Nielson (the TV folks) are buying Arbitron. Several of the major radio groups refuse to buy their ratings service (Cumulus for one) and the PPM device has exposed what advertisers suspected all along about the lack of accuracy of the old diary system.
As we approach the financial cliff and things firm up, look for a ton of merger and acquisition deals snd bankruptcies / restructuring announced in the next 10 days.
As we approach the financial cliff there are people who still believe that 12-21-2012 is no big deal. Buckle-Up, kiddos it could get bumpy for some of you out there in Layed-Off Land and Bankrupt Backcountry. Or, will this be a new beginning for Hope and Change?
Shootings, killings, war – all seem to rise with fervor of late. 12/21/2012? No. It seems horrible, but study the state of America during the Civil War – much, much worse. We will still be here 12/22/2012.
The ‘big dump’ comes prior to increases in the capital gains tax and other tax hikes that will take effect in 2013.
My take on 12-21-2012 has always been a bit different. It is not the end of the world nor will it usher in a New Age of peace, love and harmony. Sales of guns and ammo are soaring all around the country. I predict more children will be killed until ‘they’ get what ‘they’ want, which is to confiscate guns from the law abiding people and institute a police state.
Today’s details are that Mom apparently told him that it was time to move out of the nest and get a job or something. Apparently she didn’t get Obama’s memo that your children have a right to play video games and not grow up until they’re 26 years old, especially if they have “special needs”.
It isn’t necessary to draw a straight line between cause and effect. You create the dynamics and have millions of potential perpetrators, it’s just a matter of time until one takes the bait (and a few dozen others are inspired to do something similar). All the attention this gets from TV and government just is rewarding future people to follow in his footsteps. Israel has it right – someone blows up a bomb in a restaurant, you mop the floor, slap on a coat of paint and in a.few hours, nobody would know anything happened and you remove the incentive to commit attacks on innocents.
Mom was apparently a Rush listener. Rush along with others have been telling parents to stop sheltering your kids from venturing out into the real world. He encourages parents to stop listening to the meme of the day from the educationalists, which often prevents kids from becoming productive citizens.
I totally agree with the gist of your statements, especially in the 2nd paragraph that the attention this generates on the news channels and from government ‘sources’ just rewards future disciples to follow in his footsteps. Although, I do want everyone to consider the ELF experiments and the results scientist learned from studying the Russian Woodpecker.
Do you have a source for that or is it speculation?
Speculation on my part that the shooter’s mom was a Rush listener.
Nielson tried to take on Arbitron a few years ago in the radio ratings business – while Arbitron was refining the PPM, Nielson was trying a very low tech approach involving a paper diary where the listener used pasting stickers in a book to show what station they listened to. It didn’t get traction.
Arbitron was supposedly working on a way to get cell phones to listen similar to the PPM in order to get a much larger sample of what everyone is listening to – essentially for free (except for that pesky privacy thingy)… But as long as they share the data with government agencies, nobody will likely care. We must protect the children, after all.
As usual, good info. So, we are under the corporate ‘atmosphere’, the Regime.
The Rulers of the Cosmos. OMG, I feel a rant coming……
Precise information must be obtained at any cost. Monitor what the people are doing. What is Nidster doing now and to whom is he listening? To whom do he listen to now? Does he listen to Savage? Bachelor? Madow? Bortz? Crowley? Miller? Schultz? Rush? Levin? Hannity? Roth? Cain? OMG, no!!!!
Privacy of the citizens be damned! The meme of the day is, Protect the children! “Protect the CHILDREN” It’s all being done for the “CHILDREN”.
Meanwhile the Legacy of the Russian Woodpecker Operation is still in operation and doing its work. ~~~Stop taking your meds~~~Stop taking your meds~~~Stop taking your meds~~~Stop taking your meds~~~Stop taking your meds~~~Stop taking your meds~~~Stop taking your meds~~~Stop taking your meds~~~Stop taking your meds~~~Stop taking your meds~~~Stop taking your meds~~~
I heard there may be a shortage if tin foil soon – better go on eBay and stock up while we can 😉
Man I used to fill out those Arbitron books, for TV and radio.
I use to right down my favorite radio stations, and some I knew their ratings were weak, maybe.
On TV I always gave Gomer Pyle and Star Trek high rating or watched. Those were the days. Last one I had was in 03 or 04 I think.
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And that was exactly the problem – people viewed that as a voting process instead of recording actual listening. With the PPM that listens to what you listen to, Smooth Jazz, Classical and minority targeted stations folded within a few months – it proved what advertisers already believed – that the audience figures were wildly exaggerated