Cleveland Rock shocker indicted for July 4th incident
Shane French aka Rover of Cleveland’s Rock Station WMMS-FM 100.7 is headed to court in the somewhat distant aftermath of a July 4th altercation with an off-duty police officer. However, French maintains that the officer is the one at fault.
Three-way photo finish for Wednesday prime
ABC and CBS finished in a dead heat in the Nielsen 18-49 derby Wednesday night and Fox was just a whisker away from making...
Incentive auction workshop on the bubble
The main reason the FCC is preparing to hold incentive auctions of television spectrum is to make room for mobile broadband service. But another goal is to keep some spectrum space for unlicensed use. A workshop on that facet of the project could fall prey to the shutdown.
New Mexico radio stations sold to Adams
$3,963,625 KGRT-FM /KSNM-AM/ KHQT-FM Las Cruces NM and KKVS-FM Truth or Consequences NM from Sunrise Broadcasting Inc./Richardson Commercial Corporation/Calespina LLC (Judy Hunt, G.Allen Lumeyer)...
NRF says holidays are looking up
The National Retail Federation is looking for sales in the final two months of the year to surpass the
Will DirecTV have enough “D” to defend Sunday Ticket?
Actually, a more appropriate question may be whether or not the satellite MVPD has enough of
SoundExchange celebrates its tenth year
The growth of digital music royalty distributor SoundExchange over the ten years of its existence parallels the tremendous growth in the digital music universe. Suffice it to say that its Q3 2013 distribution total dwarfs the amount it sent to music creators for the entire year of 2003.
Triton Digital debuts side channels
It’s a new tool that enables broadcasters and audio publishers to quickly and easily create and manage up to 10 niche digital only channels....
Guinness scores most effective ad in Q3
Ace Metrix, television and video advertising analytics provider, announced the most effective of the more than 1,500 ads that broke during Q3. The most effective...
ExxonMobil sues FX Networks over new network logo
ExxonMobil sued FX Networks and its studio affiliates to block their use of a logo the oil company says
Dick Clark Productions signs JV with Keshet
Dick Clark Productions, acquired last year in a deal led by Guggenheim Partners LLC, formed a joint venture with the Israeli company Keshet Media...
Rdio debuts free streaming service
Internet radio service Rdio has launched (10/3) its free music service in the US
Stocks end lower on 2nd day of shutdown
Stocks closed lower Wednesday as the partial government shutdown entered its second day and a private-sector jobs report showed weaker-than-expected growth. The Dow fell...
FOX greenlights “Mulaney”
Fox has given a series order to Mulaney (working title), a young ensemble comedy created, written by and starring John Mulaney (“Saturday Night Live”)....
Watchdog praises possible demise of UHF discount
The FCC is moving ahead with an NPRM to eliminate the policy under which UHF television stations count less than VHF stations when calculating compliance with national television ownership caps. Free Press is happy about that, but wishes grandfather wasn’t going to be tagging along with any change.