Re: Howard: Hanging It Up? or Contract Ploy?

["Dan Strassberg" <Dan.Strassberg@worldnet.att.net>]

WWI = Westwood I (I believe the "One" in "Westwood One" is a Roman numeral,
hence the "I." CBS has a substantial, if not controlling,
interest in WWI. Mel was, or maybe still is, president of WWI.)

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-----Original Message-----
From: A. Joseph Ross <lawyer@world.std.com>
To: dan.Strassberg@att.net <dan.Strassberg@att.net>
Cc: Kirk, Roger <rkirk@cabletron.com>; 'BRI'
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Date: Friday, March 03, 2000 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: Howard: Hanging It Up? or Contract Ploy?


>At 08:47 PM 3/3/00 +0000, dan.Strassberg@att.net wrote:
>
>>It sure could get interesting, though, if some Infinity
>>stations balk at the price. I don't know how much, if
>>any, of an Infinity GM's compensation is based on how
>>the parent company (CBS) does. Most likely, a GM does
>>much better financially in a year in which his group
>>does well but CBS's financial performance is flat than
>>in a year in which CBS does well, but the GM's group is
>>flat. Still, this thought could certainly lead a GM to
>>consider spurning a deal for Stern that WWI proposes.
>>Nevertheless, Mel must have many ways to keep people at
>>the GM level from breaking ranks.
>
>WWI?
>