Localogy 20/20: The Top Line Impact of 5G Rollouts
5G has become quite a buzzword and probably overused in a lot of marketing. But it’s a legitimate technology that will bring us much more than just faster networks. Yes, 5G will be up to 100 times faster than 4G in some cases, but its advantages are more about what those higher speeds can accomplish […]
Localogy 20/20: How Will Radio Continue to Change?
At Localogy’s Place conference last fall (which incidentally seems like 8 years ago), iHeart’s Eric Hadley introduced us to the concept of “share of ear.” Today at Localogy 20/20 he revisited that principle and expanded on several other concepts that orbit the business opportunities for audio content. For those unfamiliar with the share-of-ear construct, the […]
Localogy 20/20: eTail Triggers Retail Transformation
The U.S. retail industry isn’t just “over-retailed.” It’s worse that than. It’s “under demolished.” That quip from Naveen Jaggi, JLL, one of the panelists on this morning “eTail” session at the Localogy 20/20 virtual event may seem a little bit flippant. But it drives to the heart of the perfect storm the retail world now faces. […]
Localogy 2020: Cities Undergoing Transformation
We had two sessions on Day 1 of Localogy 20/20 that took a hard look at how the pandemic has forced a real reckoning and injection of creativity into how we think about commercial space. We kicked off the day with a conversation about cities and how we can restructure them to avoid what moderator […]
Oracle and TikTok in Reported Deal
Multiple news outlets are reporting that Oracle has partnered with TikTok‘s Chinese parent company ByteDance. According to CNBC, Oracle has confirmed that it will “serve as the trusted technology provider.” Presumably, this will satisfy U.S. regulators and allow TikTok to continue operations in the face of data security concerns. It appears Oracle has overtaken Microsoft […]