The news this week of the launch of yet another self-proclaimed attempt by a startup to become "the Netflix of podcasts" drew the same response from practically every pundit that I had: Is there really a market for subscription podcasting? I'll leave the specifics and ...

If there's an industry that's more steeped in nostalgia than radio, it's hard to imagine it. Okay, maybe baseball, but that's it. Radio people have always been a little obsessed with the Good Old Days, swapping stories and complaining that today's radio isn't worthy of ...

They're closing Bedrock. That's Flintstones Bedrock City, to be precise, a small theme park and RV camp near the Grand Canyon, there since 1972. I saw reports about the closing and there was a line about a Phoenix TV station calling it a "must stop for kids" as recently ...

The reaction to Spotify buying podcast producer Gimlet Media and podcasting platform Anchor this week has been a combination of astonishment at the price for Gimlet, concern that Spotify is trying to dominate the podcast space, pride that podcasting is drawing real ...

The Oscar nominations last week reminded me once again, as I mentioned in the closing of last week's column, that I've never won an award. That's not a complaint. I've never really been in a position to win an award. They don't give Pulitzers for writing this kind of ...

Human brains tend to put everything into convenient, recognizable boxes. The first reaction most people have to something that doesn't fit into those boxes is resistance, or confusion, or some combination thereof. Or it's a thrill. But it's not what we perceive as ...

Writing about the radio business for over 20 years means that you end up repeatedly banging your head against the wall over the same topics, because, let's be honest, a lot of it hasn't changed in decades and there's only so much new stuff you can find in a generally ...

I'm in Terminal 3 of McCarran International Airport awaiting my flight home after CES 2019 while Elvis singing "Do the Clam" plays on the Terminal PA. Three days is all I can take of the Strip, so after over five days, I'm... lets call it tired and leave out the psychosis ...

They released the 2019 Coachella lineup this week, and the reactions were... interesting. My Facebook news feed was full of indignant comments from folks who lamented the pop acts that have largely replaced the more alternative and eclectic artists of past festivals ...