Media Insultant
Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver, two media executives opine on all things media - radio, TV, cable, print, and digital. Both have long careers in radio, TV, digital and print and are not short on opinions in this tumultuous time. All opinions are theirs but happy to hear yours too! Video version available on Vimeo. New episodes each Wednesday. jackson@intownmedia.com and www.intownmedia.com
Podcasting since 2021 • 287 episodes
Media Insultant
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Media Insultant - Holiday Edition 12.17.25
This week we deviate from our normal format and resurrect our annual Ode to the Holidays with our poet lauret, Tony Bollen. If you're a regular, you've heard Tony's tributes to both radio and the holidays in the past. Well this year...
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Season 6
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Episode 283
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13:20
Media Insultant - 12.10.25 - More on getting radio out of the data ditch. Even we have a comment on the Netflix acauistion. And Mediaco seems confused. Or clueless.
MEDIACO IS TRIPPING UP AGAIN…OR JUST DON’T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS?VALIDATION OF MY UPPER FUNNEL SALE MODEL FOR RADIO - I PROMISE i WON’T SAY I TOLD YOU SO…CONNOISSEURS RECENT SUCKING UP ALPHA MEDIA GOT US THINKING AB...
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Season 6
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Episode 282
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24:58
Media Insultant - 12.3.25 - Is the TV M&A activity in jeoprardy? Trump makes useless threats. And iHeart is guaranteeing us a human experience.
TRUMP IS CONFUSED ABOUT LICENSES FOR TV NETWORKS…TWO BIG TELEVISION M&A DEALS ARE IN SOME JEOPARDY…IHEART ISSUES A WEIRD AI GUARANTEE.
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Season 6
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Episode 281
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19:22
Media Insultant - 11.26.25 The collapse of radio values? Bonneville starts a sports net that makes no sense. And Jackson rants about radio data!
THE WIZARD OF WESTPORT IS MAKING RADIO INTERESTING AGAIN!WE THINK RADIO IS FIGHTING THE WRONG BATTLE!BONNEVILLE STARTS A REGIONAL SPORTS RADIO NETWORK…AH…AND THE REASON FOR THAT????
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Season 6
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Episode 280
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24:10