Death of the Diary

<p>Last week on the <a href="https://art19.com/shows/broadcast-dialogue/episodes/0589469b-a773-489c-8a70-17229d7031a0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broadcast Dialogue: The Podcast</a>, I was listening to Numeris CEO Neil McEneaney provide an annual update. I had to stop listening when he expressed confidence in the TV paper diary method for gathering listening consumption. This is 2020, but the exit plan for the paper diary should have started back in 2007 when the decision to bring PPM to Canada was made. No, I am not advocating for PPM in Kelowna, but radio and advertisers should have been on lookout for a comparable measurement system. Fast forward to 2020 and we are hanging on to this archaic methodology. The pandemic has expedited so much including the inevitable death of the diary.</p><p>In this episode I sound off about how radio got here and what we should do next.</p><p>I don't carry a donate button but if you find any of this useful, <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/mattcundill" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">please send me what you can </a>and I'll send you an invoice for a 9 minute consult.</p><p>There's more about&nbsp;this episode <a href="https://bit.ly/35OUQ1X" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on our show page!</a></p><p><strong>Thanks also to the people who make this show possible every week including:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.promosuite.com/soundoff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Promosuite</a></p><p><a href="https://www.mattfogartyvo.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Matt Fogarty Voiceovers</a></p><p><a href="http://www.coreimagestudio.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Justin Dove at Core Image Studios</a></p><p><a href="http://www.megatrax.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Megatrax</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/pri