Here’s How Radio Gets MORE Important In Cars
I have written extensively about the challenges radio will have in cars with a dashboard which is built to sync with Apple Carplay and...
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mramsey1
Nov 8, 2016
Now Any Car Is An Android Auto
The evolution of the car dashboard: It’s all some folks in radio want to talk about. Understandably, since such a large fraction of radio...
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mramsey1
Oct 11, 2016
Apple CarPlay And Android Auto Are About To Explode
I have written a lot about the coming transformation of the auto dashboard and my belief that, in the long run, it will be the domain of...
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mramsey1
Dec 21, 2015
How Radio Can Make Money in Mobile
If you’re a radio broadcaster, your audience is mobile-first, but what about your audio platform? Increasingly, mobile is the place where...
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mramsey1
Sep 29, 2015
The New Auto Dashboard Isn’t as Scary as Radio Thinks
Every time there’s some new innovation out there which enhances the choice set available to consumers who want to hear audio...
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mramsey1
Jan 19, 2015
A Dramatic Reinvention of Mobile News/Talk Apps
What if your News/Talk station could have a mobile app that not only replayed your linear over-the-air stream, but also created something...
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mramsey1
Oct 8, 2014
If CNN’s Ratings “Don’t Matter,” Why Do Yours?
The entire category of cable news is suffering a ratings slide. So acknowledges Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes. But what’s his solution? How...
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mramsey1
Sep 17, 2014
How Broadcasters Can Monetize Their Mobile Apps
I have long argued that radio broadcasters demand too little of their mobile apps. Yes, they can stream the over-the-air content. But so...
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mramsey1
Sep 1, 2014
How Important is Radio in an Emergency?
It’s virtually taken on faith in the radio industry: This idea that when all other technologies fail, there’s still radio in an...
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mramsey1
Aug 23, 2014
Here’s Why Radio Will Have a Tough Time on Mobile Phones
The battle for real estate and attention on mobile devices is even tougher than you think. This past week Techcrunch reported on a study...
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mramsey1
Apr 21, 2014
Radio Listeners: Is “Free” All That Matters?
“When it comes to mobile devices, we need to remind listeners that radio is FREE – that its use does not sap so much precious battery...
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mramsey1
Apr 6, 2014
Radio’s REAL Problem on the New Auto Dashboard
Yesterday I wrote that some auto industry analysts believe radio needs to be easy to find and use on the new auto dashboard because ease...
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mramsey1
Apr 5, 2014
Radio’s Spot on the New Dashboard – Time to Do a Deal?
This past week I had a conversation with someone knowledgeable in the auto technology space: “The dash is getting crowded and...
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mramsey1
Mar 3, 2014
What Apple’s CarPlay Means for Radio
By now you’ve heard about Apple’s new CarPlay platform which is gearing up for battle with Google’s Open Automotive Alliance, not to...
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mramsey1
Feb 9, 2014
Clip Interactive: Making Your Radio Mobile App Better
If you’re like me you get an empty feeling from too many radio mobile apps. The addition of podcasts and social links can’t mask the fact...
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mramsey1
Sep 19, 2013
Radio’s Auto Dashboard Strategy: We’ve Got It All Wrong
In the race to exploit new digital opportunities, Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker has described three “consumer Internet ‘white...
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mramsey1
Aug 7, 2013
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...
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mramsey1
May 20, 2013
I Don’t Need an App for That
The rule most broadcasters use in framing their mobile app (if they’re wise enough to have one) is: Does this app offer up a stream of...
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mramsey1
Mar 12, 2013
Radios Ripped from New Cars? “Not So Fast,” say Consumers
You can climb down from the ceiling now, Mr. Broadcaster – it turns out new cars will feature FM/AM radios built-in for the foreseeable...
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mramsey1
Feb 20, 2013
Too Many Apps, Not Enough Time
Are we suffering app overload? That’s the conclusion of Business Insider: People download a lot of apps, but they abandon 95 percent of...
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