Stocks end lower after extending late slide
Major U.S. stock indexes ended lower Monday after extending losses ahead of the closing bell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average led the way down,...
Wisconsin Badgers move in Milwaukee
Clear Channel/Milwaukee announced a five-year contract with Learfield Sports to carry Wisconsin Badgers (University of Wisconsin-Madison) sportscasts beginning next year on WOKY-AM, WRIT-FM and...
KXCI launches fundraising drive to improve coverage
The Tucson community station on 91.3 mHz is looking to raise $750,000 for a variety of improvement projects, but almost half of it will...
UK government to sell additional DAB licenses
Ed Vaizey, the UK Communications minister, is expected to announce a major expansion of
Cable also seeking auction moving expense reimbursement
It’s already bad enough that some television broadcasters will be forced to change channels
What a split deal for TWC might look like
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.
RIAA trying to recruit Pandora for radio royalty
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.
Broadcasters Foundation launches holiday campaign
The Broadcasters Foundation of America says its “2013 Holiday Giving Campaign” asks broadcasters to spread the word about the mission of the foundation to...
Retailers rally to TV
Last week in the Media Monitors TV SPOT TEN, the #1 advertiser was Walmart with 30,548 spots. JCPenney jumped from #15 to #2 with...
NFL keys NBC Sunday victory
CBS benefitted from an evening football overrun and was fairly close to ratings winner NBC, and both were well ahead of the rest of...
CRE to study ethnography of viewing habits
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: RADAR 119 shows increased radio listening
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,...
Cumulus trust spins off Dallas AM
$1.25M KKLF-AM Dallas-Fort Worth TX (Richardson TX) from Joule Broadcasting LLC, trustee for the Susquehanna Divestiture Trust, in turn for Cumulus Media (Edward Esserman)...
Mixed Thanksgiving shopping trends
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.
TWC said to have high asking price for Dodgers net
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.