An influencer who calls himself Antenna Man is calling out companies such as Nexstar, Sinclair, TEGNA, and iHeart, amassing a quarter-million YouTube followers. This episode features an interview with the notorious Antenna Man. Despite the fact that he's urging investors, "please do not fund these multibillion-dollar" companies and claims that radio conglomerates are "almost bleeding the industry dry," Gordon & Corey discover that he's actually a nice guy with a valid point. Stay in the loop with all things Borrell when you join our Research

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Digital focus hasn't been a hallmark of Saga Communications. Among publicly held radio broadcasters, Saga has been at the bottom of the heap in digital revenue. But something has changed, and the company's stunningly successful digital experiment in Tennessee is being rolled out to other markets. In this episode, Gordon & Corey interview the new CEO, Chris Forgy, to learn how Saga will change under his leadership. Stay in the loop with all things Borrell when you join our Research

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Corey interviews three media-savvy students from the University of Miami who say they and their GenZ friends do, indeed, check local news regularly. And you might be surprised to learn which media outlet has snared their attention by pushing stories out on social channels like Instagram. In this episode, the 20-somethings offer frank advice to media companies trying to reach them. Stay in the loop with all things Borrell when you join our Research

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Seems like everybody is selling the same digital marketing products. And that makes them low-margin commodities. Gordon & Corey wonder if it's time for media companies to go back to doing what they do best -- selling higher-margin O&O inventory. They get some insight from omnichannel marketing expert Oliver Jacob, president of Frequence. Stay in the loop with all things Borrell when you join our Research

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Local publishers stand to lose more than $4 billion in annual revenue if third-party cookies disappear, but Corey and Gordon aren't buying the sky-is-falling mentality. The podcast features an interview with two executives from a media consortium that has launched a project that could solve the cookie issue altogether. Stay in the loop with all things Borrell when you join our Research

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With more than 1 million TV programs available, our hosts wonder about the opportunity -- and about the effect on good ol' broadcast TV. This episode features an interview with Simulmedia founder and CEO Dave Morgan, who utteres a fearful word when asked about TV ad budgets. He also talks about how the phase-out of third-party cookies are likely to affect advertising-dependent online publishers. Stay in the loop with all things Borrell when you join our Research

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Corey and Gordon maintain their record of having neither attended nor gushed about the annual gadget-fest in Las Vegas, but they did decide to do something other than poke fun at it this time. In this episode, they ring up two other smarties -- Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media, and media disruption expert Todd Handy -- to get their impressions. What did this year's CES foretell for media and advertising? Stay in the loop with all things Borrell when you join our Research

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As local businesses expand their "owned media" platforms, our hosts wonder how they'll feed the feed the voracious content monsters they created. This episode explores the mysteries of content marketing, and features an interview with the CEO of one of the companies at the forefront, RevContent. Stay in the loop with all things Borrell when you join our Research

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By now, the radio industry was expecting a full pandemic recovery -- back to 2019 operating levels. But that hasn't happened. Revenue continues to run below 2019 levels, radio stocks are trading at or near all-time lows, and Audacy is in danger of being delisted. Our hosts look for insights from Jeff Warshaw, the radio CEO who attempted a $1.2 billion takeover of Cumulus last summer. Warshaw, the incoming chairman of the Radio Advertising Bureau, weighs in on where he thinks the industry is headed, what might happen to Audacy, and whether he might try another run at Cumulus. Stay in the loop with all things Borrell when you join our Research

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The state of next year's economy is a big questionmark for some -- but not for our intrepid hosts. Corey & Gordon have got it all figured out, including how wide local ad-buyers will be opening their wallets next year. The podcast features forecasts for local advertising in 2023, plus an interview with Shari Bower, an executive with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Stay in the loop with all things Borrell when you join our Research

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