Radio Ink magazine'ss Forecast 's09 event, set for December 2 in New York, will feature GroupM CEO Irwin Gotlieb, the most sought-after speaker in the advertising business.
If you were to ask anyone on Madison Avenue who is the king of all advertising, they would say Irwin Gotlieb. CNN Money calls him the $59 billion man. As CEO of media-buying shop GroupM,
part of the WPP Group, Gotlieb last year controlled 16 percent of the world'ss $364 billion in global ad expenditures -- that is $60 billion. He was the man WPP Chairman Martin Sorrell
chose to combine MindShare with WPP'ss other media-buying shops. Gotlieb is the king of the advertising business worldwide because of his powerful insights and ability to predict future
trends.
Gotlieb is the most sought-after speaker in the advertising business, and one rarely seen. Never before has a radio-industry event presented an advertising executive at this level. More
than any advertising person on earth, Gotlieb knows what advertising trends can expect, and he has some powerful messages to share about what traditional media must do to survive.
Radio Ink Publisher/CEO Eric Rhoads said, We'sve had some very important speakers at Forecast, but Irwin Gotlieb is probably the most relevant to what radio faces today and the most
important in terms of understanding our future and the actions we must take. I'sm asking every radio CEO to be present as a show of support for radio, and to hear what Gotlieb has to say.
It is a monumental moment for radio to have Irwin Gotlieb appear before a radio-industry audience.
Gotlieb will appear on a Forecast 's09 panel titled Confidential: Inside the Minds of Clients -- What Radio Needs to Know About 2009 Spending Expectations, Plus Issues, Concerns, and
Opportunities. This session represents an unprecedented gathering of top agency minds -- moderated by Laurence W. Norjean, Managing Director/CEO, Norstar Media Entertainment, with
panelists Gotlieb, ZenithOptimedia President/Strategic Resources Bruce Goerlich, and OMD-North America CEO Page Thompson.
About Radio Ink'ss Forecast 's09
Now in its sixth year, Radio Ink'ss Forecast event gathers radio owners, CFOs, group executives, managers, and Wall Street analysts to discuss current conditions and predictions for the
coming year. The only conference of its kind, Forecast has become a premier event in radio financial circles and is capped off by an exclusive reception honoring the Top 40 most powerful
people in radio. For more information, call 561-655-8778 or visit www.radioink.com/forecast.
About Radio Ink
Radio Ink is a leading radio broadcast trade publication, providing news, information, and commentary to radio sales and management professionals in the United States and 43 countries
worldwide. The bi-weekly magazine focuses on marketing, management, and the multi-platform challenges facing radio broadcasters today. The publication has also created several annual gold
standard lists, including the 40 Most Powerful People in Radio, the Most Influential Women in Radio (MIWs) Radio Wayne, and Hispanic radio'ss Medallas de Cortez awards. Radio Ink reaches
more than 25,000 radio executives with a daily headlines e-mail and news updated throughout the day at www.radioink.com and provides two
target-specific weekly e-newsletters, Hispanic Radio Weekly (www.radioink.com/hrw) and Convergence Weekly (www.radioink.com/cw).