Jacobs Media Has A Question For Radio Companies: Who Are You?

Fred Jacobs

JACOBS MEDIA Pres. FRED JACOBS pens on the company's blog, "The title of today's blog post reverberates like a WHO song using a wah-wah pedal. But as the world of business careens through these disruptive times, leave it to a couple of old rock n' rollers to raise a question that most companies are now in the process of tackling.  Or at least they should be.

"And that includes radio companies.

"The industry has been roiled during the just past couple of years. iHEART is out of bankruptcy, has purchased the STUFF WORKS podcasting company, and is fast-moving to redefine itself. ENTERCOM is now deep into the CBS RADIO takeover, the rollout of RADIO.COM, and managing its increased scale. And CUMULUS has been busily selling off some of its biggest and most iconic stations, as MARY BERNER moves her company into what she's calling 'CUMULUS 3.0'.

"And that's just those three radio groups. Whether it's NPR, HUBBARD, PRX/PRI, BEASLEY, COX and many, many others, change is in the air. And it's moving at a rapid pace."

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