Media Insultant - 2.11.26 - New earworm! How'd Radio Row do? WTF is the deal with Eastlan and Cumulus? Tentpoles seem to be sagging on TV.

About this episode

The episode discusses the performance of Radio Row during the Super Bowl, the controversy between Cumulus and Nielsen, and ratings for the Grammys and Olympics.

WE ALL WATCHED THE SUPER BOWL BUT HOW DID RADIO ROW PERFORM…? CUMULUS LEAKED AND NIELSEN IS PISSED ABOUT IT… GRAMMYS RATINGS - OLYMPIC RATINGS FOR BETTER OR WORSE Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are under the Media Insul...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jackson Dell Weaver, Keith Samuels

Topics covered

• Radio Row performance
• Cumulus and Nielsen controversy
• Grammys ratings
• Olympics ratings
• media landscape
• TV tentpoles

Keywords

• Radio Row
• Cumulus
• Nielsen
• Super Bowl
• Grammys
• Olympics
• media sales
• TV ratings

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cumulus, Nielsen

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