Stocks end with Dow loss, Nasdaq gain
Stocks finished a choppy trading session little changed on Monday after Standard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its U.S. credit-rating outlook to stable from...
TX Gov. Perry campaign wants NY business
Texas Governor Rick Perry plans to travel to New York and Connecticut and to spend $1 million on a TV campaign to lure businesses...
Social media’s influence on TV viewing
Consumers’ interaction with social media in relation to their television viewing is relatively modest compared to other forms of communication and lags behind other...
America Weekend Welcomes SuperTalk
Envision Radio Networks announced the ten-station SuperTalk Mississippi Radio Network as the latest affiliate of America Weekend, the new ratings-friendly programming alternative to ...
Witnesses named for STELA hearing
We knew that the House Communications Subcommittee was set to delve into satellite television legislation known as STELA – and now we know who’s...
Moody’s reviewing Media General for upgrade
How often does a major broadcast transaction result in a better leverage profile for the surviving corporation? Not often, we’d bet, but in the case of Young Broadcasting folding into Media General, Moody’s says that is precisely what is happening.
Pai passes along request for improving AM service
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has made no secret about his love for the AM band...
“iTunes Radio” unveiled at WWDC
Well, we all thought it would just be called iRadio, but close enough. At Apple’s...
Comcast plans millions of Xfinity WiFi hotspots
Comcast announced plans to create millions of WiFi access points for its customers through a neighborhood hotspot initiative. Comcast is beginning to give its Xfinity Internet customers an additional “xfinitywifi” signal (or SSID) in their home that is completely separate and distinct from the family’s private and secure home WiFi signal.
On-the-go consumers drive content, connectivity
The mobile consumer is an active player in the viewing ecosystem, taking advantage of mobile content on both smartphones and tablets. In the spectrum...
Rdio CEO to step down
Drew Larner is leading a search for a new CEO to expand efforts to sell combined music and video subscriptions to the streaming entertainment...
Saga expands deal with Marketron
Marketron has expanded its partnership with Saga Communications. Besides extending the existing partnership where Marketron provides solutions for 99 stations in Saga’s 23 markets,...
Nothing but net for ABC Sunday night
It was ABC 3.9, the other three big four networks 3.1 thanks to NBA playoff action. Add in Univision to the other three and...
Comcast spending $190M on 30 Rock
A $190 million modernization and facelift will bring "Comcast style" to 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the home of NBCU built in 1933 during The Depression....
New Trustee for excess Cumulus stations
N/A KKLF-AM Dallas-Fort Worth TX (Richardson TX); WELJ-FM New London CT (Montauk NY); WJXY-FM & WXJY-FM Myrtle Beach SC (Conway, Georgetown SC); WNFN-FM Millersville...