Michelle Sanders joins MMG
Industry vet Michelle Sanders has joined Media Management Group as Senior Vice President of Sales, reporting directly to company President/CEO Jeff Schwartz. Sanders will manage the cross-platform advertising sales for the programs on the MMG Radio Network including The Frommers Travel Show, The Pet Show with Warren Eckstein, Intelligent Medicine with Dr. Ronald Hoffman, and Home Wizards with Cindy Dole and Eric Stromer.
Genesis, Sports Talk Florida launch “The Power Hour”
Genesis Communications and Sports Talk Florida say the The Power Hour, a weekly blend of pop culture, sports, and everything in between, is now airing Monday nights from 6-7 p.m. on 1040 The Team in Tampa and 1080 The Team in Orlando.
Jenny McCarthy to host weekly show on SiriusXM
SiriusXM announced Jenny McCarthy will host a live, limited-run, one-hour weekly series exclusively on SiriusXM starting on 7/16.
Comcast stock mires during merger review
Comcast announced its $45.2 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable in mid-February, beating out Charter
Turning the Tide
As we talked about in our last post, one of the difficulties with regard to starting any kind of consumer marketing for NextRadio so far has been that the app didn’t start out with a compelling amount of station content – the kind of content that delivers on the potential of the app: a visual, immersive experience with the live, local radio that listeners love.
McDonald’s drives-thru the pack
Last week in Media Monitors’ TV SPOT TEN, McDonald’s moved from#4 up to #1 with 23,425 spots. Rising from #16 to #2
ANA launches industry study of ad bot fraud
Wenda Harris Millard, president and COO of the ad consultancy Medialink, told WSJ in May that as much as
KLFH-FM sale closes in California
Southern California Public Radio has completed the acquisition of the assets of KLFH 89.5 FM, licensed
‘Big Brother’ rises; ‘Reckless’ flat
ABC was number one Sunday with adults 18-49, while CBS won with total viewers. On CBS Big Brother earned a 2.1, up two tenths...
21st Century Fox unites FBC, TCFTV in Fox Television Group
21st Century Fox announced that Dana Walden and Gary Newman will oversee a new business
Horizon Broadcasting re-launches MyCentralOregon.com
Bend, OR-based Horizon Broadcasting Group, the operator of six radio stations in Central Oregon, has re-launched MyCentralOregon.com
Aereo: Just when you thought it was over
Marci Ryvicker, Wells Fargo Securities Senior Analyst and her team note that, post the Supreme
June update: Nielsen Audio subscribers, markets 23-35
More markets, more information, who's hot and who's not. All markets, all the time. Even without a
musicFirst launches campaign against LRFA
musicFirst, which includes the Recording Industry Association of America, the American Association
Sun Valley: What John Malone wants to own outside the US
With Time Warner Cable set to be owned by Comcast, John Malone's dealmaking could be on hold