Peter Casciato dead at 59

Friends in broadcasting are remembering communications attorney Peter Casciato. A celebration of life is planned for this spring in San Francisco, following his recent...
CBS

Have kilt, will travel: Craig Ferguson heading home

CBS announced that “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” will travel to the host’s native land, Scotland
Mark Levin

Mark Levin offers $50,000 to debate President Obama

He even offered a "neutral place" for the debate: "PBS is no neutral place, but we’ll find a neutral place.
News Corporation

News Corp. gets big cash haul from NDS sale

The $5 billion purchase of NDS Group by Cisco Systems is making headlines in the tech world

Deals filed in Ohio, Michigan

Towns involved: Piqua OH and Jackson MI
Gavel

Court approves sale of Roanoke-Lynchburg indy

TV station in western Virginia (as opposed to West Virginia) sold out of receivership.
FCC

LPFM and translators getting aired out at the FCC

The long road to Congressional approval is only the beginning of the regulatory slog.
Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon presents 2012 upfront

The presentation included appearances by Nick Cannon, Keke Palmer, One Direction and musical performances by Nick's own Big Time Rush.
Radio One

Tough Q4 for Radio One (audio)

Net revenues shot up 37.8% to $98.1 million in Q4 for Radio One, but that was due to the consolidation of
RAC / Rent A Center

Mindshare scores Rent-A-Center

GroupM’s Mindshare has been awarded media responsibilities for RAC (Rent-A-Center) in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The assignment planning and
Mark Burnett

Mark Burnett takes stake in Youtoo

Youtoo is described as a software company supplying end-to-end interactive TV and gaming services to the television industry

The battle for news affiliates has just gotten more interesting

Fox News Radio is in the fray as well and is actively targeting those CNN Radio affiliates, along with ARNN Short Form.
Paul Castronovo and Young Ron Brewer

Paul & Young Ron re-up with Clear Channel

The two first teamed up in 1990, debuting on WSHE-FM (103.5) before switching to Clear Channel
Stocks

Rally stalled on Wednesday

Following Tuesday's run-up led by bank stocks, the market was pretty flat on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a tiny 16 point...
Vince Sadusky

Vince Sadusky sees M&A picking up this year (audio)

With some recent transactions breaking the logjam, Wall Street analysts are now asking