Word: channelling
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Sonically, IDT resemble a number of middle nineties “grunge-lite” acts—Better Than Ezra in particular. But thematically, Bell and collaborating lyricist Michael J. Palmer ’03 channel the spirit of Michael Stipe circa “New Adventures...
...Jack format less user friendly for advertisers? Not necessarily. Jackie Barrera, associate media director of Asher Media in Dallas, says listeners are less prone to channel surf when Jack FM goes to commercial breaks. "It actually benefits the advertisers because people aren't tuning out," she says. "They know they'll have a shorter break, so they pay more attention...
Sirius and its bigger satellite competitor XM are death stars to the broadcast-radio industry. Since 1996 companies such as Clear Channel and Infinity (part of Viacom) have taken advantage of deregulation to buy hundreds of stations with the idea of bringing scale--and higher ad prices--to the airwaves. For a while it worked, as industry revenues rose at a double-digit clip during the late '90s ad boom and stations racked up profits thanks to cost cutting. But for listeners, that consolidation brought homogeneity, as corporate playlists suffocated local jocks, and ever more ads were jammed into each...
...Stern brings in the young dudes, it will be up to Stewart to even the scales with women. Sirius appeals to guys because men tend to be early technology adopters and because Sirius has bulked up on pro sports, offering channels for NBA, NFL and NHL games (assuming that hockey returns), and starting in 2007, stock-car racing via NASCAR, which Karmazin lured from XM. Sirius signed Stewart for a bargain $30 million over four years, plus a share of ad sales. It's paid to her company, Martha Stewart Living OmniMedia, in return for a 24-hour women...
...outdone, terrestrial-radio groups are migrating to digital and see cell phones as a content battleground too. The nation's big station groups, including Clear Channel, Infinity and Citadel Broadcasting, are upgrading to enable FM stations to split their signal into multiple, digital streams. That will open up the airwaves for niche formats--all Elvis, all the time--and channels for targeted content like college sports. Digital music channels may also be offered ad-free, for a subscription fee, parrying satellite's advantage. "We're not gonna be on defense anymore," vows Infinity's CEO, Joel Hollander. Like other radio...