The Broadcasters Podcast

Deadline.com reports “President Donald Trump’s proposed new budget again calls for… slashing funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to PBS and NPR. “

KOP breaks down the history of public broadcasting. He also weighs the value of replacing the CPB model and giving the public airwaves back to the people. We also debate why the Public Broadcasting Act needs an update to save local public media journalism

Plus Broadcasting and Cable reports on possible cuts to international media:

The Trump Administration is proposing to significantly cut funding to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees U.S. international broadcasting (Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia).

USAGM got $810 million in 2020, but the Trump Administration wants to cut that to $637 million in 2021.

Also, Kid Kelly Opens Up: Former SiriusXM Pop Guru on Why He Lost His Job and the ‘Very Bad’ State of Radio.

Programming note: Part 2 of my interview with Joshua Otten, CEO at Ronin Content Services and the Co-Founder of Content & Original Productions at PRØHBTD will conclude on next week’s episode.

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Hollywood Reporter reports “the Writers Guild signals it is “ready for a battle” over streaming revenue, producers are giving early series renewals and extending episode counts in preps for a Hollywood shutdown.

Studios Begin Stockpiling for a Writers Strike: “We Learned the Hard Way Last Time”
DGA & AMPTP To Start Contract Negotiations For New Agreement
Distribution Plan And Story, Not Characters’ Gender Or Race, Key To Box Office Success: Study
Who cares if the GRAMMY AWARDS do not appreciate rock and metal?

KOP also speaks with Joshua Otten, CEO at Ronin Content Services and the Co-Founder of Content & Original Productions at PRØHBTD

Joshua spent the last 20 years as a trailblazing developer of premium entertainment, builder of digital media platforms, and creator of content marketing solutions. He assists entrepreneurs in building successful brands, planning for exits and liquidity events, and navigating capital formation. As a founder or board member in companies that have successfully raised more than $60MM in capital investments.

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The radio world has been rocked by iHeartMedia’s recent announcement about nationwide layoffs in small markets. One U.S. Senator asks for answers from the iHeartMedia CEO.

U.S. Senator Questions iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pittman About Layoffs.
The PR fallout from iHeart Media’s layoffs.
What Radio Stations Get It Right?
RIP to New York’s Morning Mayor, Harry Harrison, passes away at 89.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Happy He Has New Tools To Defeat Pirate Radio.
Streaming Residuals Could Set Stage For WGA Strike; Would Packaging Play Role?
Fred Silverman, TV Executive Who Led Programming at ABC, CBS and NBC, Dies at 82.
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Plus, KOP continues his chat with Entertainment & Culture Expert Joanna Dodd Massey, Ph.D.

Joanna Dodd Massey, Ph.D., MBA is a C-suite executive and management consultant, who has served as in-house communications counsel for more than 25 years in the media and digital technology industries at companies such as Condé Nast, Lionsgate, Discovery, Hasbro, CBS, and Viacom. She handles global brand reputation management, crisis communications and culture transformation.

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FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly has demanded that Sony, UMG and WMG answer new “pay to play” allegations. The Commissioner wrote about this the payola problem:

“While the [RIAA] response was appreciated, RIAA claimed that it was not in a position to survey its members’ anti-payola practices and submit responses collectively. Instead, it recommended that I reach out directly to each of you to gain insight into what processes your company has in place to ensure compliance with federal legal provisions. This letter is intended for that purpose.”

For O’Rielly, “Even the most cursory review of consumer complaints and assertions provides cause for concern regarding the persistence of payola. And, in recent months, some artists have responded forcefully against accusations of payola. which speaks to the seriousness of the issue. Yet, there is no shortage of accusations that financial enticement is in some cases driving chart rankings, album and song sales, and commercial success.”

Plus:

‘We Can’t Have All Our Artists Die’: How the Music Industry Is Fighting the Mental-Health Crisis
Agency for the Performing Arts and Gersh among several agencies signing direct deals with the WGA.

Plus, KOP welcomes Entertainment & Culture Expert Joanna Dodd Massey, Ph.D.

Joanna Dodd Massey, Ph.D., MBA is a C-suite executive and management consultant, who has served as in-house communications counsel for more than 25 years in the media and digital technology industries at companies such as Condé Nast, Lionsgate, Discovery, Hasbro, CBS, and Viacom. She handles global brand reputation management, crisis communications and culture transformation.

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Rolling Stone reports iHeartMedia, the largest radio company in America cut a number of employees this week, dealing a blow to local radio across the country.

The largest radio conglomerate in the country, iHeartMedia, initiated a round of mass layoffs this week, cutting enough people that one former on-air host described Tuesday as “one of the worst days in on-air radio history.” The layoffs were concentrated in small and medium markets, where staffs had already been reduced, striking another major blow to local radio.

‘The Culling Has Begun’: Inside the iHeartMedia Layoffs-January 15,2020
KOP chronicles the ongoing onslaught of layoffs that hurts takes down talented radio pros and betrays the public.

Plus:

Netflix Content Spending to Top $17 Billion in 2020
The Two Biggest Pop Radio Stations Barely Played ‘Old Town Road’
Here’s how Netflix’s $15 billion bet on original content paid off at the Oscars.
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Ricky Gervais teaches Hollywood what speaking truth to power really means and why his Criticism of Hollywood Is So Satisfying.
Top Hollywood Execs Look Ahead to a Year of Disruption.
You Weren’t Imagining Things—Women Didn’t Talk Much in 2019 Movies.
National CineMedia CEO Touts Big-Screen Advertising Closer to Movies
Major union launches campaign to organize video game and tech workers.
U.S. Music Industry Hits Streaming Milestone in 2019.
and KOP debunks a story said to be debunking a myth about radio.
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KOP deeps dives into the looming Hollywood labor crisis and how the digital disruption will affect all areas of entertainment behind the scenes and our movie, TV and smart device screens.

Disruptor Of The Decade: How Streaming Changed Everything And Will Do It Again In The 2020s
Pro Says To Expect More M&A Deals In Streaming Media
WGA And Big 3 Agencies Aiming At March 2021 Trial Start
Netflix could play a key role in upcoming Hollywood labor drama
Plus, these headlines:

How a New Law Will Change California Show Biz
A year of media upheaval
iHeart surges on report that John Malone wants to buy bigger stake
The Industry Responds To The Death of Don Imus
Streaming now accounts for 80 percent of the US music market
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A New York Times Writer Writes about broken media, radio ownership rules are reinstated, and a cash course of the streaming media cash grab.

The Media Is Broken And not for the reasons you think.
2016 Quadrennial Media Ownership Rules are Reinstated
Why There’s ‘No Magic Bullet’ Solution to Music Industry’s Distribution Problem
Streaming won’t get easier or cheaper…at some point, companies need to start making money.
Ann Ligouri
Plus, KOP concluded his interview with Radio and television golf commentating phenomenon Ann Liguori.

She is one of the original talk show hosts on the world’s first 24-hour-per-day sports talk station, WFAN AM and FM in New York City, and The Golf Channel as well as the author of ‘A Passion for Golf, Celebrity Musings About the Game.’
She is also President of Ann Liguori Productions and owner of the Sports Innerview Radio & Cable series archives, a collection of interviews Ann did and continues to do with sports legends and entertainment stars.

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Who else could talk about the future of podcasting in 2020 but the KingOfPodcasts. New stories depicting podcasting in a negative light need to debunked.

The big story of podcasting in 2019 was all about Spotify. Will 2020 be the year Apple strikes back?
Are Podcasts Threatening the Growth of the Music Industry?
Radio’s Blame for Tom Joyner’s Retirement
Ann Ligouri
Plus, KOP presents part 1 of his interview with Radio and television golf commentating phenomenon Ann Liguori.

She is one of the original talk show hosts on the world’s first 24-hour-per-day sports talk station, WFAN AM and FM in New York City, and The Golf Channel as well as the author of ‘A Passion for Golf, Celebrity Musings About the Game.’
She is also President of Ann Liguori Productions and owner of the Sports Innerview Radio & Cable series archives, a collection of interviews Ann did and continues to do with sports legends and entertainment stars.

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Trade Unions Toughen Up For Talks for WGA, ATA, SAG-AFTRA, AMPTP and others. Plus the outlook for Streaming Media Survival in 2020 here on the 100th Episode of the Broadcasters Podcast.
Writers Guild of America starts contract talks as streaming pay takes center stage while WGA West Reports “Record” Employment Of Members, But Says Writers’ Pay Is “Not Where It Should Be”.
Impending Problems For YouTube Creators.
Spotify Walks the Line Between Advertising and Pay-For-Play

Plus, KOP concludes his interview with Brant Pinvidic, an award-winning film director, veteran television producer, C-level sales and presentations coach, keynote speaker, top-rated podcast host, and a columnist for Forbes. He has been named to the Hollywood Reporter’s 30 Most Powerful Reality TV Sellers and is widely recognized as one of the great creative sales leaders in Hollywood.

We talk about how he has taken his life, business, and storytelling lessons you’ve developed during your Hollywood career to bridge both business and showbiz entertainment industry and the business community. His new book, The 3 Minute Rule: Say Less to Get More from Any Pitch or Presentation.

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