So NPR has decided it won’t promote its podcasts or NPR One on air, and many critics are calling them out for what they describe as stupidity. I think these critics are missing the larger point. Sure, NPR derives a huge portion of its revenue from local stations, and local stations have long been uncomfortable (to say the […]
One of the greatest benefits of having a massive music platform is being able to parse the data in interesting and insightful ways. While all the big streaming platforms mine data in this way, Spotify is making at least some of that analysis public, and it’s fascinating. It’s all at Spotify’s Insights blog, and you […]
“Hollywood Studios’ Message to Executives: Embrace Digital or Die.” That was the title of the piece in The Wrap. It focused on the ascent of two newly upped Hollywood execs, one heading Paramount’s TV division, the other leading Warner Bros. They didn’t get their new gigs because of their “traditional” experience, writes The Wrap: They […]
One of my clients is a local media company with assets in broadcast, digital, and print. It is what used to be called a “newspaper” company. And the differences between the conversations that happen in those halls and the ones that happen in many broadcast company conference rooms are stark. In the “newspaper” company hallways, […]
