Friday, June 27, 2025

Fred Upton

Fred Upton gets a helping hand

It’s not easy being a moderate these days, or even anything less than a full-throttle ideologue sometimes. For House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman...
Fred Willard

Fred Willard may get counseling to nix lewd conduct charges

Actor Fred Willard, arrested last week while allegedly engaging in a lewd act at an adult movie theater, will avoid a criminal trial if...
ABC News

ABC News asks “pink slime” suit be moved to federal court

ABC News is looking to move a meat processor's defamation lawsuit over reports about lean finely textured beef ("pink slime,” as it has been...
Tablets

Smartphones figure in 2013 resolutions

Many Americans have integrated their smartphones and similar devices seamlessly into their lives, and using them to monitor New Year’s resolutions is another example....

Buy-it-and-build-it deal struck for Mississippi noncom

WWQD-FM DeKalb MS is at the moment a mere construction permit, and time is running out to get it up and running. The price...
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Telesouth adds a Mississippi market

Stephen C. Davenport’s Telesouth Communications owns 14 stations in Mississippi and LMAs three more, but none of them are in the Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula market. But that’s about to change with the acquisition of WOSM-FM Ocean Springs MS.
FTC / Federal Trade Commission

Report: Nielsen negotiating concessions for Arbitron buy

Nielsen’s proposed $1.26 billion buy of Arbitron would allow it to measure audiences across numerous

NBC nips CBS for Tuesday win

The Voice gave NBC the edge 18-34 and a tiny edge 18-49 over CBS, which had far more total viewers in coming in #2...
FCC

New LPFM applications getting approvals

The deadline for the last window was 11/15/13. That window opened 10/15/13, and since some 2,800 applications were filed. 1,900 were deemed

Rep. Waxman, Sen. Markey introduce GRID Act

On 3/26, Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Sen. Edward J. Markey introduced the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure

Scripps Networks Interactive names Travel Channel SVP/CFO

Kellie Goldstein has been named SVP and CFO for Scripps Networks
AP / Associated Press

AP journalist, Palestinian translator killed in Gaza

An Associated Press video journalist and a freelance Palestinian translator were killed Wednesday when ordnance left over from the Israeli-Hamas war
Shopping / Christmas / Holiday

Consumers choosing brick and mortar

Deloitte says that consumers will do most of their holiday spending in actual stores
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Tiny Deal for a Giant Broadcaster

An AM station serving the Panama City Nielsen Audio market

What You Need to Know about New EAS Rules

The FCC has a new order out regarding the latest rules and regulations pertaining to