The newly rebranded FEI & MFM Financial Leaders Forum, a reimagined annual conference that pairs the Media Finance Management association partner with Financial Executives International for a three-day affair, has firmed up a session on its second day in San Antonio that seeks to give greater insight into whether or not parties interested in a radio or TV station deal should sign off on the agreement or scrap it.
It’s officially “MFM Session 14,” and it is scheduled for the midday hours on Tuesday, May 19 at this year’s conference, to be held at Marriott Rivercenter on the Riverwalk.
Presented by Bond & Pecaro and moderated by the firm’s Tim Pecaro, the discussion is poised to focus on transaction values, dealmaking, and the FCC’s current outlook on market concentration.
“We will be focusing on what might come in the year ahead with deals and deal volumes and look back to the last relaxation of ownership rules in 1996,” MFM notes.
Serving as panelists are Seth Williams, co-Managing Member of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth; and Bob Heymann, the Chicago-based Managing Director of broadcast brokerage Media Services Group.
Specifically, Williams and Heymann will seek to answer the question of whether we are on the cusp of another wave of ownership concentration and what it might look like this time. The panelists will also examine what makes for a smooth transaction process and the problems and pitfalls that cause deals to fall apart.
The session, “Let’s Make a Deal…or Not!,” is scheduled for the 11am Central hour and is a breakout panel opposite five other discussions, including a presentation from Nielsen VP of Local Insights Mike Weinisch that offers insights into the switch from a five-minute to a one-minute qualifier — and the potential benefits to the broadcast television advertising sales team.
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