Refund spending not a big economy driver this year
When the economy is going good, the arrival of a nice fat tax return check can mean a trip to the store for a...
Tribune and DirecTV come to terms
The retransmission battle between television group Tribune and satellite MVPD DirecTV turned out to be
SiriusXM signs as official Internet radio partner of MLB.com
It’s a multi-year agreement with MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, to stream live radio broadcasts of...
Discovery dumping Planet Green for Destination America
Planet Green, its 4-year-old cable network devoted to the green lifestyle will switch on Memorial Day to “Destination America,” a network that Discovery said...
Barclays adds coverage of Pandora Media
Veteran media analyst Anthony DiClemente at Barclays Capital has added Pandora Media to his
NABEF names Service to America Award winners
The NAB Education Foundation (NABEF) announced the winners of the annual Service to America Awards. They will be honored at the Celebration of Service...
Gray Television gets a boost from S&P
Noting that Gray Television has reduced its leverage and improved its liquidity, Standard & Poor’s has raised the company’s corporate credit rating. The new...
FM action in Virginia, Oregon
$155K WFYE-FM Glade Spring VA from ASRadio LLC (Alan Sneed) to HB Radio LLC (David W. Blair, Michael G. Ferrell, Lucia Ashworth, Sarah W....
RBR-TVBR readers split on anti-Limbaugh ads
37% of RBR-TVBR poll respondents believe radio stations should avoid running ads critical of Rush Limbaugh. And when you add them together, 35% believe...
Trustee named for Emmis 2012 Retention Plan Trust
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Emmis Communications didn’t have to look far to find the trustee for its 2012 Retention Plan Trust, which just received 400,000 preferred shares...
Another downer for stock traders
A poorly received bond auction by Spain's government added to pessimism on Wall Street from the previous day's indication by the US Fed that...
Alliance wants Allotment Optimization Model released
The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance is calling for the immediate release of the FCC’s AOM (Allotment Optimization Model) that FCC Chair Genachowski said would...
20.6 million radio listeners heard NCAA Men’s Final Four
Dial Global announced that 20.6 million people tuned in to hear the radio broadcast of The NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four. The games took...
Further farewells for MAP
Two organizations have come forth to say their good-byes to media legal advocacy Media Access Project. The National Hispanic Media Coalition worked with MAP...
Cord-cutting impact still small
An estimated 2.65 million Americans eliminated their MVPD service (cable/satellite) from 2008 through 2011, says a new report from The Convergence Consulting Group Ltd....