Archive for the 'Radio' Category


Long Form Content In A Short Form World

We want to go deep. I just spend 95 minutes listening to Howard Stern interview Sarah Jessica Parker and I didn’t hear the whole thing. How did he keep my interest in a short attention span economy? That’s a lie. We’ve just got incredible shit detectors. We want nothing but great, we’ve got endless time […]

Howard Stern

He was so NICE! The highlight of last year occurred… When I was at this surgeon’s house to see Leon Bridges, a benefit for MusiCares. I was not planning to go, but Lisa said it would end by 9:15, and there was no way I was gonna fall asleep before that. You see the next […]

Radio vs. Spotify

TOP FORTY “Closer” The Chainsmokers Mediabase #1 Spotify #1 Spotify daily streams: 1,568,337 Spotify cume: 393,428,845 ACTIVE ROCK “Bang Bang” Green Day Mediabase #1 Not in Spotify US Top 50 Spotify cume: 9,323,059 URBAN “No Limit” Usher Mediabase #1 Not in Spotify US Top 50 Spotify cume: 27,481,298 AC “Just Like Fire” Pink Mediabase #1 […]

Playlists, Not Radio

Radio is killing the music business. Alta kachers and record labels pay fealty to this antiquated medium to their detriment. In an on demand society where the playlist is king the business keeps focusing on getting airplay and there are not enough slots and not enough people listening. It’s like they’re coal miners fighting for […]