Dr. Ed Cohen

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One of the radio industry’s most respected researchers, Dr. Ed Cohen writes a weekly business column, heavily focused on ratings research for Barrett Media. His career experiences include serving as VP of Ratings and Research at Cumulus Media, occupying the role of VP of Measurement Innovation at Nielsen Audio, and its predecessor Arbitron. While with Arbitron, Cohen spent five years as the company's President of Research Policy and Communication, and eight years as VP of Domestic Radio Research. Dr. Ed has also held the title of Vice President of Research for iHeartMedia/Clear Channel, and held research positions for the National Association of Broadcasters and Birch/Scarborough Research. He is adjunct faculty in the Department of Broadcast Communications at Western Kentucky University and welcomes your thoughts. Reach him by email at doctoredresearch@gmail.com.

How Radio Became a Hot Topic for The Financial Times

Since Jack Benny and Bob Hope moved to television and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar were on top of the Nielsen TV ratings, radio has had to accept a “more humble slot in the media landscape”. 

How to Use Underutilized Nielsen Data to Your Advantage

Take a little time, at least once a year, to better understand who lives in your market, and how you make this work to your advantage. 

Is There a Mainstream Media Bias or Is It Actually Fake News?

Where this gets more interesting is the change since 2017.

ESPN Doesn’t Eat Their Own Dog Food

As a consumer, can’t I be offered something better?  And for the advertiser, is showing me the same spot or even multiple executions 10-15 times over a few hours the best use of advertising dollars?

An Unofficial Radio Study Through the Eyes of Gen Z

We really need to step up if we’re going to have another generation of radio listeners, regardless of the distribution system.

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