Saturday, May 9, 2026

Disney

Dog gets a TV show and a blog

Talking dogs have been a mainstay of TV and movie family entertainment. The latest twist adds an Internet element as well. Disney Channel has...
Sirius XM

SiriusXM launches “The Dating Playbook”

The Dating Playbook is hosted by Susan Rose and Jennifer Heller—professional matchmakers and co-founders of matchmaking business Rose & Heller and dating site www.susanandjen.com. ...
DirecTV

DirecTV calls some public debt

If you own some 7-5/8% DirecTV Holdings LLC senior notes due 2016 you won’t be owning them through 2016. The company has called them...

Gonzalez strikes again in southern Texas

$600K KDRX-FM Laughlin AFB TX from J.B. Salazar to MBM Radio Del Rio LLC, a subsidiary of MB Revolution LLC (Roberto Gonzalez). Deposited in...

Station staff buys WPB noncom TV

$1,909,102 WXEL-TV West Palm Beach FL from Barry Telecommunications Inc. (Linda Bevilacqua), a subsidiary of Barry University, to WXEL Public Broadcasting Corporation (Bernard E....

Terre Haute twosome headed to Midwest

Duke Wright’s Midwest Communications Inc. aleady has an AM and three FMs in the Terre Haute IN market. It has now filed an application...
FTC / Federal Trade Commission

FTC probing alcohol advertising

To complete a new study of alcohol advertising, the Federal Trade Commission is requesting detailed information from 14 big advertisers. The thrust of the...
FTC / Federal Trade Commission

FTC probing alcohol advertising

To complete a new study of alcohol advertising, the Federal Trade Commission will is requesting detailed information from 14 big advertisers. The thrust of...
Erica Farber

New RAB CEO wears Arbitron hat as well

Erica Farber has been a member of the Board of Directors at Arbitron since September 2010, so the directors of the Radio Advertising Bureau...
Tablets

Tablets taking a bite out of TV viewing

A new report from Forrester Research says many of us with tablets such as iPads are using them to either watch TV with a...
Pile of Money

Media moguls among highest paid CEOs

Not a single media company ranks among the 10 largest US companies in terms of revenues. Nonetheless, four media companies placed their
Yahoo!

Yahoo signs streaming deal with Bob Weir

Bob Weir’s Tri Studios (TRI: Tamalpais Research Institute) announced on CNBC a deal with Yahoo that could help bring high quality music and videos...

Stock prices rose on demand from China

Wall Street shrugged off a rise in new US unemployment claims and focused on indications that China's economy is still growing and buying stuff...

WPP gives preferential treatment to DG, 24/7 Media partnership

DG, the world's leading ad management and distribution platform, announced today a strategic partnership for deeper collaboration in ad technology between MediaMind, its online...

USRN partners with Little Steven’s Underground Garage

Little Steven is already running SiriusXM’s Garage Channel and he’s already on some powerhouse stations, but now United Stations Radio Networks plans to take...