UK taking aim at payday lenders
The companies in the UK that offer high-interest short-term loans to consumers have attracted the attention of authorities seeking to hem them in, and...
Tribune/Local deal inspires jeers, fears
One watchdog looks at the $2.725B acquisition of Local TV by Tribune and sees an increase in harmful
Radio pros seek to cultivate radio talent
Introducing the National Radio Talent System and its adjunct Radio Talent Institutes, both of which are being formed to give professional radio the farm...
Rep. seeks to redirect federal ad budgets toward radio
Hank Johnson (D-GA) is going to bat for the radio industry as a whole, saying that the paltry percentage of
Market flattens ahead of holiday
Brokers on Wall Street got early and/or extended recess, calling it a day at 1PM eastern 7/3, and according to reports, put aside most...
NBC’s got Tuesday talent
Reality programs on NBC (general talent) and Fox (dancing) were among the top programs Tuesday night, and NBC parlayed its program into victory. Univision...
Pittsburgh AM to resume as WZUM
The buyers of WLFP-AM Braddock PA are looking to the past as they take over the 1550 kHz facility in the Pittsburgh market. The...
FTC takes some air out of Aereo exec’s wallet
Barry Diller, who has angered much of the broadcast community with his internet-based Aereo program distribution platform, will be paying a hefty sum to...
Triple play between Family and EMF
$655K WFRW-FM Webster NY; KIFR-FM Alice TX; and KXBC-FM Garberville CA from Family Stations Inc. (Thomas Evans, Susan Espinoza et al) to Educational Media...
Gannett folds in Belo TV stations
$2.2B WFAA-TV Dallas-Fort Worth TX (Dallas TX); KHOU-TV Houston TX; KING-TV & KONG-TV Seattle-Tacoma WA (Seattle, Everett WA); KTVK-TV/KASW-TV Phoenix AZ; KMOV-TV St. Louis...
New Jersey AM goes from one Hispanic noncom to another
WTOC-AM was in the overstock bin of Clear Channel not all that long ago, and was one of the stations donated to diversity advocacy Minority Media and Telecommunications Council. MMTC sold it in 2011 and now its being sold again with a nice price upgrade.
CEOs show marked improvement in YOY confidence
Vistage has added yet another report that supports the body of evidence pointing to an improved economy – and this time, it measures the...
Looking under the hood at the Gannett/Belo merger
The $2.2B deal that will bring the television properties of Gannett and Belo together with Gannett as the surviving entity has a lot of moving parts. In particular, there are two related deals that amount to resales, one of which tops the $100M threshold. Let’s take a look.
CALM calming down loud commercial complaints
There is a clear downward trend in the number of consumer gripes about loud television commercials
Cumulus spins Dallas FM to Whitley
The attempt to sell KTDK-FM Sanger TX will continue, but Cumulus will excise it from its portfolio without waiting for that event to take place. Media Services Group broker Bill Whitley won’t just be trying to sell the station, he will own it.