Editing Cumulus Media (section)

===Internet debate===
Since November 1998 the company had been developing an internet platform for classified employment advertising. The new system would operate in tandem with the radio station cluster in each market and offer employers the chance to post available positions on the web and promote their company and the position on the radio stations. At the time of the dot-com bust the system was in beta test in two markets. One of the short-lived but important impacts of the [[dot-com bubble]] burst was a loss of confidence that the promise of the internet would ever happen. Many professional radio people like Dickey were skeptical and believed the best course for Cumulus was to focus on the radio strategy and drop the internet projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CONNECT%2C+Inc.%27s+OneServer+Powers+PhotoDisc+Online+to+Win+PC+Week+Web...-a019039843|title=CONNECT, Inc.'s OneServer Powers PhotoDisc Online to Win PC Week Web Commerce Award; PhotoDisc Named One of Top 10 Web Commerce Sites. – Free Online Library|website=thefreelibrary.com|access-date=November 30, 2017|archive-date=March 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317042750/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CONNECT%2c+Inc.%27s+OneServer+Powers+PhotoDisc+Online+to+Win+PC+Week+Web...-a019039843|url-status=dead}}</ref> Weening who had started a Silicon Valley e-commerce software company in the early 1990s had conceived and was overseeing development of the employment platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.industryweek.com/information-technology/connect-incmountain-view-calif|title=Connect Inc.Mountain View, Calif.|date=December 21, 2004|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Weening advocated for continuance of the project as a key potential source of revenue with a service that would be unique among radio companies. Ultimately, the board backed Dickey not Weening and the Internet project was scrapped.