ABC

ABC up 6% for the week

Overall: During the week 10/14/13, ABC grew 6% week to week in Adults 18-49.  The Net aired 5 of the Top 15 non-sports TV...
NBC

The Voice carries NBC to Monday win

Add in a 3rd-hour 18-49 win for The Blacklist and NBC took Monday wire-to-wire. CBS was the best of the rest, followed by ABC,...

Stephens Family buys in Tulsa

$8.5M KMYZ-FM & KTSO-FM Tulsa OK (Pryor, Glenpool OK) from Shamrock Communications Inc. (Robert J. Lynett) to KXOJ Inc., a subsidiary of Stephens Family...
Chart

Optimism in small business sector

The contrary nature of economic sentiment measurement is demonstrated yet again – although we’re starting to see creeping pessimism among consumers, small businesses are said to be optimistic about their 2014 prospects. However, small business optimism is not robust.

ACA proposes middle road MPVD menu model

The arguments have been out there for a long time – consumers should not have cable channels thrust upon them whether they want them or not, but at the same time, a la carte menus would be more expensive than one might think. American Cable Association Vice Chair Robert Gessner has a compromise: a la bundle.
Entercom

Market analyst sends love letter to Entercom

A Seeking Alpha writer acknowledges that newer sources of audio entertainment, particularly
AD Large Media

AdLarge signs Envision Radio Networks

AdLarge Media says the national ad sales representation agreement with Envision moves inventory already measured in Nielsen Audio’s RADAR service to AdLarge’s Return on...
Sirius XM

Sirius XM satellite launch delayed

International Launch Services has rescheduled the launch of a Proton rocket with a new satellite for Sirius XM Radio until 10/25 to give engineers...
88.5 KCSN FM

KCSN flips HD2 to Latin Alternative

After 24 years, the California State University Northridge station has completely dropped all ties to Classical, which has been on the AAA outlet’s HD2...
Towers

KOKE-FM upgrades to 24kW

The home-grown Americana/Country outlet on 99.3 mHz in Austin has recently upgraded from 6-kW to 24-kW, after being approved in late September by the...
Simul Media

Simulmedia adds Nielsen Buyer Insights

Simulmedia, a targeted television advertising company, has entered into a licensing agreement with Nielsen to add purchase data from Nielsen Buyer Insights (NBI) to...
Nielsen

Global TV spend up in 1H

TV kept its position as the front-running media format for advertising in the second quarter of 2013, according to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse...
Marketron / Mediascape

Marketron sets Fall Customer Symposium

Marketron, provider of software solutions for the media industry, will hold its Fall User Symposium on November 13-14 in Santa Monica, CA. Erica Farber,...
Netflix

Netflix subscribers now top HBO

Netflix has reported (10/21) a big paid subscriber leap in the US that now puts the streaming service ahead of Time Warner's HBO, according...

Stocks steady; Nasdaq rises for fourth day

Stocks finished little changed on Monday, with the S&P 500 pausing from its record climb and the Nasdaq extending gains into a fourth session,...