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Richard Mertz lost a battle with cancer, bringing to an end a 40-year career providing engineering services to the communications industry. He had been...

Politico reports that a political action committee has purchased a rather large advertising flight running in selected Kentucky and Ohio media markets. The ads take aim at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). The ads are coming from Patriot Majority, described by Politico as a Democratic-leaning organization.

A post on the website of recording industry organization musicFIRST notes that it is demeaning to be

More than one-fourth of the world’s ad dollars spent are on fast-moving consumer goods like quick-service and casual dining restaurants, and new ad formats...

Bears President Ted Phillips told the Chicago Tribune that the team will explore launching its own station via HD Radio—as soon as next season,...

The Tuesday Nielsen contest went to NBC as it outdrew CBS's pair of NCIS offerings. Fox beat Univision to the #3 slot, while ABC...

It’s a newly-released version of the company’s app designed specifically for Android tablets. Pandora 5.0 for Android tablets mirrors the design and feature parity...

Comcast will soon be upgrading its mobile viewing app, “Xfinity TV Go,” to allow subscribers to watch live

Jim Owens Entertainment announced it has taken legal action to end its license agreement with

The unanimous Senate approval of the nominees Tom Wheeler to become the next Chairman of the FCC and of Michael O’Rielly to be the second sitting Republican Commissioner generated the usual round of congratulations and commentary for interested parties inside the Beltway. Here’s what people and organizations had to say.

The last hurdle to getting the FCC’s 8th Floor has been removed for Tom Wheeler and Michael O’Rielly, and now all that’s left is the swearing in after a hold on Wheeler’s confirmation has been removed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Both were confirmed by unanimous vote

Most media companies faced difficult comps during an odd-numbered year on loss of political

Salem Communications is grabbing Radio Disney properties in two locations, and a noncom organization is picking up one in a third location as the media giant spins off three of its smaller assets.