially become a visual medium by virtue of the available digital tools.  From websites to social media links to YouTube videos to webcams, the opportunity for radio to “supply pictures” has never been better. But many radio traditionalists fight this idea, thinking that they […]

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There’s been a lot of talk about our divided nation.  In an effort to showcase a very different 1%, New York Times writers Peter Funt and Martin Venezky put together a clever infographic that appears below. It’s fun, fascinating at times, and a clever way to talk about true minorities in this country – from […]

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According to Mashable, Apple may have had “their best week ever,” as Tim Cook has grabbed the torch from the late Steve Jobs. Their introduction of “iPad” (not iPad3) has been well-received by both consumers and critics, the lines at Apple Stores were long (yet again), and their stock has hit the $600 milestone.  Apple revealed […]

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Newspapers take social media seriously.  They have to.  They are shedding readers, not to mention ad pages.  So the need to shore up fans, increase reader integration, and keep customers interested in a medium where print is rapidly morphing into digital has never been greater. It was announced last week that Liz Heron is leaving her position as […]

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In case you missed it, the story that roiled Wall Street last week had nothing to with consumer confidence, pork bellies, and the GDP. Former Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith (pictured) departed the firm with a bang, writing a passionate article in The New York Times that made its way into every board room and […]

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