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mramsey1
Aug 16, 2016
Radio: More Reasons Why It’s Time to Dump Nielsen’s PPM
So last week I penned a strong piece suggesting that the radio industry drop PPM. The argument was stimulated by the discovery that...
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mramsey1
Oct 11, 2015
Why Are You Trusting Your Ratings to Nielsen?
I have largely steered clear of the Voltair/Nielsen discussion (except for this piece) because it’s so simple: It’s a classic...
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mramsey1
Jan 29, 2015
Radio Revenue: You Get What You Ask For
You get what you ask for. Last week Townsquare Media reported that about 30% of its revenue derived from non-spot sources in 2014 – 42%...
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mramsey1
Jun 15, 2014
Radio Ratings are in a Heap of Trouble
If you can’t trust the Nielsen ratings in America’s largest radio market, then where can you trust them? A few days ago, Nielsen delayed...
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mramsey1
May 14, 2014
What is Sean Hannity Smoking?
“It’s the single biggest threat to the radio business today, the measurement system is flawed in a dramatic way.” So says Sean Hannity in...
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mramsey1
Apr 23, 2013
Dear Arbitron, What about Asian Americans?
Arbitron makes no distinction between Asian Americans and any other group of non-Hispanic, non-African Americans in their sample. That...
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mramsey1
Aug 18, 2010
Shocker: PPM is Not 100% Accurate!
A couple weeks ago he profiled a real, live, in-the-flesh PPM panelist. And he discovered pretty much what any sentient being in radio...
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