Unleashing cross-platform: The tip of the spear
I recently spoke at Advertising Week for a presentation titled “Unleashing Cross-Platform: The Tip of the Spear in Planning, Executing and Measuring Multi-Screen Platform...
Jimmy Kimmel segment causes controversy for ABC
“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Disney’s ABC late-night show, aired a segment 10/16 where a little blond-haired boy told Kimmel that the U.S. should fix its financial problems by killing all the people in China. Kimmel followed up on the comment by asking the other children on the panel, “Should we allow the Chinese to live?” Now the Chinese government, its citizens and Chinese-Americans are upset and have demanded apologies from Kimmel and ABC, which they did get. But was it enough of an apology?
Changing of the legal guard at CBS
It has been almost 40 years since Louis J. Briskman started cashing payroll checks from CBS Corporation. In fact, at the time, the company name on the checks was Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He’s now set to retire, and a replacement has already been named.
Senators double down on ending sports blackouts
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and John McCain (R-AZ) say the FCC’s willingness to take aim at
Report: Rockefeller bill will enable Aereo
There were information gaps in announcement from Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) concerning
Tallahassee FM quartet headed for Red Hills
Radio group Opus Broadcasting will be down to a pair of Louisiana clusters once its deal to pull up stakes and exit Tallahassee FL makes it to the finish line. The buyer is Red Hills Broadcasting LLC.
EMF hooks two from Sturgeon Bay
$825K WPFF-FM/WNLI-FM Green Bay WI (Sturgeon Bay WI) from Bethesda Christian Broadcasting (Dana Rasic et al) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). $41,250 escrow,...
Station manager’s income questioned in Seattle school audit
Select Seattle Public School managers are making a staggering amount of overtime they're not entitled to, says an exclusive KIRO-TV investigation, and one of them is the radio station supervisor at high school station KNHC-FM (C89.5 http://www.c895.org/), a Class C1 station with broad coverage of the market.
Radio Advisory Council elects new leaders
During their meeting last week in Columbia, MD the Radio Advisory Council--which previously worked with Arbitron and now Nielsen Audio--has elected Hubbard Radio/DC market...
Stocks close lower, halt 2-day winning streak
Stocks finished with moderate losses on Tuesday, ending a two-day winning streak for the Dow and S&P 500. The market felt some pressure from...
Few complaining about broadcast indecency
There are organizations out there that make a living complaining about indecent programming being broadcast over America’s airwaves, but there aren’t all that many citizens expressing any concern.
Rockefeller goes to bat for online video
The video distribution business has three mature platforms – broadcast, cable and satellite
NBC wins 6 of 6 half-hours in 18-49
Monday Results (CW carried the Dolphins-Buccaneers NFL telecast in Miami):
NBC finished #1 Monday night in adults 18-49 among the Big 4 by a 52%...
L&L’s Leary inks up to fight cancer
WUBB-FM personality Tim Leary made the battle against breast cancer intensely personal. For $10 a pop, he used tattoo ink to become a walking billboard, inking on names and logos in excess of 530, and displaying them during the running of a half-marathon in Savannah GA.
ABC #1 in non-sports
Overall: During the week of 11/4/13, ABC was #1 in the non-sports Adult 18-49 averages (tied w/CBS), outdelivering NBC by 16% and Fox by...