Much like the expected demise of radio in the ‘50s after television took off, the business is not dead yet, but there are plenty of competitors who would gladly help kill it off.
"When high profile people are accessible anytime of the day by the entire world, they're going to hear a lot of noise. Sometimes those tweets are designed to generate a negative reaction, and our industry's most passionate people can't always look away."
We tend to overlook that there are GOOD managers tasked with delivering the news from the C-Suite, which is also hard on them. I’ve been on that side of it as well.
If the loss of people and brands continues to be inevitable as these companies trudge along, crippled by mismanagement, debt, and private equity pressure, does local radio owe explanations?