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Kurt Hanson |
This
web-based newsletter is dedicated to helping you keep up
to date on the latest issues involving radio and the Internet.
Please check in regularly for the latest industry news and opinions.
(And let me know what you think about it! E-mail me here.)
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You read about this in the radio trades last week, but here's your
chance to read what the Chicago newspapers had to say about it:
Robert Feder, Chicago Sun-Times: "The most successful Chicago
radio operator of all time is blasting off into cyberspace. Jim deCastro,
Chicago-based radio group president and chief executive officer of
AMFM Inc., today will be named chairman and chief executive officer
of AMFMi, the company's Internet strategy division. The move smartly
positions deCastro for the future as AMFM prepares for its merger
with Clear Channel Communications..." Click here
for radio/TV columnist Robert Feder's entire column.
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Jim Kirk, Chicago Tribune:
"Jimmy de Castro, chief executive of AMFM Inc.'s
radio group, is about to enter cyber-land. AMFM on Thursday
is expected to name de Castro, 44, to head its AMFMi Internet
unit, launched in May to develop a network of local Web sites
paired with radio stations. De Castro is expected to remain
head of AMFM's radio group..." Click here
for business columnist Jim Kirk's full
story.
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to the AMFM.com site) |
Click here
for AMFMi's press release (as posted on MSNBC.com.)
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soon: A look at AMFMi's current technical trials (on selected
sites in Philadelphia and Boston) and demonstration site. |
| From
the current issue of The Industry Standard: "Visitors
to VH1.com this week will get their very own roadie...one of
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introduced across the MTVi-branded sites, all of which relaunched
this week. VH1.com, MTV.com and the recently acquired SonicNet
have all gotten design overhauls, with new features and products.
Radio SonicNet is now up and running – the long-awaited retooling
of Imagine Radio, which MTV Networks acquired last winter..."
Click here
to read the full story, or click screenshots at right to go
to the MTV or VH1 websites.
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The
Industry Standard, 8/22/99: "Viacom today became the latest
media giant to create an Internet-only company, with the formation
of MTV Interactive (MTVi). The company will oversee the existing Web
sites of Viacom's longstanding cable brands MTV and VH1, as well as
SonicNet, the music site that Viacom acquired in July..." Click
here
to read
full story.
The Industry
Standard, 4/13/99: VH1
debuts net radio station as part of "Buggles Project."
Click here
to
read full story.
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Radio Business Report:
"CEO Jeff Smulyan may have taken [the name of the site]
a bit too literally... BuyItNow he did — $5M worth of
the web site’s stock. The Emmis investment is viewed
as a step toward creation of a radio industry Internet portal
— an effort that Emmis has been spearheading with other
groups..." Click here
to go to the RBR home page.
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on screenshot above to go
to the AMFM.com site) |
From CNET News (6/28/99): "In what shapes up to be a barter
deal, Snap.com will give retail space to BuyItNow on its Web
site in exchange for a 3.6-percent stake in the online retailer, a
swap valued at $10 million. Meanwhile, Xoom.com will receive a 1.8-percent
stake in BuyItNow for $5 million worth of marketing and promotions...BuyItNow
will still be owned largely by television company e4L, which will
hold a 48.7-percent stake...while media and outdoor advertising company
Clear Channel Communications owns 4.5 percent..." Click here
for full story.
Radio Business Report: "Bonneville, Greater Media, Citadel,
Susquehanna and Jefferson Pilot have joined the Emmis-inspired Local
Media Internet Venture (LMIV—RBR 7/5, p.3), signing on the
dotted line earlier this month. Through the six companies’
radio and TV properties, 100M can be reached daily and driven to
the site. The company will be run as a separate venture and is still
open to groups of all sizes..." Click here
to go to the RBR home page.
What are your thoughts about this venture? Bulletin board
coming soon.
From Radio Ink: "BuyMedia.com has reported explosive
growth in the amount of radio and television ad sales being placed
over its Internet site. In September, BuyMedia charted its first
$1-million day and has been processing that amount ever since..."
Click here
for the full story.
Photos from the recent
NAB European Radio Conference in Brussels
Some interesting websites
that you might enjoy visiting.
The first few names from a "Who's
Who" in the radio/Internet world.
Graphic design: Some designs
to emulate.
"My Favorite Bookmarks" by Mark Bolke (coming soon)
and...
Howard Freedman's excellent (and seminal) iRadio
monthly newsletter.
Radio Ink's new eRadio
magazine
Real Audio Jukebox was secretly transmitting user behavior
Link to the NYT article coming soon..
For designing your website, should you
invest in a Macintosh?
Link here to that CNET article complaining about Windows coming
soon.
Will Internet radio destroy the market
for satellite radio?
Essay by Strategic Media Research chairman Kurt Hanson coming
soon.
How to use the Internet to improve your
direct marketing
Article by Dean Sakai of Sakai Interactive possibly coming soon.
What do listeners want in a radio station
website?
Research findings by Strategic Media Research's Lou Patrick coming
soon.
Several good
CNN articles here
Who's behind this
site?
This daily newsletter is a personal project of Kurt Hanson's.
Kurt also serves as Chairman of Strategic Media Research, a firm
he founded in 1980 which has become the radio industry's leading
custom research firm. He can be reached at 773-251-KURT or via e-mail
at kurthanson@aol.com.
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