On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:

> Quick answer: iHeart was what they used for their radio station app. I'm
> guessing it went so well, they just co-opted it (like Coke taking the
> formula for Diet Coke and adding sugar to make New Coke).
>
> Having worked in Adland, given the choice of spending an afternoon in a
> slaughterhouse or an afternoon in a branding meeting, always, *always* take
> the slaughterhouse. At least you'll see something productive being done.
>

There is a bigger picture here, too. Legacy media companies slowly
developed digital teams to use the internet as an added way to reach
audiences. As time goes by, the audience size of the legacy platform (like
newspapers and AM radio) ages and shrinks and the legacy company turns its
attention and budget to building up its digital capacity.

In the way that the newspaper giants Gannett, Belo, and Tribune recently
announced that they were spinning off and selling their newspaper
divisions, we can expect IHeart media to announce in a few years that they
will be spinning off their radio station division.

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