Tag: Garrett Searight

This industry calls itself the radio business, the media business, the broadcast industry. Nobody calls it the media family. That's not an accident.

"I started using it on my show and I started showing people how it worked too, so we turned it into a consumer product and a consumer app. Now we've got a thousand people plus all over the world using it every day."

"I have a jargon jar that I keep on a little table next to the desk, and I tell everybody there's going to be no jargon — no 'earnings beat expectations' or this or that about the economy."

"Excluding China, (vertical video) is on track to hit $150 billion in 2026, up from $106 billion."

News/talk has produced Marconi winners and finalists for years. Hosts who've been recognized before -- or who've built shows around exactly the kind of local connection and audience loyalty the Marconis are meant to honor -- don't typically forget to apply.

"We're doing very well ratings-wise, and apparently really well sales-wise, advertising-wise. If we have sponsors waiting, that's a good sign."

This is the "it's the economy, stupid" of television news.

A cashier at Target can vent about corporate policy without consequence because nobody's confusing his opinion for store policy. Carr doesn't get that luxury.

"Some of it is personal, some of it involves radio, some of it involves sports broadcasting, which I did, and some of it involves acting, which I did."

The Daily didn't become a juggernaut overnight, and The Wall Street Journal's next big audio bet likely won't either. Still, the ingredients are there, and the ambition is obvious.