Today I’m proud to announce something new: A new division of my company, Mark Ramsey Media. For many years we have served the research...

The title of the (somewhat cheeky) Washington Post piece said it all: “We can’t take any more of 2017, so we’ve turned to the Hallmark...

The routine is familiar: At least one radio station in every market flips to “All Christmas” music around Thanksgiving, thus dominating...

You’ll never guess how much music matters to Millennials! And… What happens when Stars ARE the Network? It’s episode 29 of Media...

Nobody had ever done this before. What if you take the leading programmers to one popular format and ask them a slew of in-depth...

If you aren’t the exclusive provider for something meaningful, you’re sunk. In April, I shared Bloomburg’s report that Apple Music’s...

What’s in store for Spotify now that we’re living in a post-Apple Music world? That’s what I discussed with Brian Benedik, Spotify’s...

The shape of Apple’s new live-streaming radio station Beats 1 is coming into focus, and it’s full of exclusive celebrity content: The New...

Is the new Apple Music a mess? And… The new marketing muscle of your favorite movie stars. It’s episode 21 of Media Unplugged with...

In part one of the slicing of Apple Music, I looked at the all-you-can-eat streaming service itself. Today, in part two, I go inside the...

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...

Memo to music labels: The “value” of music is defined by consumers, fans, and listeners, not by you and your minions. From Billboard: A...

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...

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...

A recent Piper Jaffray report focused on the behaviors of teenagers and the consequence of trends in those behaviors. One of the...

Here’s a special post for my clients and friends in Christian radio…. Typically, there’s a distinction in that space between music and...

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,...

MusicFIRST really needs to have their heads examined. They’re in a tizzy because, allegedly, Pandora executives have done what executives...

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...

Every now and then I read something which is so totally off the wall it demands a thoughtful response. So it is with Bob Lefsetz’s recent...