2010 is drawing to a close, and many media outlets have already gone through a tough budget process for the new year. I’m betting that many of you will be challenged to do more with less. And so today’s “Best of” post talks about how to best utilize the research resources you have – whether […]
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Our founder, Fred Jacobs, discusses the issues facing broadcasters today.
Best Of JacoBLOG – White iPhone
As we wind down the year, our blog is looking back at some of the better posts, based on page views and feedback. It is interesting that this month, “Black Swan,” is a hit movie. And last summer, we posted a blog about the White iPhone (now supposedly coming out in the spring of 2011) […]
Read MoreThe Spirit Of The Digital Holidays
It is indeed that time of year. And what’s better than a viral video that captures the spirit and perhaps the insanity of our modern times? Thanks to Tom Bender, who truly combines the best of digital and devotional, for sending me this video: >EMAIL RECIPIENTS: CLICK HERE TO VIEW DIGITAL NATIVITY VIDEO< And […]
Read MoreBest Of JacoBLOG – You Don’t Know Sh!t About Your Audience
We sincerely hope you are able to enjoy the holidays with friends and family, while refueling for the challenges ahead in the new year. As we wind down our blog for 2010, we have pulled out some of the more talked-about posts from this past year. Today’s entry goes back to last May, and a […]
Read MoreBest Of JacoBLOG – Snakes
During the holiday season, we are going back into this year's archives and pulling out some of the more interesting, provocative posts. Back in March, we wrote a blog that was devoted to radio sales, and some of the challenges that stations are facing in the new media environment. It's called "Snakes." Do you remember […]
Read MoreBest Of JacoBLOG – Local Schmocal, Part 3
As we highlight some of the more popular and/or discussed blog posts from 2010, I went back to a 3-part series from March called "Local Schmocal." It was all about the importance of radio harnessing its local assets in an exploding global media environment. Here's part three from that series: Over the past couple of […]
Read MoreBest Of JacoBLOG – Two Fronts
Until the end of the year, we'll be reposting some of our most-read and tallked-about blog entries from 2010. This first one ran nearly a year ago, back in January, not long after I returned from the Arbitron Fly-In. The theme that radio is fighting two simultaneous wars was referred to throughout the year, and […]
Read MoreThe Facebook Moment
As social media has grown by leaps and bounds, many of us have had that seminal moment on Facebook – an incident that might cause you to exclaim, “HE’S on Facebook?!” Well, that moment happened for me last year when my 81 year-old mother tried to “friend” me on Facebook. For me, it wasn’t so […]
Read MoreA Public Radio Challenge
Recently, a good friend, Art Timko, retired as station manager of public radio station, WEMU, in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Art held that position for four decades, and at his retirement party made the statement we've posted below. From both a public radio and journalism point of view, Art's thoughts are worthy of your time. I have […]
Read MoreFalling Behind
As invigorating and forward-thinking as Summit XV turned out, I couldn’t help but get the feeling from many of our presenters that radio needs to move faster in order to keep up with the changing way in which consumers are accessing and enjoying media. We’re not alone. Last week’s story that The New York Times was […]
Read MoreOn The Backchannel
It’s hard not to have a little glow about Summit XV last week. While many of the headlines concerned CEA’s Gary Shapiro, one of the most talked-about sessions was WXYZ-TV’s Stephen Clark, telling us all about “The Backchannel.” I first met Stephen at the 140 Characters Conference here in Detroit back in October. I knew […]
Read MoreBeyond The Buggy Whip
CEA’s CEO Gary Shapiro’s appearance at last week’s Jacobs Summit has hit goal – to stir the pot and bring a different and viable perspective to the conversation. That’s what the Summit has been about for these past 15 years, from Jason Calacanis to Little Steven to Harry Shearer. I know some in radio may […]
Read MoreYou Had To Be There
Here’s a short post for this morning that simply thanks so many people who brought so much to Jacobs Summit XV in Baltimore, partnered this year with the Arbitron Client Conference. Our speakers totally rocked, from CEA’s hard-hitting CEO Gary Shapiro, talent coach of the stars Val Geller, social mediologist guru Jessica Northey, the incomparable […]
Read MoreRock Band
This morning’s post is courtesy of 96rock/Raleigh PD Jay Nachlis who is involved in a great promotion with a local retailer. I thought you’d enjoy this story about how every once in a while, it all lines up and programming, sales, and the client create a win-win-win. You’ve sat in a sales/promotions meeting so many […]
Read MoreThe Endangered List
The Internet has taken its toll over the last 15-odd years on all sorts of businesses, saving companies money, but also changing the nature of jobs, industries, and efficiencies. And smartphones are in the process of doing the very same thing. We saw the beginnings of this in “The Bedroom Project,” and it was amplified […]
Read MoreTech Beat
If you saw David Pogue at the NAB Radio Show a couple years back, you saw a guy who is not only a smart observer of all things tech, but someone who has the consumer’s back as well. Pogue is celebrating his 10-year anniversary as tech writer and gadget reviewer for The New York Times. His […]
Read MoreEverybody Is A Star
Maybe it’s the long-term effects of a society that’s been pelted with Reality TV for more than a decade now. Or maybe it’s just the impact of social media realities coming home to roost. But whatever the case, it is becoming abundantly clear that in the worlds of Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites, just […]
Read MoreThe Anatomy Of A Controversy
I learned something about the Internet last weekend. And it wasn’t good. We found ourselves embroiled in a story about Apple reportedly banning single-station iPhone apps in their iTunes Store. Of course, it turned out to be untrue. But that didn’t stop the Internet journalism machine and scores of bloggers from continuing to reprint the […]
Read MoreWhat IS Radio?
These days, that’s a good question. That’s because more and more broadcasters are realizing that we’re in the media content business and not just “doing radio.” But the attachment to towers and transmitters is is a hard one to break, as is the long-held notion that “We’re in the radio business.” As analog moves full-scale […]
Read MoreIt Was A Dark & Stormy Night
OK, so this blog post has a lame title, but it really was an ugly,rainy, bone-chilling November night. And still a couple of hundred people showed up at a suburban Detroit area bar for a tweetup for “The Backchannel.” What’s going on here and what was so big a deal that a local TV anchorman’s […]
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