Al Gore sued over Al Jazeera purchase of Current TV
Current TV's $500 million sale to Al Jazeera has generated a $5M lawsuit from media consultant (TAP, Inc.) John Terenzio, who says co-founder Al...
Time Warner spinning mags; Meredith out of picture
The magazine division of Time Warner is going to strike out on its own as an independent publicly traded company. Multimedia Meredith Corporation confirmed...
Nexstar posts rock-solid 2012 numbers
The black ink was over-flowing from the Nexstar Broadcasting accounting office. Both local and national posted strong gains even before the political windfall was...
File the license and pass a screwdriver
A group of unbuilt stations is being transferred into the non-profit zone before any have had a chance to air their first commercial. All...
Dow advances to second-straight record close
Stocks on Wednesday finished little changed, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average extended its record rise, after encouraging reports on private-payrolls growth and the...
Senate measure to support LRFA introduced
Senate Concurrent Resolution 6 supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act is active in the Senate after being introduced by John Barrasso (R-WY) and Heidi...
Federal Court of Appeals sides with Nielsen on Antitrust suit
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Sunbeam Television’s antitrust suit against Nielsen on 3/4. The District Court...
FOX: Special Tuesday Idol tops night
Live+ Same Day Nielsen Ratings: With a special AMERICAN IDOL Top 10 Girls performance show, FOX won last night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34,...
Radio listeners in NYC, DC have longest commutes
Commuters in the suburban radio markets surrounding New York and Washington, DC, spend the most time getting to their jobs each workday, according to...
Cash attached to an LPFM deal
$37,255 KXRN-LP Laguna Niguel CA from Shepherd of the Hills Church of Laguna Niguel (Beth A. Laurninitis) to Laguna Radio Inc. (Fletcher McCusker et...
Boise television station sold
$1.2M KKJB-DT Boise ID from Boise Telecasters LP (Gary Chocola) to IAM Broadcasting LLC (Diane Dostinich). $100K escrow, balance in cash at closing.
Greater Media contest fine upheld
WMJX-FM Boston promised contest winners a choice of three cars on air; but the online contest rules said instead the prize was a two-year...
Done deal in Texarkana
A deal for an intact superduopoly radio cluster in the Texas-Arkansas border-straddling Texarkana market has closed. Some of the principals of new owner Texarkana...
Multi-market LPTV deal reaches the finish line
Media Vista Group has closed on its acquisition of four low power television stations from SP Television.
They quartet bring Univision programming to three markets....
A pair of Prills agrees to buy Wichita Hispanic FM
Shane and Krianne Prill are taking the controls of KANR-FM Belle Plaine KS, better known to the Wichita market as Fiesta 99.7 in a...