Cumulus CEO Mary Berner said the over 6% revenue growth for the quarter at Westwood One didn’t happen by accident. And while she did not mention Westwood One President Suzanne Grimes by name it was crystal clear she’s very happy with Grimes’ leadership at the network. This is the second quarter in a row Berner has singled out the leadership at the network. Grimes was hired to run Westwood One in December 2015. Here’s what Berner said…
Berner said Westwood One’s performance is the culmination of over a year’s worth of foundational work to meaningful enhance the businesses ability to execute and redirect its focus to the best profit opportunities. “This work began with the hiring of a single leader who’s responsibility for all facets of the business provided a perspective necessary to identify and address the core issues, aggressively attack costs and identify opportunities for growth. Westwood One now has a sales effort with a much more sophisticated go-to-market strategy. And the ability to create high value programs to stimulate demand. In fact the entirety of our 6% revenue growth in Q2 was driven by this new business development effort which was virtually non-existent a year ago.”
Read our 2017 profile on Suzanne Grimes HERE
