Limbaugh down another peg; Clear Channel terminates 100's of workers while exterminating rock & roll

[richardmyers]

Limbaugh down another peg; Clear Channel terminates 100's of workers while exterminating rock & roll

This is the diary that I've dreaded writing all week. I've thought about dour titles; I considered and rejected variations of "the day the music died". If you're on the walking papers end of a layoff, it is a dire situation indeed. And CEO's rarely lay themselves off, so the bad personnel decisions they make almost invariably hurt the most vulnerable, the most dedicated, the ones most dependent upon paychecks. And seniority matters not at all across the hierarchical divide; CEO's of six months tenure regularly lay off workers who have been on the job for decades. I was laid off after 33 years on the job. Yes, I hate layoffs.

Another big black eye for radio

The headline tells the story: 'You have her blood on your hands': Global revulsion at Australian DJs behind 'sick prank' after nurse's suspected suicide

Who would have thought a prank by Australian shock jocks could top Rush Limbaugh's rant for "global revulsion"?

Here's the Rush news

Hat tip to el dorado gal; Rush (on KMOX) is now playing second fiddle in St. Louis. The once number one talker across the country has fallen behind The Dana Show starring Dana Loesch on KFTK. This follows Rush falling to number 2 in streaming audio metrics for iGadget listeners, behind Michael Savage.

Flush Rush and Stop Rush activism is not focused on listeners, it is focused on advertisers. Thus, Limbaugh fully owns any decrease in his listening audience, and it is nice to see that by that measure, he is losing all on his own.

More Limbaugh, destruction of rock and roll, and Clear Channel's devastating layoffs, at the link

[Permanut]

2. Glad to see that hatemonger slipping..

not so glad to see Weiner boy gaining. And I'd better not get started on CEOs, who aren't capable of hate because they they feel nothing for their victims. richardmyers, you have captured a couple of snapshots of the evil in the world; I appreciate your post because I want to be informed about the activities of these bottom feeders.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Radio seems to be in a race with television--

a race to irrelevancy and oblivion.

The mega-concentration in fewer and fewer hands, and the resultant bland homogenization of broadcast "entertainment," are the signs of a dying industry trapped in a positive feedback loop that will end in its destruction.

They seem oblivious to the fact that there are alternatives--a whole world of podcasts and the like--and that their short-sighted self-cannibalization for short-term profit is rapidly driving people to those alternatives.

None of this bothers me very much. Both radio & TV have long ceased to be positive factors in our culture.