Area man discusses the future of media

Last Friday, I had the opportunity to appear on KQED’s Forum call-in program. The topic of discussion was the future of radio in the wake of the proposed merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio networks.  I have written a couple of reports on satellite radio for JupiterResearch. If you’re interested, you can still listen to the program on KQED’s website.

I also was able to participate in a discussion of the impact of the Internet on the news business, as the moderator of a remarkable panel that included the managing editor of WSJ.com, the publisher of Slate, and the supervising producer of CNN.com.  This discussion was at an interactive advertising club in New York. It was fun to participate in a more upbeat discussion of the news business than I usually hear these days. Of course, these guys are all working on the online side of their businesses, so it’s not surprising that they’re all in a good mood.

Anyway, I’m back in town, and I’ll be posting more Coastside news shortly.