Smartphones go on vacation with their owners
The percentage of consumers who use their smartphones for multiple purposes is growing rapidly -- Prosper Insights & Analytics says its up 34% from a year ago – and the company has evidence that the devices are being used just as heavily on the road for some R&R.
Meredith local division grows 10%
The television side of Meredith earned intramural revenue growth bragging rights during the company’s just completed third quarter, albeit on less overall revenue due...
Gifford group hits senators with radio ads
Americans for Responsible Solutions is a public interest group that is making good on a vow from former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and her...
House leader confirms 2013 copyright focus
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) is chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and he just confirmed that the challenges of protecting intellectual property in the digital...
Format P1 listeners’ engagement in online, mobile, social
Almost half (47%) of CHR format P1s have listened to online radio in the last week according to new data from The Infinite Dial 2013: Navigating Digital Platforms from Arbitron and Edison Research. The new data (the 21st in the series dating back to 1998) released 4/25 was for Arbitron clients and presented in a webinar by Bill Rose, Arbitron SVP/Marketing and Tom Webster, VP/Strategy and Marketing, Edison Research. The report looks at radio format P1s from nine AM/FM Radio formats: AC, CHR, Classic Rock/Classic Hits, Country, News/Talk/Sports, Public Radio, Religious, Rock and Urban.
WHFS-FM’s Ed Norris injured from motorcycle crash
The CBS Radio/Baltimore talker and former high ranking state and Baltimore City police official Ed Norris was injured in a traffic accident in northern...
Belo Q1 up on national spot, digital, retransmission
Total revenue for the quarter was $160.3 million--$4.4 million, or 2.8%, higher than Q1 2012. Spot revenue was up about 2% with a 7%...
Consumer goods and telecom tops in 2012
While global advertising spending increased overall in 2012, not all sectors reaped the benefits. The telecommunications, consumer goods and media sectors saw the biggest...
Idaho AM sold out of receivership
$41K KPTO-AM Pocatello ID from AM Radio 1440 Inc. (Wayne Klein, receiver) to Main Street Broadcasting LLC (Ted W. Austin Jr.). $5K deposit, balance...
Women’s organization presses for diversity-oriented FCC
The Alliance for Women in Media has sent a letter to the White House echoing the sentiments of a number of other public interest...
Glowing reviews after Nexstar’s latest buy
Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker felt the need to hit the caplock key when describing the accretive properties of Nexstar’s $270M
Delta maxes out Lafayette LA cluster
Charles Chatelain’s Delta Media Group is going from three to seven radio stations in the Lafayette LA market, adding to a regional group that...
Nexstar acquires CCA group
Stations belonging to Communications Corporation of America and White Knight Broadcasting will be going to
Procter & Gamble leads Dow lower
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the first session in four on Wednesday, dragged lower by steep declines for Procter & Gamble and...
ABC Family greenlights “Chasing Life”
ABC Family has added another new one-hour drama series, “Chasing Life” (formerly “Terminales”), to its roster of millennial-skewing original programming. The series is scheduled...