Alan Wurtzel is the former CEO of Circuit City, America’s late, great electronics superstore. He is also the author of a fabulous new...

It has been a day of dazzling conversations for me on behalf of one non-radio client. From emails and conversations with movie studios, a...

Why does any consumer behave in the way that she does? It’s because she has a problem and she wants a solution.  And the more effective,...

Lots of blood, sweat, tears, and treasure have gone into making radio’s alternatives to Pandora et. al., yet I think both IHeartRadio and...

Nobody wants to fail. Yet we inherently know that without taking risks – without risking exactly the failure we fear so much – the big...

“Fans, not just Listeners.” That was the theme of a national conference of show and digital producers for Southern Cross...

USA TODAY markets reporter Matt Krantz answers this reader question: Why have the large diversified media companies been such strong...

I was struck by the following exchange about radio’s relevance – or lack thereof – from Radio Ink: Entercom CEO David Field got the hair...

We focus a lot on expectations:  Brands need to live up to them.  True enough. But there’s another side to that equation.  If lots of...

And so the critically important fight over music rights fees wears on. Pandora lobbies in favor of the Internet Radio Fairness Act now...

So what’s best, digital-only or integrated? Don’t get lost in this “either/or” – it’s a myth. It’s all about value, folks. Good or...

It’s one of the most important and least understood conversations all broadcasters should be having:  What business are you really in?...

…much like the one being staged in “secret” at the NAB Radio Show right now. And like that meeting, the purpose of mine is to plot...

That’s how Apple’s marketing chief, Phil Schiller, introduced the new iPhone yesterday. You can forgive the whiff of hyperbole because...

I came across an interesting opinion recently in a Fast Company piece called “Why VCs Still Love Social Media” in spite of legendary...

When it comes to radio’s future, how important is it to try out stuff and take chances? Very important, if you ask Beau Phillips, former...

In this transmedia world of ours any gathering that attracts only folks from one medium is missing the point. SXSW is no such gathering,...

The debate-of-the-week in the radio business is: What do we do to monetize our stream?  Do we simulcast what’s on the air and throw it in...

You’ve probably heard about the new Nielsen study indicating that radio remains the leading way folks discover new music. From...

So the early results are in in the battle between DirecTV and Viacom, and they’re not pretty – for Viacom. Thanks to a deal dispute,...