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mramsey1
Jul 11, 2013
Once Upon a Time in the Land of PPM
Are you sick of this yet? PPM market. After many months of consistent and strong ratings performance, things nosedive. All at once. No...
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mramsey1
May 14, 2013
Your PPM Strategy is Wrong: Word-of-Mouth Still Matters
It is almost impossible to count the ways in which playing to Arbitron’s PPM measurement methodology may provide short term gains for...
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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
Dec 21, 2012
Nielsen buys Arbitron…What it REALLY Means to You
It’s not just the Mayan apocalypse that passed uneventfully, it’s also the announcement of another transition – the one that may...
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mramsey1
Jul 9, 2012
Is Radio Asking the Wrong Questions?
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”...
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mramsey1
Jul 2, 2012
PPM and Agency: Crack meet Addict
Recently I heard a story of a station in a large market whose ratings have skyrocketed recently. What sort of genius programming is...
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mramsey1
Feb 27, 2012
Which is Better? PPM or Diary?
Now that’s a post title which speaks for itself. And by “which is better?” I don’t mean “which is more accurate?” I mean which is better...
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mramsey1
Feb 9, 2012
Arbitron’s Small Sample Problem – it’s Worse than you Think
It’s not news that Arbitron has a problem with small samples in PPM markets. Every broadcaster in these markets has bumped into this...
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mramsey1
Dec 20, 2011
R.I.P. Arbitron’s Total Audience Measurement
Earlier this week, a number of leading broadcasters piped in on a scenario whereby Pandora and other online radio services would be...
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mramsey1
Dec 19, 2011
Arbitron doesn’t like Audience Estimate Comparisons
Can you convert streaming metrics to shares and compare those shares to the numbers in an Arbitron ranker? Of course you can, but that...
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mramsey1
Oct 31, 2011
Why Simulcasting Ads on Radio Streams is Dumb
Yesterday I talked with a broadcaster who is considering simulcasting their over-the-air stations with their online streams, including...
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mramsey1
Oct 27, 2011
Who cares about “Total Audience Measurement”?
“Total Audience Measurement” (TAM). That’s Arbitron’s term for their in-the-works scheme to count your listeners on whatever platform...
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mramsey1
Oct 1, 2011
Arbitron Measurement: TAM or SCAM?
The following was written by Triton Media COO Mike Agovino and is reposted here with his permission. I think Mike is completely right,...
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mramsey1
Aug 14, 2011
Is PPM Unfair to News/Talk Radio?
Here’s my understanding of how PPM works: In any given quarter-hour under diary methodology, you used to have to listen at least five...
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mramsey1
Jun 6, 2011
Is Podcasting Radio’s Enemy?
“We’re trying to make it…easy for people to listen on the radio.” With those words, ESPN 980 erected the equivalent of a pay wall when...
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mramsey1
May 27, 2011
How to Get More Listening Occasions
“We need more occasions.” That’s the kind of radio industry jargon that we can thank PPM for. Where once all of our focus was (quite...
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mramsey1
Apr 5, 2011
Will Digital Success Cannibalize My Ratings?
Let’s suppose you create a great digital experience on your platform – maybe a great personalized version of your station or a customized...
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mramsey1
Mar 13, 2011
Canada’s BBM responds to Shocking Arbitron PPM Research
Recently some shocking research on actual Arbitron PPM panelists was revealed in this blog and elsewhere. The research was from...
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mramsey1
Feb 22, 2011
Getting Inside the Heads of Real PPM Panelists
Yesterday, I posted a conversation with Broadcast Architecture’s Allen Kepler about the video interviews he recently conducted with real...
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