Motorola settles with TiVo on patent dispute
Google's Motorola Mobility has reached an out-of-court settlement with TiVo that could avert a trial to
Stocks end at session highs after choppy day
Stocks ended higher on Thursday, snapping a two-session losing streak and recovering from steep intraday losses, with investors eagerly awaiting Friday's nonfarm-payrolls report for...
Rockefeller hails violent content research proposal
Senate Commerce Committee chair Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) favors a multi-pronged approach to the issue of gun violence, and part of that involves the effect...
The pros and cons of direct licensing deals
Recent rights holder initiatives, such as moves by music publishing companies to license directly with digital platforms and radio broadcasters, are changing traditional models based upon collective rights management. But what are the consequences? How do they impact other smaller composers and rights holders? What do digital services like Pandora make of these new business propositions? Where does the trend leave collective management organizations?
Masterchef wins for Fox
With two hours of MASTERCHEF, FOX won Wed. night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens, Total Viewers and all key demos. In fact, FOX...
YouTube’s mobile ad sales triples
YouTube has tripled ad sales on mobile devices in the past six months, the company said, contributing as much as an estimated $350 million...
Fox dominates lackluster Wednesday
MasterChef was able to whip up a batch of victory for Fox, which took the night with a relatively low 2.2/7 which was nevertheless...
Details emerge on Apple’s iRadio targeted ads
iAd is expected to retain a higher percentage of that ad revenue compared with other iAd inventory
Employment survey reveals negative trends
The Randstad Employee Confidence Index for May revealed mixed but generally unfavorable employee sentiments. The confidence expressed about the ability to find a job...
20 largest iPTV operators served 57.7M subscribers
SNL Kagan reports the world’s 20 largest IPTV providers dominate the global IPTV market with a geographic concentration in Western Europe and Asia-Pacific. Nine...
Geos adds to Wilkes-Barre area group
$30K WAZL-AM Wilkes Barre-Scranton PA (Hazleton PA) from Panorama Inc. (Alexander Sloot) to Geos Communications (Kevin M. Fitzgerald, Benjamin P. Smith, Betty S. Curtin)....
A look at the new Media General
The combined Media General and Young Broadcasting will have a presence from coast to coast, but will of course retain MG’s regional strength in the southeastern portion of the US. Its largest market will be San Francisco, and its largest with a big four affiliate will be Tampa-St. Pete. Take a look.
Young merges into Media General
The 12 network affiliates of Young Broadcasting are joining the 18 owned and operated by Media
Markey unleashes pre-election radio barrage
A pair of prominent Boston radio outlets carried questions posed by the campaign of Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) concerning his rival Rep. Gabriel Gomez...
One-time Inner City Bay-area combo sold
Magic Johnson’s radio investment group YMF Media is spinning off two of the stations it acquired from Inner City Broadcasting’s Urban Radio susbisiary in a 2012 bankruptcy deal. Included is an AM serving San Francisco and another serving San Jose.