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There was a time not too long ago when many thought that audio as a medium was almost dead. We live in a video world, we need to see things, no one has time to sit by a radio… Then along came podcasting, and itunes and digital audio and Sirius/XM and I Heart Radio and …
There is constant talk amongst young people, and those trying to engage with young people, that content, especially user-generated content, in a mobile environment will be the future. Still, established platforms have had trouble trying to combine all that’s out there and keep it relevant and engaging for a wide audience. Enter Overtime. Aimed at …
Maybe it’s because we have all become too politically correct, or maybe it’s because there is sooo much time spent on trying to be the most techno-savvy we can be that the simple, grassroots and fun promotions aren’t as fun or “interesting” as they once were. For whatever reason, even with all the opportunities available …
We received a great deal of Feedback from the two posts we have done on March madness coaches, one on their Twitter activity or lack thereof, and the same on the lack of Instagram activity. We wanted to ask someone who works even closer with coaches, some athletes and others like politicians on the issues …
It’s easy to take the low road; post funny videos, pile on to a poor story and off it goes; you are in the conversation. However many times the high road, although often it is a tougher story to tell, is the best one, especially in sports, which somehow finds a way to be the …
Columbia student Matt Walker was on the ground for our program at the MIT Sloan Analytics Conference this past weekend in Boston, Mass. Here is a summary on what he and others learned… CEO Casey Wasserman (Wasserman Media Group) set the scene in the opening panel of the weekend, “Use data as an equalizer. …
Spending four productive Pre Super Bowl days logging lots of Fitbit steps in and around the Bush Convention Center produced some great experiences, meetings and observations. Enjoy the game! The Value of Radio Row: A few years ago the death of radio, or the spoken word, as a viable piece of storytelling to a wide …
As we head toward pitchers and catchers reporting in less than a month, we are seeing the seeds of baseball pop up in the most remote locations, where spring seems lightyears away. In Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee…talk of baseball, and ticket selling and autographs are all on the minds of the die hard and the casual …
On Monday night ESPN again treated college football fans to the Megacast, the ability for everyone to watch the College Football Championship game from a host of angles and with a variety of both serious and casual commentary, all playing across the various cable and digital channels of “The Worldwide Leader.” As expected, you can …
One of the most underappreciated qualities in an attention starved, shout over everyone to get noticed world is the ability to listen, digest what you hear and learn from those around you. With so much white noise out there, channeling the good from the useless or mundane can be difficult, bit learning to be a …