iTunes Radio signs big advertisers
iTunes Radio, Apple's music streaming service set to debut next month against Pandora, has already signed a handful of high-profile brand partners including McDonald's,...
The Top 50 TV advertisers last week
Last week in America, McDonald’s moved from #8 to #1 on the Top Fifty TV Spot Chart from Media Monitors with 21,309 spots. Univision...
NBC scores clear Tuesday win
People were dancing, people were losing weight, and programs were getting encore performances, but in the end talented Americans won the night for NBC....
Newsbusters: Was Hannity right?
NewsBusters reported that counter to some claims in the media, Sean Hannity “fired” the Cumulus network due to his concerns about how the owners...
“Pay-Per-Gaze” advertising with Google Glass
The company was recently awarded a patent that puts forth an idea for pay-per-gaze advertising — a way in which people interacting with ads...
Fox News Communications Chief Brian Lewis fired
Fox News Channel says it terminated its EVP Corporate Communications and longtime Roger Ailes confidante Brian Lewis last month. “After an extensive internal investigation...
Benztown named to Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing
Benztown, the imaging, production library, programming and voice-over services company based in Burbank, announced that Inc. magazine has named the company one of America’s...
Birmingham AMs move in cash/swap deal
$500K WAYE-AM Birmingham AL from Richardson Broadcasting Corporation (Gary Richardson) to Rivera Communications LLC (Dulce Victoria Rivera, Maria Isabel Rivera). Trade of WIXI-AM, $137.5K...
Insurance organization releases Hot Wheels lists
Broadcasters have a strong interest in knowing which automobiles are hot sellers, but the National Insurance Crime Bureau has another angle on the topic. It keeps track of which vehicles are the hottest targets of thieves.
Big four affiliates likely to give auctions a pass
Preston Padden, the Executive Director of the Expanding Opportunities For Broadcasters
Case study: Station trading in flux times
The price people paid for stations before radio started going south, and in particular before the entire economy went precipitously south in the Fall of 2008, is in many cases much different than they are paying for the same stations now. And WTMY-AM Sarasota FL is a case in point.
Legal advice on tobacco advertising
The consent decree between Townsquare Media and the FCC regarding advertisements run for
Dow extends losing streak to five
Stocks on Tuesday finished mostly higher, with the S&P 500 up for the first session in five, as retailers including Best Buy beat estimates...
Radio is key when disaster strikes
A task force looking at all aspects of the response to Hurricane Sandy noted that private sector development of reliable communications is something to...
NABOB sees station ownership going the wrong way
The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters says that lenders have forced the sale of at least 20 African American radio stations since the...