Author Archives: Fred Stiening

John Malone’s Liberty Global has reached a deal with UK based Vodaphone to sell Liberty’s European Cable TV assets, which will net Liberty about €10 million, currently around $12 billion. Speculation is ramping up that Malone will follow up on … Continue reading →

A man named Larry Wilson got into radio in the 1980s in Montana owning tiny stations. In 1990, he formed a company called Citadel. He continued buying up small failing radio owners at a bargain, hoping to turn them around … Continue reading →

While there are a few semi-autonomous cities left in Mecklenburg County, the reality is that the County and Charlotte are close to unified. The city runs the police department, water and sewage and police, and the County runs the schools, … Continue reading →

A few months ago, Countess and I went to Dunn, NC to visit my niece. The Apple iPhone decided that we should drive around the Western end of Fort Bragg, and were curious about why so much land near Fayetteville … Continue reading →

Things are not as simple as they used to be

The news was reported first by the Boston Globe (which sits behind a paywall) https://nypost.com/2018/05/04/john-kerry-secretly-meeting-with-world-leaders-in-bid-to-save-iran-deal/ The framework was agreed to by the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council and the EU. Any attempt to apply unilateral sanctions against … Continue reading →

Many people probably have no idea who the third largest (by number of stations) commercial radio station is – Townsquare is the one not in bankruptcy. After the radio bubble burst, a Private Equity firm created Townsquare, headquartered in the … Continue reading →

NPR, WNYC (New York), WBEZ (Chicago) and This American Life have acquired Pocket Casts. https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/3/17314866/pocket-casts-podcast-app-acquisition-npr-wnyc-wbez-this-american-life The most surprising thing in the story is the new CEO is a veteran of iHeartradio

May brings the beginning of new optimistic living things growing from the energy of those that came before. And golf.