Thursday, May 14, 2026

Gavel

Grooveshark joins Sirius on wrong side of copyright suit

A second digital music service has been hit for copyright infringement, in a second state
Washington Redskins

Uttering Redskins on air on review at the FCC

The FCC is weighing a license renewal challenged by lawyer and activist John F. Banzhaf III

NBC takes Monday with The Voice

The Big Bang Theory staked CBS to an early ratings lead, but NBC overcame it in the ratings, relegating CBS to a strong 2nd-place...
Sold

Second OK City TV for Griffin

Afterits deal to acquire MNT KSBI-TV closes, it will also have a pair in Oklahoma City.
FTC / Federal Trade Commission

Deceptive ads: FTC tells L’Oreal to get real

The cosmetics company made claims that the anti-aging qualities of some of its products were “clinically proven”

Brain study says putting ads on radio is a no-brainer

A study shows that in the minds of study participants, radio ads consistently outperform television ads

Broadcasters avoid Hong Kong woes

Analysts said activity in Hong Kong and China had investors “spooked,” and although they eventually rallied it was still a down day. But not...
NAB / National Association of Broadcasters

Washington AM stations go all-digital

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Broadcast Tower

How to attach cash to an LPFM transfer

LPFM licenses cannot be sold.
Magazine Rack

Magazine biz introduces multiplatform metric

On the theory that subscriptions, newsstand sales and ad pages only tell part of the audience reach story for magazines...
ABC

Sinclair re-ups with ABC

Affiliation agreements with ABC set to expire in 2014 and 2015 will advance ahead another five years
Pile of Money

Kenny urges better retrains focus for myopic legislators

Kenny wonders why most legislators are so fixated on a relatively low price tag negotiation
Radio One

Radio One’s Hughes receives honor

Hughes the first African American woman to head a publicly traded corporation of any kind

As usual, football dominates Sunday

NBC took the day with prime time NFL action, and Fox benefitted from an afternoon overrun. After that, ABC easily beat CBS for 3rd...
Tom Wheeler

Wheeler looking to predict interference, protect LPTV

Looking ahead to the FCC’s October Open Meeting...