Summit City sale closes in Ft. Wayne; Adams flips stations
Summit City Radio Group, LLC has closed on the sale (6/3) of its radio cluster in Fort Wayne, IN to
WTVI joins ProTrack Hub and Spoke
Myers, developer in broadcast management software, announced WTVI-TV Charlotte (PBS) as the 14th station to partner with Centralcast LLC, a
WestwoodOne Sports unveils 2014 NCAA Football sked
WestwoodOne is busy preparing for the kickoff of the college football season with a slate of regular season and postseason NCAA Football matchups. The season starts on Thursday, 8/28 with Texas A&M at South Carolina.
Media Audit: Leisure air travel abounds in top cities survey
Just in time for summer travel and family vacations, The Media Audit polled more than 8,000 respondents from 81 U.S. metro areas to determine the top U.S. cities for leisure air travel. Among those top cities with the highest percentage of domestic air travelers is Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida, where 15.9% of the metro area’s 18+ population has flown three or more times on a domestic flight in the past year for leisure purposes.
‘MasterChef,’ ’24’ rise; ‘Mistresses’ premiere flat
FOX was number one Monday among adults 18-49 while ABC won with total viewers. MasterChef garnered a 1.7, up two tenths from last week's...
MoffettNathanson: Charter doing fine as a standalone
Charter Communications may have failed to strike a merger deal with Time Warner Cable, but it's doing
Federal News Radio debuts “Women of Washington”
Hubbard’s FederalNewsRadio.com and WTOP-AM 1500 AM DC announced the launch of a new program, “Women of Washington”--a weekly interview
Genesis/Florida launches “Your Wake Up Call”
Genesis Communications debuted a new morning show this week. Chris Markowski, best known for his national radio program, "Watchdog
Politico questions lawmakers’ PSA connection with LRFA
NAB’s practice of letting members of Congress record PSAs for free could be serving another purpose
The most valuable brands of 2014: How Google overtook Apple
Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell once described Steve Jobs’ perfectionism not as an inventor but a tweaker. “His gift lay in taking what was in front of him—the tablet with stylus—and ruthlessly refining it.” Jobs would be infamous for perfecting his iPhones and iPads and launching them to success. Years hence, the same perfectionism disease may be pulling Apple back. Last year, Google overtook Apple as the number one most valuable brand after holding the top post for three consecutive years. Our latest infographic below gives a quick review on the top 10 brands in 2014 by BrandZ (the same source used by Forbes). But let’s go beyond the list.
A solution to Pandora’s financial woes?
As we’ve said before, unless Pandora can get a better royalty deal for the songs that are played, the only way
Sirius XM at the BofA Merrill Lynch Telecom and Media Conference
Seeking Alpha provided a transcript of Sirius XM Holdings Q&A session
Tom Rounds passes at 77
Tom Rounds, Founder and CEO of Radio Express, and producer of the original hit countdown show, American Top 40 With Casey
Marketron unveils Marketron Mobile and Interactive Idea Vaults
Marketron, provider of business software solutions for the media
S&P 500, Dow score record highs
Stocks ended Monday generally higher, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at record levels. Marginal gains on the S&P 500...