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RIAA’s Mitch Bainwol not including terrestrial royalties in revenue calculus

At a Nashville town hall for members of the...
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Mediator appointed for Tribune Company bankruptcy

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US Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey on Wednesday (9/1) appointed a mediator who will assist in Tribune Company’s negotiations with various creditor constituencies as the company’s ...
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Analysts bullish on Clear Channel bonds

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Wells Fargo Securities high yield debt analysts Bishop Cheen and Davis Hebert have begun coverage of CC Media Holdings and its Clear Channel Communications subsidiary. ...
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CBS readies 'The Amazing Race' 11 teams picked, 32,000 Miles (video)

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11 Teams Will Travel Over 32,000 Miles, Spanning Four Continents and 30 Cities, with Inaugural Visits to Bangladesh, Ghana and a Trek Deep into the Arctic Circle. CBS announced today the 11 new teams competing in the next installment...
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'Dancing With The Stars' celebrity and pros have been paired off

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The Season 11 star-studded cast and their professional partners get ready to break in their dancing shoes on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" for the long awaited two-hour season premiere...
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Broadcasting stocks continued upward trend in Q2

Despite soft days for the stock market at the end of June, broadcasting stocks were mostly higher in Q2, continuing the strong advance seen since the second half of 2009 ...
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Challenges and solutions for radio, television newsrooms—Part III

In this report, RBR-TVBR finds out about serving audiences and brand building via social media; and how proactive these ...
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Challenges and solutions for radio, television newsrooms—Part II

We find out about remaining effective; facing today's challenge of doing more with fewer people and fewer resources ...
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Doug Banks: Turning up the heat on the ride home (audio)

Doug Banks: Doug Banks, recently picked up by American Urban Radio Networks after 12 years at Citadel Media/ABC, began his radio career as an on-air personality ...
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Gene Steinberg, host of “The Paracast,” “The Tech Night Owl LIVE”

Gene Steinberg is an award-winning journalist who first discovered the magic of writing while still a teenager. Over the years, he developed a strong interest in UFOs and other ...
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Steve Minisini, Chief Executive Officer, Marketron (Audio)

Steve Minisini: Steve has been Marketron’s CEO since October 2009. He has over 25 years of executive leadership experience with an emphasis on building customer loyalty ...
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Sales And Marketing
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YES is best but a NO is good too

When you’re in sales the word you most want to hear uttered by a prospect is YES, and (as much as you may be loath to admit it) the second best answer is a NO (not a MAYBE, like you might be thinking.)...
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Workflow Strategies that Empower Social Media Marketing

Social media is like custard. Social networking is one of the most powerful and low-cost advertising tools around. Unfortunately, many marketing professionals shy away from...
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In a world filled with 'media', why do we have a scarcity of true media 'brands'?

We are working in times of exponential growth in the media landscape. To the marketer, it seems as though new media...
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Ideas Working Now ™
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Radio: The original social media

I didn’t realize it at the time, but when I fell in love with it as a kid that radio was one of the original social networks. AM had Top 40 formats (mashups), DJ shout outs...
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Political ads and libel claims

It always happens around campaign season.  A candidate runs an ad criticizing the opponent.  The opponent’s campaign lawyer issues a letter to the station claiming ...
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FCC Regulatory fees due August 31

In the Commission’s last ever paper notice to broadcasters, it moved up the annual regulatory fee filing date from September to August 31; an apparent attempt to...
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Viewpoints
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Keep the hits coming: HD Fast Track Radio

It is indeed refreshing to see that the NAB has taken a second look at their approach to resolving the issue of music performance royalties. ...
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Could NAB Botch the FM Chip Any Worse?

When’s the last time you heard Gordon Smith say anything good about radio? When’s the last time you saw the NAB out-front promoting radio, countering...
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PPM "secrets" and observations

Reading the story about the “secret life” of a PPM Panelist [The San Francisco Chronicle article that followed ‘Angella Sprauve’, a product development manager, who ...
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Station Ops :::::

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Pappas turning off KMPH-AM Modesto

Pappas Radio’s Talker KMPH-AM “The Patriot” in Modesto, CA will go dark 8/31. VP/GM JIM Pappas said in an open letter to listeners (see the whole letter on the PDF attachment to the right of this story): "Due to the ongoing national, state and local economic downturn, combined with the insufficient...
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WCYB-TV, WEMT-TV first in market with local news in HD

Bonten Media Group’s WCYB-TV (NBC) and Esteem Broadcasting’s WEMT-TV (FOX) became the first television stations in the Tri-Cities VA/TN market to broadcast local news in HD at 5PM 6/17. “This new technology is a big step forward in the digital television evolution and means that...
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Tech Topics :::::

SBE announces 2010 board election results

The Society of Broadcast Engineers announced Vinny Lopez, CEV, CBNT was re-elected for his second one year term as the Society's president. Lopez is the Director of Engineering for WSYT/WNYS TV, Sinclair Broadcast Group, in Syracuse, N.Y. The results of the election were as follows:...
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The pros and cons of an FM chip in mobile devices

We all know by now that NAB and the RIAA may ask Congress to require that new mobile phones include an FM receiver chip. The idea emerged in a proposed compromise for a dispute over whether musicians and record companies should receive royalty payments from radio stations that...
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