Aug 6, 2023 | Business, Football, Movies, Music, Print, Radio, Television, Uncategorized
An organization founded 108 years ago that has continued to thrive with a documented record of massively greater success than any of its competitors just imploded. Not-so-shocking development for you: there are lessons for every business vertical, particularly media...
Jul 10, 2023 | Blog, Business, Print, Radio, Television
So here’s a development that shouldn’t surprise: the New York Times – the nation’s newspaper of record – is disbanding its entire sports department, instead counting on its ample, if recently downsized, staff of the recently purchased The Athletic for sports coverage....
May 31, 2023 | Radio, Uncategorized
When I was in high school, I had an incredibly obnoxious government teacher who, whenever a student made an accurate, but largely meaningless, point, would sarcastically yell out, “Whoop de doo!” I wish I could remember his name because I keep hearing his voice in my...
Feb 5, 2023 | Blog, Business, Core Principles, Podcasting, Uncategorized
20+ years ago, the great Jack Trout wrote a book called “Differentiate Or Die: Survival In Our Era Of Killer Competition.” Six years after his passing, the competition ain’t getting any less killer. In other news, podcasting is, apparently, passéing...
Oct 17, 2022 | Blog, Core Principles, Radio, Talent, Uncategorized
The signature bit of my radio career – one that built a 20-year morning show and was nationally syndicated – started with this phrase, a mocking of “adult” stories: I never thought this would happen to me. And considering that I’ve spent the vast majority of my radio...
