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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: bijou on January 21, 2010, 04:19:28 PM
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swag (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-21-10 09:49 PM
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Air America Ceasing Live Programming This Afternoon
Source: Air America
It is with the greatest regret, on behalf of our Board, that we must announce that Air America Media is ceasing its live programming operations as of this afternoon, and that the Company will file soon under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code to carry out an orderly winding-down of the business.
The very difficult economic environment has had a significant impact on Air America's business. This past year has seen a "perfect storm" in the media industry generally. National and local advertising revenues have fallen drastically, causing many media companies nationwide to fold or seek bankruptcy protection. From large to small, recent bankruptcies like Citadel Broadcasting and closures like that of the industry's long-time trade publication Radio and Records have signaled that these are very difficult and rapidly changing times.
Those companies that remain are facing audience fragmentation as a result of new media technologies, are often saddled with crushing debt, and have generally found it difficult to obtain operating or investment capital from traditional sources of funding. In this climate, our painstaking search for new investors has come close several times right up into this week, but ultimately fell short of success.
With radio industry ad revenues down for 10 consecutive quarters, and reportedly off 21% in 2009, signs of improvement have consisted of hoping things will be less bad. And though Internet/new media revenues are projected to grow, our expanding online efforts face the same monetization and profitability challenges in the short term confronting the Web operations of most media companies
Read more: http://airamerica.com /
MinneapolisMatt (598 posts) Thu Jan-21-10 09:50 PM
Response to Original message
1. What a shitty week.
Bragi (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-21-10 09:51 PM
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3. Any other bad news out there?
Let's make this the worst week since Nov. 2004.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4236648#4236652
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:rotf: :lmao: :loser: :evillaugh:
That is all.
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I thought Air America went under years ago.
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Just saw this in our own Breaking News, I was still smiling from that when I opened this one!
:-)
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-21-10 05:05 PM
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15. i can't believe the number of democratic candidates that DIDN'T run ads on
aar. starting with john ****ing kerry.
(http://rlv.zcache.com/its_a_dead_mans_party_card-p137447832338145396tdtq_400.jpg)
I luv that song..
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I thought Air America went under years ago.
A radio network so bad it has to go under twice!
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A radio network so bad it has to go under twice!
This is the 3rd time actually and its a charm. Its probably gone for good.
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newtothegame
16. Let's work on this rationally.
Of course, most of the posts will be about the conspiracy against liberal radio, media conglomeration, "corporate america," etc.
I truly believe this can be a beneficial learning experience though. Our product wasn't selling. The American people were not buying what we were selling. Why? And what can we do about it?
I can tell you but you won't believe me.
The reason people weren't buying what AAR was selling was because the market is saturated with liberal news. I could go to NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, PBS, NYT, Washington Post, the LA Times, NPR, etc... and hear the same thing I got on AAR. AAR was just another voice in the liberal main stream media, it offered nothing new.
See, told you you wouldn't believe me.
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This is the 3rd time actually and its a charm. Its probably gone for good.
Ah, I never heard of the second time then. Isn't there some adage about drowning and going down three times?
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Ah, I never heard of the second time then. Isn't there some adage about drowning and going down three times?
They were also bought and sold a few times. It never made financial sense. They signed the idiot Franken to a big contract, paid up front and then he skips out...
About as well run as the Coakley campaign, may poop be upon her
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This is the 3rd time actually and its a charm. Its probably gone for good.
Did they run out of childrens charities to raid?
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Did they run out of childrens charities to raid?
Somebody ran out of money, apparently PSA's and pleas for donations didn't pay them bills.
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Well, their existence wasn't totally in vain. One of their on-air personalities got himself elected to the U.S. Senate courtesy of the voting populace of Minnesota perhaps due to his daily, anti-American diatribes.
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Well, their existence wasn't totally in vain. One of their on-air personalities got himself elected to the U.S. Senate courtesy of the voting populace of Minnesota perhaps due to his daily, anti-American diatribes.
and another host became superstar at MSNBC, which has ten times the audience... lol.
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MinneapolisMatt (598 posts) Thu Jan-21-10 09:50 PM
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1. What a shitty week.
There's one day to go. Surely we can cram in one more left wing loser of a day. :-)
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and another host became superstar at MSNBC, which has ten times the audience... lol.
Who's that?
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Somebody ran out of money, apparently PSA's and pleas for donations didn't pay them bills.
Even those awesome hemp tote bags didn't save them?
:rotf:
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and another host became superstar at MSNBC, which has ten times the audience... lol.
Yeah, but ten times five people is 50 people. On a good day.
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Who's that?
Pat Madcow.
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Even those awesome hemp tote bags didn't save them?
:rotf:
did those tote bags ever exist? Did they ever really send them out to donors?
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Pat Madcow.
Oh...is that where that dyke came from?
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Even those awesome hemp tote bags didn't save them?
Those bags are all-original from Cafepress. lol.
(http://images6.cafepress.com/product/423307206v2_350x350_Front.jpg)
$13.99 right now.
Probably less tomorrow... didn't they give these away for like $100 donations?
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Well, their existence wasn't totally in vain. One of their on-air personalities got himself elected to the U.S. Senate courtesy of the voting populace of Minnesota perhaps due to his daily, anti-American diatribes.
The Minnesota moonbats are the same group of pinheads that elected Jesse Ventura as governor, deadPaul Wellstone as senator, and the only state that Ronaldus Magnus did not carry, as they voted for their favorite moonbat son in 1984. To cap it off and prove their moonbat credentials, they like ice hockey.
I really thought Air America was immune from the effects of a recession, since they never had any advertising revenues to begin with.
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Oh...is that where that dyke came from?
I think she had been broadcasting from a mattress-lined basement in Miami before that over a microradio station or something
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There's one day to go. Surely we can cram in one more left wing loser of a day. :-)
Well I'd like to see this headline on any lib fishwrapper for Friday: :evillaugh:
Obamas Kenyan ancestry is fact!
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Man, what a GREAT week!
Cindie
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Chemtrails! Haliburton! Bushitler! 9/11 was an insi.......*static*
Heh.
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Air America Off The Air - Actually Almost Nobody Hardest Hit
—Ace of Spade headline
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MEMO:
From: Aaron Burr
To: All Conservative Cave members.
Re: Extortion
Some of us are considering buying Air America INC and Air America LLC. Because we can. I am hereby demanding investment capitol from all members to push this deal through ASAP. (See thread at top of page.)
My plan is cause as much angst and misery as possible.
If interested. Send us money. Now.
Sincerely,
Aaron Burr
Future VP
Air America INC.
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****SPOTTED****
Ron Reagan at the off-ramp with a "Will Blame Bush For Bucks" sign. :evillaugh:
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MinneapolisMatt (598 posts) Thu Jan-21-10 09:50 PM
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1. What a shitty week.
Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The game of life is hard to play
I'm going to lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works it's way on in
The pain grow stronger watch it grin
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
Is it to be or not to be
And I replied "Oh why ask me."
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
And you can do the same thing if you please.
"Suicide Is Painless"
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Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The game of life is hard to play
I'm going to lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works it's way on in
The pain grow stronger watch it grin
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
Is it to be or not to be
And I replied "Oh why ask me."
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
And you can do the same thing if you please.
"Suicide Is Painless"
H5-worthy! :cheersmate:
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Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The game of life is hard to play
I'm going to lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works it's way on in
The pain grow stronger watch it grin
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
Is it to be or not to be
And I replied "Oh why ask me."
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
And you can do the same thing if you please.
"Suicide Is Painless"
Nobody believes what that's the theme song for. :-)
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It is a testament to the American free market that AA was able to cling to life several years longer than any of us predicted.
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Nobody believes what that's the theme song for. :-)
I already know....
M*A*S*H
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It is a testament to the American free market that AA was able to cling to life several years longer than any of us predicted.
It had nothing to do with free markets. It had to do with leftists who had too much time and money (other peoples) that finally ran out.
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It had nothing to do with free markets. It had to do with leftists who had too much time and money (other peoples) that finally ran out.
They had time but not enough to ever actually listen to Air America.
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I'll thank you both to kindly cease and desist slamming my new radio station.
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They had time but not enough to ever actually listen to Air America.
I tried to listen to Airhead America once. I think Al "I'm a buck-toothed moron" Franken was on....
It was the worst 15 seconds of my life....
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I'll thank you both to kindly cease and desist slamming my new radio station.
Not until you tell us what your format is going to be....
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Look, we're reformatting. I don't know who we'll sign. We probably can't afford Coulter....but then again, not being able to pay on air radio personalities never seemed to stop the last crew of guys from running the show.
Please check the wicked awesome thread about AA in the breaking news forum. We mean fuggin' business.
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I tried to listen to Airhead America once. I think Al "I'm a buck-toothed moron" Franken was on....
It was the worst 15 seconds of my life....
If we had an AAR station here, and this is Madison WI, I was blissfully unaware of it.
Our more liberal talk station carries Glenn Beck and Dennis Miller in the mid-morning to late afternoon and at night they have moonbat Alan Colmes, who gets the most insane callers. But mostly I listen to WIBA for Rush and Vicki McKenna (a local conservative talker) and then listen to Mark Levin over the Interwebs.
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Look, we're reformatting. I don't know who we'll sign. We probably can't afford Coulter....but then again, not being able to pay on air radio personalities never seemed to stop the last crew of guys from running the show.
Please check the wicked awesome thread about AA in the breaking news forum. We mean fuggin' business.
The Tea Party movement has a million voices waiting to be heard. There's enough talent in there, just go find it. Get on their internet network and tell the local groups to nominate their best speakers. Not only will they scramble to be heard but they will enjoy listneing to heir own.
Radio of the People, for the People and by the People.
I'll do you a P-shop later.
BTW - I want to voiceovers for your promo slots.
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Personally, I'd be honored if Sith Master/Emperor Bunny did the voice overs. I'm checking in with my local Tea Party people courtesy of Mr. Thundleys thread. Tea Party (http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,39522.msg429262.html#new)
I'll have to check with the board of directors. I think we have half a dozen. Most of whom may or may not be profligate alcoholics....I'm just sayin'.
The point is, we're fixing Air America to better reflect the values of...oh...I dunno', sane people. So stay tuned.
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If we had an AAR station here, and this is Madison WI, I was blissfully unaware of it.
Our more liberal talk station carries Glenn Beck and Dennis Miller in the mid-morning to late afternoon and at night they have moonbat Alan Colmes, who gets the most insane callers. But mostly I listen to WIBA for Rush and Vicki McKenna (a local conservative talker) and then listen to Mark Levin over the Interwebs.
I heard it on XM radio. Here in VA, I get Rush at noon, Hannity at 3, both on WFNR, then stream Levin on the net from WMAL 630 (like I'm doing right now). There used to be a second talk station in the area that aired Beck, later changed to Laura Ingraham. Now, they play OLD (and I mean OLD) country music....
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Look, we're reformatting. I don't know who we'll sign. We probably can't afford Coulter....but then again, not being able to pay on air radio personalities never seemed to stop the last crew of guys from running the show.
Please check the wicked awesome thread about AA in the breaking news forum. We mean fuggin' business.
There are some okay talkers on blogtalkradio, might be able to get permission to rebroadcast some of those. heh
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We'll most likely buy them out or steamroll over them in our quest for world domination. Also, as my intern, I've decided to pay you with shares in the company instead of near worthless Obamabucks.
I'll be needing some script input from you in the near future. Oh. And my dry cleaning.
Anyway. Off to the hot tub to celebrate.
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I'll thank you both to kindly cease and desist slamming my new radio station.
What'd mean "my"? :-)
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The editorial "my". Besides, I don't even know who most of the board members are....and for legal reasons, that's probably a good idea.
Anyway, I sent you some dough via certified mail.
Can't wait to get this thing rolling.
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The editorial "my". Besides, I don't even know who most of the board members are....and for legal reasons, that's probably a good idea.
Anyway, I sent you some dough via certified mail.
Can't wait to get this thing rolling.
You did once mention living in AZ, right? I decided to include AZ in the new story I started at the Libertyfic site. Specifically Gilbert, AZ to begin with. I used Google Maps to get a look at the town and stuff. I hope I can't be sued for using real business names in a not-for-profit online story.
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The editorial "my". Besides, I don't even know who most of the board members are....and for legal reasons, that's probably a good idea.
Anyway, I sent you some dough via certified mail.
Can't wait to get this thing rolling.
Delaware may be a small state but I sure saw all of it today...
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Delaware may be a small state but I sure saw all of it today...
I've been told by a former denizen that half of it disappears at high tide!
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I've been told by a former denizen that half of it disappears at high tide!
Slower Delaware is pretty much an extension of Maryland's eastern shore...and I can tell you right now, chicken farms stink...
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Hmmm. So we shouldn't consider buying Delaware outright as part of this fiscal quarters expansion? Meh.
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Hmmm. So we shouldn't consider buying Delaware outright as part of this fiscal quarters expansion? Meh.
Just the opposite...lot's of potential...ocean and bay front...no sales tax...if we buy it we can kick biden the f### out...
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I'm in.
Damn. Isn't this how last night started?
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Their tears of pain brings me great joy. :-)