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 • 290 episodes
Media Insultant
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Media Insultant - 1.21.26 - Earthquake story, Cumulus winning in court, Sinclair doubles down and MediaCo is still MIA on HD channels in LA.
WHAT WOULD EPHRAM ZIMBALIST JUNIOR SAY ABOUT DAN BONGINO - OUT AT THE FBI BACK TO PODCASTINGMEDIACO TRYING TO SPREAD THE BUZZ… STILL QUIETSINCLAIR RAMPS UP THE PRESSURE ON SCRIPPS…AND CUMULUS WINS A ...
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Season 7
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Episode 286
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Media Insultant - 1.14.26 - We share an earworm! Audacy consolodates newscasts in two markets. Your next fortune is at YouTube? Not! The Oscars are the next tent pole that goes to streaming.
BROADCASTING SHARING RESOURCES - EVEN WITH THE EVIL COMPETION. THE OSCARS SAY BUY-BYE TO ABC TV. CAN ANYONE MAKE MONEY ON YOU TUBE?WE SHARE AN EARWORM. WARNING! <...
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Season 7
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Episode 285
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Media Insultant - 1.7.26 - Don't forget QR codes. How does Cumulus negotiate with Nielsen? SFO gets a new manager from Bean Town. And is MTV really gone?
SCRIPPS KINDA EMBARRASES SINCLAIR...HERE COMES THE JUDGE...AND HE SLAPS NIELSEN.MTV. RUMORS OF YOUR DEMISE ARE GREATLY EXAGERATED…IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE HOLIDAYS...BUT NO GRASS GROWING UNDER JE...
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Season 7
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Episode 284
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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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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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