Berkshire Hathaway finalizes terms on WPLG-TV buy
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway added a television station to its media holdings with the acquisition of
Litany of licenses: granted and dismissed
Here’s a list of the FCC’s latest licenses, construction permits and transfers of control—granted and dismissed—for TV, AM and FM. This list is current as of 6/27/14:
Subscriber growth no longer critical to success of Sirius XM
Seeking Alpha’s Crunching Numbers reports more than three years ago he wrote an article that looked at the basic metrics of the Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) subscription model. It was an exercise to determine where the subscriber growth was heading.
‘The Night Shift’ rises; ‘America’s Got Talent’ flat
NBC was the number one network Tuesday in adults 18-49 and with total viewers. America's Got Talent matched the 2.6 its last Tuesday original...
2014 NAB Marconi Radio Award finalists named
The National Association of Broadcasters announced the finalists for the 2014 NAB Marconi Radio
Main Line Broadcasting sale closes
Media Venture Partners announced that Main Line Broadcasting has closed on its $57,000,000 sale to
Nielsen Q1 Cross-Platform data shows TV’s scale, stability
Brian Wieser, Senior Research Analyst, Pivotal Research Group, writes that Nielsen published its
Liberty Media sees significant increase in short interest
Shares of Liberty Media were the target of a significant increase in short interest during the month of June. As of 6/13, there was short interest totaling 1,882,386 shares, an increase of 57.2% from the 5/30 total of 1,197,354 shares, StockRatingsNetwork.com reports. Currently, 2.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 882,174 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days.
FCC proposes revisions to EAS rules
Peter Gutmann at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, notes that the changes are in response to its
Bliss sale price revealed in Milwaukee sale
Bliss Communications, publisher of The Janesville, WI Gazette and parent company of Racine
Protected: Ex-employee files petition to deny on WFYL-AM
From RadioDiscussions.com member Still_Rockin’: A Petition to Deny the license renewal of WFYL-AM
S&P 500, Dow set fresh records
The S&P 500 and the Dow closed at record levels, led by gains in the health-care, tech and consumer discretionary sectors. Economic data continued...
Georgia First Informer Broadcast Act goes into effect
Broadcasters across the state of Georgia will now be guaranteed the ability to continue broadcasting
LPTV dates for new FCC auction timeline
During last week's Incentive Spectrum Auction webinars, the FCC released a new auction timeline which lays out in better detail than before, the targeted time frames for specific actions, rule makings, and deadlines. Here are some LPTV specifics, supplied by The LPTV Spectrum Coalition:
Sam Matheny named NAB EVP/Chief Technology Officer
The NAB announced Sam Matheny, Vice President of Policy and Innovation at Raleigh-based