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You’ll Want to Hear This
The final blockbuster chapter of my 6-part podcast inspired by the making of the movie Psycho wraps up in horrifying fashion today, and I...
mramsey1
Apr 20, 2017
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Strong Debut for “Inside Psycho” Podcast
Last week I told you about the new podcast I am producing for Wondery: Inside Psycho. This week I am proud to announce that Inside Psycho...
mramsey1
Mar 15, 2017
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Media Unplugged: Dear Advertisers: Our Audience Numbers Are Garbage!
Dear advertisers: Our audience numbers are garbage! And… The road to Hell is paved with pageviews. Plus, rants and raves about the iPhone...
mramsey1
Oct 10, 2016
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Slicing Apple Music – Part 1: Will It Kill Spotify?
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...
mramsey1
Jun 9, 2015
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Too Much Content Marketing, Not Enough Consumers?
When we all create content, nobody’s left to consume it! And… Will Facebook’s new Instant Articles wreck your favorite media brands? It’s...
mramsey1
May 28, 2015
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The Dawn of Audio UpFronts
If you’re in the TV business, you’re familiar with the UpFronts. That’s the annual dog and pony show put on by the networks to debut...
mramsey1
Apr 28, 2015
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Here’s Why Apple Hired a Famous Radio DJ
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...
mramsey1
Feb 16, 2015
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Radio is Still Tops, But…
In a November survey by Morgan Stanley (released this week and reported in Quartz), more than 2,000 American adults were asked what audio...
mramsey1
Jan 15, 2015
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Is Online Video Killing the TV Star? No!
Is online video killing the TV star? Absolutely not! Also: What does it mean when the debut novel from a YouTube star breaks records and...
mramsey1
Dec 10, 2014
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Amazon Just Reimagined the Table Radio – Amazon Echo
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...
mramsey1
Nov 6, 2014
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Media Unplugged Ep 2 – Big Media Sheds Advertising and the NFL Says “Pay to Play”
This is episode 2 of Media Unplugged, the brand-spanking new podcast created by yours truly and that one-of-a-kind branding authority,...
mramsey1
Sep 5, 2014
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Bringing Audio Together – the Magic of AGOGO with J.D. Heilprin
If all your favorite audio content is all over the place in a variety of different channels, why can’t you aggregate it all in one place?...
mramsey1
Aug 5, 2014
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How to Measure NPR’s Success in a Digital Age
Is NPR’s performance on the digital front a sign that radio’s digital evolution has stalled? Or, worse, that it’s just a big hairy...
mramsey1
Jun 11, 2014
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Can Digital Revenue “Make Up” Lost Traditional Radio Revenue?
Are you wasting your time nursing digital pennies and dimes when the “big money” is in the dollars that flow to your coffers from...
mramsey1
May 26, 2014
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And Radio’s Best Chance for the Future is…
If there’s one book this year that best sums up what the radio industry has to do to compete in a world of infinite choice, it’s this...
mramsey1
Jan 12, 2014
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4 Ways iTunes Radio Changes Everything
This post was originally published by PBS’s MediaShift and is reprinted here with their permission. I wrote it shortly before last week’s...
mramsey1
Sep 14, 2013
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The Best New Audio App of 2013? It’s AGOGO
Well, for starters, your content is in it. But not just yours. Podcast content too. But more than that: Content that is not audio is made...
mramsey1
Aug 7, 2013
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The Rise of “Radio as a Feature”
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...
mramsey1
Oct 17, 2012
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Go Ahead – Kill Your Radio Stream
“Is it time to kill that clunky stream?” reads the headline in the Radio Ink piece. It is an interview with the National Associate...
mramsey1
Sep 14, 2012
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Apple wants to Erase your Radio Spots
Another day, another technology-driven way to undo advertising. Forget the fact that advertising is what pays for most of the content we...
mramsey1
Aug 21, 2012
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