Time Warner names new CEO for Turner

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes says that John K. Martin will be the next CEO of Turner Broadcasting System beginning 1/1/14, succeeding Phil Kent,...

Greyhound offering on-board entertainment system

The system is called BLUE, and it will be available to inter-city passengers on Greyhound buses, giving them access to a wide variety of...
Keith Olbermann

Olbermann returning to ESPN with conditions

The NY Times reports ESPN is expected to announce 7/17 that Keith Olbermann, who contentiously
Dollar Sign

NJBA addresses threat of changing ad cost deductions

Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), after

WBAI layoffs postponed

Pacifica's Interim Executive Director Summer Reese announced she had extended the deadline for WBAI-FM NYC's mass layoffs from 7/15 to 7/31. While she claimed...
Aereo

En Banc Aereo appeal declined by court

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling 7/16 denying the broadcast networks'

A short time ago, from a galaxy far far away

Cataclysmic events taking place beyond the vast reaches of the Milky Way have resulted in the reception of radio signals on our own planet,...

And the Class A hits keep on coming

The good news is that the latest crop of Class A stations to fall prey to the FCC’s rules governing children’s programming on broadcast...
FCC

Four more Class As trip over kid requirements

The FCC has been cracking the whip on enforcement of Class A television meeting their responsibilities regarding children’s programming, advertising and reporting. But whereas...
NJBA / New Jersey Broadcasters Association

Scarborough data on Pandora is good news for radio

New Jersey Broadcasters Association CEO Paul Rotella sent an email this week to all NJBA

S&P 500 snaps 8-session winning streak

Stocks ended slightly lower on Tuesday, with the S&P breaking an eight-session winning streak after a Federal Reserve member urged reduced stimulus and Coca-Cola's...
ABC

ABC came in second on Monday

With The Bachelorette and Mistresses, ABC finished second on Monday, leading NBC’s original line-up (American Ninja Warrior/Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls/Siberia) in both...

Delmarva Broadcasting’s “Graffiti Radio 93.7” profiled

Delmarva Broadcasting’s “Graffiti Radio 93.7” (WSTW-HD2) Wilmington, DE got a profile from the Delaware News Journal. The award-winning youth-oriented channel has aired since 2006...
FCC

Open Commission meeting this Friday

The FCC will host an open meeting on Friday, 7/19 at 10:30 a.m. Items of note include the Annual Assessment of the Status of...
Marketron / Mediascape

Marketron’s Network Connect adds 1,000th station

Marketron, provider of software solutions and business services for the media industry, has reached a milestone with Network Connect, a component of its Mediascape...