Rita Cosby joins WABC’s “The Ride Home”
Cumulus announces that award-winning broadcaster Rita Cosby joins Pat Kiernan as co-host of 77 WABC’s “The Ride Home” beginning 5/21
Rdio expands to nine new countries
Cumulus-invested Rdio, one of the largest streaming music services in the world, has announced its
Telemumdo International, TVN Chile sign production deal
Telemundo Internacional and Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) announced an international coproduction deal for the new original super series
Pay-TV reforms would hurt low-income, underserved communities
The cable industry is gaming the system, and it shouldn't surprise you that they are stacking the deck against consumers yet again. As talks continue in Washington, D.C. regarding the reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), the unified pay-TV lobby is attempting to rip-off and mislead American consumers while working to increase the cable and satellite industry's record profits.
Nexstar buys cloud-based CMS platform
Nexstar Broadcasting acquired the stock of Enterprise Technology Group, provider of cloud-based
Richard Conlon leaves BMI
BMI SVP/Corporate Strategy, Communications & New Media, Richard Conlon, has exited the Company after a 20-year tenure
WNIL-AM sold in Michigan
Pathfinder Communications Corp. of Mishawaka, IN has sold WNIL-AM in Niles, Michigan to Marion Williams. George W. Kimble of the Tucson office of Kozacko Media Services was the exclusive broker. The price was
Automotive jockeys for pole position
With last week’s Media Monitors TV Spot Ten, McDonald’s remained in the #1 position with 22,362 spots. Nissan entered the race at #2 with 17,838 spots, while Walmart moved up from #9 to #3 with 14,484 spots. The Publishers Clearing House popped up to #4 with 13,961 ads.
WOBM, WADB flip to Talk
Townsquare Media/Millennium Shore License Holdco, LLC’s Oldies simulcast of WOBM-AM Toms River, NJ and WADB-AM Asbury Park, NJ has flipped to Conservative Talk.
Liberty Media to acquire Live Nation stock in note offering
Liberty Media announced it intends to acquire up to 3,700,000 shares of common stock of Live Nation Entertainment from investors
Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings gets demographics
Nielsen announced the launch of demographic data for Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings. Delivered overnight
CMG connects with TagStation
Joining the industry-wide effort to provide a compelling over-the-air radio listening experience on the smartphone, Cox Media Group
AT&T buying DIRECTV for $48.5 billion
The rumors were flying since 5/13: AT&T will acquire DIRECTV in a stock-and-cash transaction for
Stocks close higher; Nasdaq gains over week
Stocks closed higher Friday after an abrupt late-day reversal. The S&P added 7.01 points, or 0.4%, to 1,877.86 and finished the week roughly where...
Warren Buffett eyeing Liberty Global
Warren Buffett's investing lieutenants, Ted Weschler and Todd Combs, appear increasingly enthusiastic