Sam Zell's Insane Radio Henchmen - Gawker Comments

Sam Zell's Insane Radio Henchmen

mikedell — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:30:56 EDT

Randy Michaels and his cohorts destroyed radio in the pursuit of a better quarter. What a mess radio is. Good work assholes.

mikedell

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SeaBassTian — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:24:09 EDT

He also wants to shake up meetings with a "'cliché buzzer,' to ring when colleagues offer tired ideas."

To be fair, that is a damn good idea. I'd like to purchase one and zap people who indulge in commonplace communication.

SeaBassTian

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Truculent — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:34:21 EDT

So does this mean we can all go back to doing coke at work, like when I worked at all those Q, Power, and other Burkhart-Abrams stations?

Truculent

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Lycosidae — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:52:10 EDT

I was going to try to say something about "how does this fit into the professional elite vs. the messy democracy ongoing national debate framed back in the 1920s by Walter Lippmann and John Dewey?"...but it's too much effort for a Monday, so I'll just say that I actually really like the idea of a cliche buzzer.

Lycosidae

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Don Is — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:19:08 EDT

He once arrived at a radio broadcasters' conference carried on a litter...

Carried on a litter of what? Puppies? Kittens? Marmots?

Don Is

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edisdead — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:13:48 EDT

dear newspapers,

we love you but your desperate quest to return to the past is embarrassing. also? if the most exciting ideas you can come up with are coming from radio guys, you are in way more trouble than anyone thought.

work it out. it's the 21st century. and our "democracy" probably depends on you. unless you can live in a world run by sweaty bloggers and blowdried newsmodels.

kthxbai, ed.

edisdead

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smartastic — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:10:13 EDT

wait wait -- radio was revived?

smartastic

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anelectricocean — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:19:29 EDT

At least in print they remain behind the curtains. All the jocks at the stations I used to work at were frumpy and oily and smelled like old frat-couches.

anelectricocean

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In Other News... — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:04:06 EDT

@In Other News...: Okay, stop being so MEAN!

In Other News...

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In Other News... — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:03:54 EDT

@In Other News...: Yes it is, you fucking idiot.

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In Other News... — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:48:08 EDT

That picture up there is of Jimmy Fallon in a Hawaiian shirt and wig, right?

In Other News...

Sam Zell's Insane Radio Henchmen

Dickdogfood — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:02:28 EDT

I've said this before on Gawker, and I'll say it again: Dave Marsh (himself not entirely un-batshit, even when he's right, which is a lot of the time) has often blamed Lee Abrams for turning FM rock radio into slush. This is one thing he wrote about him: [www.blazemonger.com]

Dickdogfood

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VoxPopuli — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:32:42 EDT

@bess marvin, girl detective: Sorry to hear it. I really hate what's going on with the industry right now. There's so many layoffs and buyouts, it's just frightening.

@LeGagneur: I'm amazed there isn't one already.

VoxPopuli

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LeGagneur — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:24:39 EDT

@VoxPopuli: Maybe someone should make a Batshit tag? Though it might get more tags than intended.

LeGagneur

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VoxPopuli — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:17:45 EDT

Sam Zell reminds me exactly of this batshit crazy bar owner on my old block - looks sort of like him, talks like him and tells people to fuck off all the time. And to think of him with money and a media empire is just scary.

VoxPopuli

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bess marvin, girl detective — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:57:59 EDT

guess i should be glad that i was laid off by him.

bess marvin, girl detective

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belltolls — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:53:29 EDT

I like this new Tribune. Maybe he can hire a midget and insert him into an actual Major League game or have the right field wall on rollers and move it in when the Cubs are at bat or what about a Hip Hop Sucks Night! (Steve Dahl is till around) and of course move the damn office to the Billy Goat and sell the gothic tower to the Archdiocese...I got a million of them.

belltolls