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About Eric Rhoads
CEO
Streamline Publishing, Inc.
As a youth in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Eric Rhoads (b. 1954) had many of the typical entrepreneurial experiences, starting with polishing shoes and selling lemonade. When he discovered the radio industry, he became an on-air personality at the age of 14, and worked on the air in several cities. At ... more
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Pandora: Betting On Radio's Failure: Why Radio Shouldn't Remain Cocky - Eric Rhoads
By B. Eric Rhoads
The opening bell clanged last Wednesday as executives Tim Westergren and Joe Kennedy and investors stood high atop the stock market floor for the IPO launch of Pandora. It was an exciting day. As one who was an early player in the Internet radio space (RadioCentral Networks), I exited the Internet radio game about the time Pandora was starting, ... more
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Radio's Falling Sky - Eric Rhoads
By B. Eric Rhoads
I'm here to report that the sky is not falling. After three intensive days with the world's leading experts on digital media and advertising, I'm here to report that all is well in radio. Like a burning beam of argon focused on a single point of steel, these experts, employed in the single task of pondering radio's present and future, have... more
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Pandora Is Not Radio - Eric Rhoads
By B. Eric Rhoads
Why would a company like Clear Channel invest $60 million in Ryan Seacrest if jukeboxes or playlist services were all listeners wanted? Of all companies, Clear Channel would be the first to turn its radio stations into playlist services to save money if it could. But Clear Channel and other radio broadcasters... more
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Why NPR's Implosion Means Opportunity for Commercial Radio - Eric Rhoads
By B. Eric Rhoads
When can you last remember the biggest story in the consumer press being a radio story? Though the story is about NPR imploding, the bigger story should be that commercial radio is having a giant opportunity placed in its lap at a time when it's more needed than ever.
In a recent ... more
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Fence-Sitting: The Good And Bad Of Defunding Public Broadcasting - Eric Rhoads
By B. Eric Rhoads
One would think that, as a commercial broadcaster, I would look at the potential defunding of NPR as a good thing. After all, why should public broadcasting have the advantage of government funding when other broadcasters have to survive on our ability to sell advertising -- especially when it's tougher than ever to sell? Plus, that $430... more
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