Ed Schultz

[David Tomm]

Jones does not own the Ed Schultz show.  It merely distributes it.  The 
show is owned by a group of investors led by Randy Michaels, the former 
head honcho at Clear Channel.  He does have a background in 
conservative talk, being a former PD of Cincinnati talker WLW and later 
bringing Rush Limbaugh into Premiere Radio Networks while running Clear 
Channel.  Since leaving CC he has dabbled in a variety of different 
media, including regional TV ownership and yes, progressive talk.

Many syndicated talk shows are not owned by the companies that 
distribute them.  They may offer sales support, use of studio space and 
the satellite uplinks, but ownership is a different story.  While 
Premiere distributes Limbaugh, I don't think they own the show 
outright.  I would think at this point Rush has full ownership of his 
program.

-Dave Tomm
"Mike Thomas"



On Sep 9, 2007, at 11:29 PM, Bob Nelson wrote:

> Wikipedia says the "Jones" in the name is Glenn R. Jones. As far as I 
> know there is no connection to
> Mother Jones magazine which was named after a labor organizer who died 
> way back in 1930. Jones Media
> has a whole bunch of radio services and formats, etc. Stephanie 
> Miller, Bill Press, Ed Schultz,
> Neal Boortz, and Clark Howard are among their talk offerings. 
> Musically, they offer formats
> like Music of Your Life, etc.
>