‘So You Think You Can Dance’ dips; ‘Big Brother’ slides
NBC and FOX tied for number one Wednesday in Adults 18-49, but NBC won with total viewers. On CBS, Big Brother garnered a 1.8,...
Simmons Media Salt Lake City sale closes
Media Venture Partners announced that Simmons-SLC, LLC has closed (7/3) on its sale to Broadway
comScore reports May Smartphone Subscriber Market Share
comScore has released data from comScore MobiLens and Mobile Metrix, reporting key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry for May 2014
Lack of interest: CW cancels “Famous In 12”
The TV series which debuted 6/3 was designed to make a family famous is off the air because viewers
The Nielsen Catalina Study: What it is and isn’t
The recent Nielsen Catalina study that quantified Radio’s impact on sales is a long overdue much
Stocks edge up to records again
Stocks mostly inched higher Wednesday, building slightly on the prior day’s sizeable advance, as a better-than-expected report on private-sector hiring underscored the economy’s recent...
Online political file mandate now includes all TV stations
July 2 is the day the FCC rule requiring online records of who paid for political ads takes effect for
Imagine CEO Charlie Vogt scores 2014 CEO Award
Imagine Communications, a market leader of media software and video infrastructure solutions serving
Google buys Songza
Google plans to blend Songza's technology into its own music-streaming service, Google Play Music All Access, which costs
KHRK-FM adds additional signal into Arkadelphia
Noalmark Broadcasting’s rocker KHRK Hot Springs, AR “Real Rock 101.5” has added sister station
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