Thursday, May 14, 2026

Deal

Filling in the blanks on EMF buy

Weare able to provide a little more color on this deal.
Kids

Kids get their own streaming service

Two companies are partnering to create a music streaming service also aimed at kids

Broadcasters to September: Good-bye and good riddance

A recent report in USA today noted that September is notorious for being a very bad stock month, generally the worst of the year.

CW soars as NBC wins nail-biter over CBS

The margin couldn’t have been much closer in the Tuesday Nielsen competition, with the final NBC 2.3/7, CBS 2.2/7. CBS did have a sizable...
Sumner Redstone

Theaters a millstone for Redstone

Redstone’s movie theater company is having such a poor year that it’s living off dividend money
Kelley Blue Book

KBB names top ten car deals for October

Attractive leasing terms, financing and rebates are all in the mix

iHeartMedia promotes new AC/DC release

A new album is on the way from venerable rock act AC/DC
Paul Karpowicz

Karpowicz in chair as BMI reboots

Meredith Local Media Group President Paul Karpowcz takes over.
Tom Wheeler

Wheeler cites crackdown on LMAs are diversity booster

Wheeler said that making it harder for television stations to enter into local operational alliances has resulted in an increase in minority broadcast ownership
FTC / Federal Trade Commission

Deceptive ads lead to hefty restitution payments

One of the companies claimed that caffeine-infused underwear could help the wearer lose weight.

Radio vet will raise Cain on internet

Herman Cain has hosted a radio talk show, run companies and run for president

Joining with clients to build from the ground up

But to have a really special client-station bond, Mike Rudd suggests taking it several degrees deeper
LPTV

LPTV organization seeks comments on Comcast/TWC

The LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition is not happy with the treatment of low power television by either of the cable giants

More Nielsen Audio September ratings results

Results of the radio wars in a number of large markets, from Minneapolis to Pittsburgh

You’ll never guess why stocks went down today

Germany. Analysts said there were indications of softness in the German economy, and for that, we have to have a really bad day here...