CBS grows but station results spring a leak
Radio was flat and television was down slightly for media giant CBS, but network revenues soared and
The Echo Nest powers Uforia
The Echo Nest, a leading music intelligence company, extends its reach by powering Univision's Uforia music app for iOS. The Uforia app offers U.S....
Moody’s looks at Omnicom’s merger with Publicis
Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the Baa1 senior unsecured and Prime-2 commercial paper ratings of Omnicom Group following the recent announcement that the company...
FCC puts big TV deals before the public
Any broadcast transaction is eligible to be hit with a dreaded petition to deny, and usually that fact is taken as a given. But...
Local Voice Media expands with Red Zebra buys
Local Voice Media, owner of AAA 92.3 FM The Tide WTYD-FM Williamsburg, VA has bought
NBC uses Talent to capture Tuesday
Fox's dancing show did OK, but NBC's America's Got Talent did better, making NBC and Fox #1 and #2 ahead of Univision. CBS and...
LBI Media launches Don Cheto nationwide
The timing is good: In the wake of stations having to deal with the Piolin mess and on the heels of gaining
Journal Q2 was healthy, excluding political
For the quarter, revenue of $101.2 million increased 6.0% and operating earnings of $13.1 million
Back to school plans of optimistic yet frugal consumers
Deloitte sees major improvement in consumer sentiment year-over-year, with an increasing number of families coming to believe they stand on “solid ground.” However, the hard-learned lessons of thriftiness and careful household financial management will still rule the day during the upcoming back-to-school shopping season.
Inside L&L’s Savannah expansion
Larry Wilson’s Savannah GA/Hilton Head Island SC radio cluster is adding a station, and in so doing, will also be losing a station. And while only two of them are considered to be Savannah market facilities by BIA, all, including the station on the block, get into at least a portion of the city.
“Intelligence for Your Health w/Connie Sellecca” adds new affiliates
The TeshMedia Group announced the addition of multiple new affiliate stations for the Intelligence For Your Health with Connie Sellecca, three-hour weekend program.
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Tacher signs The Original Company
Independent rep firm The Tacher Company has aligned with The Original Company and their 14 radio stations. They include: WFIW-A/FM, WOKZ-FM (Fairfield, IL), WTAY-AM,...
OWN is revenue generator for Discovery
The Oprah Winfrey Network is making money four years after its debut, as stronger ratings and ad growth helped turn around the JV with Harpo and Discovery Communications sooner than expected. Discovery, which has invested more than $500 million in OWN, posted weaker-than-expected second-quarter results and cut its earnings forecast on 7/30, reports Yahoo News/Reuters. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said OWN, which it formed with talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, benefited from two popular new series by producer Tyler Perry, "The Have and Have Nots" and "Love Thy Neighbor."
SoCal radio up 2.6% so far in 2013
The Miller Kaplan X-Ray report for June has some good news for Southern California Radio. From a YTD comp, the reporting LA area radio...
EMF pulls in Georgia FM
$675K WNGA-FM Clermont GA from Tugart Properties LLC (Douglas M. Sutton Jr.) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). $33,750 escrow, $303,750 cash at closing,...