Episodes
Michael McArthur is an Adjunct Professor at Rowan University, whose focus is the Music Industry. He is an experienced music executive with a great understanding of culture and entertainment. McArthur's resume includes stints with Universal Music Group Distribution and Island/Def Jam records, where he was responsible for the marketing and promotion of artists such as LL Cool J, JayZ, Mariah Carey, and Kanye West. He also co-founded his management firm, Mama's Boys Entertainment Group, in...
Published 02/18/16
Winning Strategies Chairman James McQueeny and Senior Account Executive Tamisha Hallman join Matthew McQueeny to discuss Super Bowl 50 and how its two quarterbacks - Peyton Manning and Cam Newton - displayed polar opposite attitudes in their post-game interactions with the media. Media training is a service provided by Winning Strategies, so we felt it an interesting opportunity to assess how the two prominent personalities dealt with their turns.  
Published 02/09/16
Winning Strategies members Brian Dickerson and Adam Dvorin join Matt McQueeny to give the Media Thread treatment to Super Bowl 50.
Published 02/04/16
Winning "Strategists" Catie Drury and Mike Brennan have been following the intersection of the presidential election and social media for our company blog, which can be found at http://winningstrategies.tumblr.com/. Catie and Mike join Matt McQueeny on the Media Thread Podcast to talk all about the subject.
Published 01/29/16
Matthew McQueeny and Adam Dvorin are pleased to be joined on this episode by Lindsay Stein. Lindsay is a Reporter at Advertising Age who previously wrote for PR Week and is a graduate of the esteemed S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.  Matt and Adam talk to Lindsay about her article ""How Public Relations is Earning its place in 2016." 
Published 01/25/16
Dan Kennedy is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University and nationally known media commentator who writes for the Nieman Journalism Lab, WGBHNews.org, The Huffington Post and other publications. Professor Kennedy teaches news reporting, media law and other journalism courses, with an emphasis on blogging, multimedia and social networks.  Adam Dvorin, Media Director at Winning Strategies, talks with Professor Kennedy (starting at the 11:40 mark) about the recent home-delivery crisis...
Published 01/06/16
Matthew McQueeny (Digital Director, Winning Strategies) is joined by Tim Castano (President, New Start New Jersey) and Marq Romero (New Media Specialist, Winning Strategies) to discuss Star Wars: The Force Awakens and how it affects and is affected by digital media.
Published 12/17/15
Matthew McQueeny and Adam Dvorin talk about podcasting, Vox, Inc., the Economist Espresso app, and the future of news.  Adam also learns the phrase "SoLoMo."
Published 12/03/14
Adam Dvorin and Matthew McQueeny talk about Derek Jeter, the MLB All Star Game, LeBron James, Sports Illustrated, Taylor Swift, Weird Al Yankovic, Brooks Wheelan, and more.
Published 07/18/14
Matthew McQueeny and Adam Dvorin talk about Time Inc.'s spinoff from Time Warner and what it means for the once-beloved and now-maligned print empire, which encompasses more than 90 magazines and 45 Websites.
Published 06/12/14
Matthew McQueeny talks about the very timely issue of net neutrality with Joshua Levy, campaign director at Free Press (FreePress.Net). Free Press is building a powerful nationwide movement to change media and technology policies, promote the public interest and strengthen democracy. Free Press advocates for universal and affordable Internet access, diverse media ownership, vibrant public media and quality journalism.
Published 06/03/14
Matthew McQueeny and Adam Dvorin discuss the New York Times Innovation Report and the firing of Jill Abramson as managing editor of the paper.
Published 05/23/14
Matthew McQueeny, Andrey Lurye, and Marq Romero discuss the rumored Apple purchase of Beats Electronics.  Brought to you from and by Winning Strategies. 
Published 05/15/14
On this Cinco de Mayo (and National Hoagie Day!), Matthew McQueeny and Adam Dvorin talk the business and pleasure of podcasting, the "patent troll" who could potentially take down the industry, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin going to Bloomberg, and May Sweeps.
Published 05/05/14
Matthew McQueeny and Adam Dvorin discuss Pew Research's State of the News Media 2014. They then phone George W. Miller - journalism professor at Temple University - to get his thoughts on the report, what it's like to teach journalism today, and his career. George W. Miller is a journalist, photojournalist and proud Philadelphian. He worked at the Philadelphia Daily News for more than 11 years, serving as a staff photographer, features writer, general assignment reporter and police beat...
Published 04/02/14
Matthew McQueeny and Adam Dvorin discuss "the Infinite Dial 2014," the new survey from Edison Research and Triton Digital; David Carr's New York Time's Media Equation article from this week, "Risks Abound as Reporters Play in Traffic"; the newly reported Apple-Comcast discussions; and more. Twitter: @adamdvorin | @mattmcqueeny Winning Strategies PR | Winning Strategies ITS
Published 03/25/14
Adam Dvorin and Matthew McQueeny discuss Savannah Guthrie, Jimmy Fallon's early dominance in late night, the future of news, Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight.com, Netflix through your cable box, and March Madness and the bad news for cord cutters.
Published 03/18/14
Matthew McQueeny and Adam Dvorin talk about the Newsweek-Bitcoin story and the state of newsweeklies, reporters as brands, native advertising, the to-be released New York Times NYT Now app, and more. Adam is a former journalist and current media director of Winning Strategies. Matthew McQueeny is a web producer at Winning Strategies.
Published 03/11/14
Matthew McQueeny and Adam Dvorin talk about the proposed Comcast-Time Warner merger, net neutrality, and the current state of media. Adam is a former journalist and current media director of Winning Strategies. Matthew McQueeny is a web producer at Winning Strategies. Winning Strategies PR | Winning Strategies ITS
Published 02/28/14