Articles

NuVoodoo's executive team regularly publishes thoughts, data, and analysis here and in media industry publications and trade magazines.

Which Works Better: Algorithms or Music Testing + Experience?

By Leigh Jacobs

Despite the incredible ability to tweak Pandora to your exact music taste, we wondered, day-in, day-out, which has the perception of doing a better job with music selection: Pandora or broadcast radio.  The facts of the matter are that radio has spent decades applying both science and art to making better playlists and that while…

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Are These Kids About to Get Wiped Out in an Accident?

By Leigh Jacobs

There were a lot of drowsy people stumbling through their days this past Wednesday: those of us who stayed up late to watch the premiere of the new CBS-TV Late Show with Stephen Colbert. During the show, parents of driving-age teens cringed as a cinematic-looking commercial came on showing three teens in a car, listening…

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Pumpkin Spice Lattes Mean Just One Thing

By Leigh Jacobs

The days are getting shorter. School buses are back on the road. Pumpkin spice lattes are returning to your local coffee house. All of this, of course, can mean only one thing: budget time is nearly here! One of the toughest things about serially-tightened budgets is that many stations are looking for ways to reduce…

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Peaceful Coexistence Doesn’t Mean We Can’t Fight

By Leigh Jacobs

At NuVoodoo we’ve been gathering market insights from our own Ratings Prospects Studies each year since we opened our doors in 2011.  We’ve previously fielded our studies late in the year before the holiday season and released results after the holidays in the New Year.  But, things are now moving so fast, especially in Social…

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Why We Love Meter Wearers

By Leigh Jacobs

We love those who will wear a PPM for a lot of reasons.  We curse them from time to time (when they go on vacation during an important week; when those who love our station opt out of the panel; when their habits change and our ratings change with them).  But, PPM wearers are radio’s…

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