Clear Channel turns in respectable Q3
The slowly recovering economy and lack of political income has been dampening Q3 results at most media companies this year, but radio giant Clear Channel was able to dip into the black inkwell when recording its results.
Stocks drop; Dow off 153 points
Stocks closed with sizable losses on Thursday, with strategists pinning the slide on investors taking profits after a strong run that's left key benchmarks...
“Tony Katz Tonight” to launch on WIBC
Talker Tony Katz has signed a deal with Emmis to take over the 9 PM - Midnight slot on WIBC-FM Indianapolis on 11/11. “Tony...
Deutsch LA chooses Comcast AdDelivery for spots
IPG’s Deutsch LA is now delivering commercials for select clients with Comcast AdDelivery, the two companies announced. Deutsch LA will initially be using Comcast...
NETIA MAM adds MediaSpeech speech-to-text
NETIA announced a partnership with Vecsys, a leader in the speech-to-text market, through which the latter company's MediaSpeech "speech2text" engine will be integrated into...
Ruling: Aussie FCC can pull 2Day FM license
The Federal Court of Australia has found that country’s broadcast regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), can officially determine whether Southern Cross...
WestwoodOne opens creative and production studio
The move will help marketers develop world-class audio with the launch of WestwoodOne Studio, a full-service Creative Services division. WestwoodOne Studio is powered in...
LocusPoint strikes again with Atlantic City TV
William deKay and Ravi Potharlanka and their associates at LocusPoint Networks have added yet another television station to their expanding group – this time they’re snapping up a station which is technically part of the Philadelphia Nielsen DMA in a deal brokered by Kalil and Patrick.
Cubs may say good-bye to WGN
Since the dawn of television the Chicago Cubs have been seen on WGN-TV, but that’s about to end as the baseball team seeks to profit by opening up a bidding war for its broadcast rights.
EMF buying FM in the San Diego fringe
Noncommercial religious group Educational Media Foundation appears to be on another buying binge, and it’s latest trading partner, according to broker of record Kalil and Company, is Cherry Creek Radio.
Nielsen to increase PPM sample size
A larger sample size means increased accuracy—especially in panel-challenged demos...
ABC rules Wednesday with CMA
Nobody was even close to ABC in 18-49, 18-34 or total viewers as 16.6M tuned into the Country awards show. CBS was the "Survivor"...
Dish to shutter remaining O&O Blockbuster stores
About 300 brick-and-mortar locations left in the US will be closed by early January, as well as its distribution
Organizations team for mobile TV seminar
The National Association of Broadcasters and The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences are collaborating on an event that will educate television professionals on new developments in mobile television and the opportunities they present.
Radio deals in Palm Springs CA, Meridian MS
$600K KAJR-FM Palm Springs CA (Indian Wells CA) from A&J Media LLC (Arthur Rivkin) to RM Broadcasting LLC (Todd Marker, Margaret Marker). Cash. Superduopoly...