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The final blockbuster chapter of my 6-part podcast inspired by the making of the movie Psycho wraps up in horrifying fashion today, and I...
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mramsey1
- Mar 15, 2017
Strong Debut for “Inside Psycho” Podcast
Last week I told you about the new podcast I am producing for Wondery: Inside Psycho. This week I am proud to announce that Inside Psycho...
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mramsey1
- Oct 10, 2016
Media Unplugged: Dear Advertisers: Our Audience Numbers Are Garbage!
Dear advertisers: Our audience numbers are garbage! And… The road to Hell is paved with pageviews. Plus, rants and raves about the iPhone...
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mramsey1
- Jun 9, 2015
Slicing Apple Music – Part 1: Will It Kill Spotify?
As is now widely known, Apple Music is comprised of three key elements: iTunes – but on demand and in the cloud (a la Spotify), a...
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mramsey1
- May 28, 2015
Too Much Content Marketing, Not Enough Consumers?
When we all create content, nobody’s left to consume it! And… Will Facebook’s new Instant Articles wreck your favorite media brands? It’s...
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mramsey1
- Apr 28, 2015
The Dawn of Audio UpFronts
If you’re in the TV business, you’re familiar with the UpFronts. That’s the annual dog and pony show put on by the networks to debut...
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mramsey1
- Feb 16, 2015
Here’s Why Apple Hired a Famous Radio DJ
Why would Apple hire a well-known radio DJ? This past weekend Apple plucked popular British DJ Zane Lowe from BBC’s Radio 1. Lowe is...
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mramsey1
- Jan 15, 2015
Radio is Still Tops, But…
In a November survey by Morgan Stanley (released this week and reported in Quartz), more than 2,000 American adults were asked what audio...
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mramsey1
- Dec 10, 2014
Is Online Video Killing the TV Star? No!
Is online video killing the TV star? Absolutely not! Also: What does it mean when the debut novel from a YouTube star breaks records and...
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mramsey1
- Nov 6, 2014
Amazon Just Reimagined the Table Radio – Amazon Echo
It’s called Amazon Echo, and like so many tech gadgets made by Amazon it’s more of an interesting idea than something which is...
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mramsey1
- Sep 5, 2014
Media Unplugged Ep 2 – Big Media Sheds Advertising and the NFL Says “Pay to Play”
This is episode 2 of Media Unplugged, the brand-spanking new podcast created by yours truly and that one-of-a-kind branding authority,...
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mramsey1
- Aug 5, 2014
Bringing Audio Together – the Magic of AGOGO with J.D. Heilprin
If all your favorite audio content is all over the place in a variety of different channels, why can’t you aggregate it all in one place?...
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mramsey1
- Jun 11, 2014
How to Measure NPR’s Success in a Digital Age
Is NPR’s performance on the digital front a sign that radio’s digital evolution has stalled? Or, worse, that it’s just a big hairy...
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mramsey1
- May 26, 2014
Can Digital Revenue “Make Up” Lost Traditional Radio Revenue?
Are you wasting your time nursing digital pennies and dimes when the “big money” is in the dollars that flow to your coffers from...
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mramsey1
- Jan 12, 2014
And Radio’s Best Chance for the Future is…
If there’s one book this year that best sums up what the radio industry has to do to compete in a world of infinite choice, it’s this...
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mramsey1
- Sep 14, 2013
4 Ways iTunes Radio Changes Everything
This post was originally published by PBS’s MediaShift and is reprinted here with their permission. I wrote it shortly before last week’s...
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mramsey1
- Aug 7, 2013
The Best New Audio App of 2013? It’s AGOGO
Well, for starters, your content is in it. But not just yours. Podcast content too. But more than that: Content that is not audio is made...
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mramsey1
- Oct 17, 2012
The Rise of “Radio as a Feature”
We are witnessing the dawn of a new age: The rise of radio as a feature. That means “radio” isn’t simply a media category run by media...
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mramsey1
- Sep 14, 2012
Go Ahead – Kill Your Radio Stream
“Is it time to kill that clunky stream?” reads the headline in the Radio Ink piece. It is an interview with the National Associate...
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mramsey1
- Aug 21, 2012
Apple wants to Erase your Radio Spots
Another day, another technology-driven way to undo advertising. Forget the fact that advertising is what pays for most of the content we...
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