Broadcast News

The possibility exists that cable companies Comcast and Charter might make a joint bid for Time Warner Cable – and according to Wells Fargo, that actually might make a lot of sense.

Now that leading internet audio portal Pandora has given up its quest to equalize the royalties it pays with satellite and cable platforms, The Hill reports that RIAA is hoping to enlist the service as an ally in RIAA’s effort to force a performance royalty on radio stations.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America says its “2013 Holiday Giving Campaign” asks broadcasters to spread the word about the mission of the foundation to...

The Council for Research Excellence has hired GfK for two ethnographic studies to understand the impact of internet technology and video platform proliferation on...

Nielsen has provided highlights from its December 2013 RADAR 119 National Radio Listening Report. The report shows radio’s U.S. audience increased year over year,...

Two million more unique shoppers were active during the long Thanksgiving holiday, according to stats from Proseper Insights and Analytics and the National Retail Federation. And there was a big increase in shoppers on Thanksgiving Day.

Time Warner Cable is one of the fiercest MVPDs when it comes to hardball negotiations to keep the retransmission consent price of local broadcast television in check. But when it’s asking for fees for its own programming, such as its Los Angeles Dodgers regional sports channel, the sky appears to be the limit.

An AM station located across the Mississippi River from Memphis is going to a new owner – and in this case, both the buyer and seller will be putting on their tool belts and the price of the station has been reduced.

CBS says that beginning next month its CBS Sports Network will simulcast WFAN-A/FM New York’s “Boomer & Carton” morning show. The four-hour morning show...

Sadly, Lew Dickey, Sr., passed away over the Thanksgiving holiday at age 86. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Patricia; six children: Pat, Lew (Cumulus CEO), David, John (Cumulus COO), Michael and Caroline; and eight grandchildren. Here is the obituary:

Late last month, the FCC approved the $370 million buy for Sinclair Broadcast Group to close on 18 Barrington Broadcasting Group stations, including WSTM-TV (NBC) and WSTQ-TV (CW) in Syracuse. Sinclair is also operating or providing sales services for six Granite Broadcasting stations, including its WTVH-TV (CBS) Syracuse. However, the shared services agreement (SSA) that brought WTVH under the same facility as WSTM and WSTQ could be ending in 2017.