“Washes its face”? Is that a Britishism I have not run into yet on Britbox or Acorn?
I can’t recall the last time I listened to the radio - probably if there was a breaking news story and I was in car for a long trip. I used to be able to say I listened to the radio a lot for SF Giants games (baseball is a sport that is as good or better on radio than television), but now I do access all my baseball on demand thru streaming TV. I bought a new car this year which came with a free six month subscription to Sirius (just expiring this week) and I never used it once. I am Spotify or Audiobooks when driving or walking. I listen to a lot of music while working (I have a lot of writing to do), all Spotify. But I guess someone is listening to the radio… Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 at 11:39 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > US radio is still insanely profitable, turning over around $13bn in > revenues in 2023. For context, US podcast revenues were forecast to be > about $2bn. > > The main problem in recent years has been insane debt levels caused by all > the consolidation that just couldn't be serviced. Everyone biting off way > more than they could chew. The underlying business of radio is still > perfectly viable commercially. > > So although broadcast radio may be in long-term decline, like broadcast > television, and owners might indeed be playing the same six songs over and > over, but they still have audiences... That's a creative issue. > > Also, a bit like streaming TV services mostly just lose money, Spotify > only just about washes its face. We seem to have moved into an era where > the new services replacing the old, are not remotely as profitable as the > outgoing business models... > > > > Adam > > On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 6:12 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Turns out listeners might want to hear more than the same six songs plays >> over and over. Go figure. >> >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/audacy-kroq-wfan-files-bankruptcy-1235781045/amp/ >> >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DegusMweHgc0HaDB%2BDV7M5t7tNa6eoQ1%2B8F2-Nm-87UA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DegusMweHgc0HaDB%2BDV7M5t7tNa6eoQ1%2B8F2-Nm-87UA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBNCwQWz3-pATX8ESkXi_%2B2BbWWV%3D-E01Wv-7BakUtzdA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBNCwQWz3-pATX8ESkXi_%2B2BbWWV%3D-E01Wv-7BakUtzdA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Bz3T%2BiWg-e0EZbfGx2kk_-qH8e%3Du8AS-NNKEKdebTY6g%40mail.gmail.com.
