Marcus, Smulyan To Chair Forecast '09
Radio Ink's Forecast '09 will be chaired by Jeff Smulyan, Chairman of Emmis Communications, and Drew Marcus, Vice Chairman/Media & Telecom Banking at Deutsche Bank Securities.
Radio Ink Publisher B. Eric Rhoads said, "Our goal each year is to make the conference relevant to industry trends and activities, and therefore our selection of co-chairs is designed to reflect the industry. Jeff Smulyan has been instrumental in gathering industry leaders to force industrywide change. Drew Marcus has been intimately involved in the most important deals in our industry this year. The two combined make a powerful co-chair, and have developed an agenda and invited speakers who will make this event stand out."
Forecast '09 will be held December 2, 2008, at the Harvard Club in New York. Now in its sixth year, Radio Ink's Forecast event gathers radio owners, CFOs, group executives, managers and Wall Street analysts to discuss conditions and predictions for the coming year. The only conference of its kind, Forecast has become the premium event in radio financial circles and is capped off by an exclusive reception honoring the "Top 40" most powerful people in radio.