iHeartRadio details 2013 SXSW offering
Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio will host an all-star SXSW Showcase featuring live performances by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Tegan and Sara, Atlas Genius and Josh...
BSkyB signs Disney for movie channel in the U.K.
U.K. pay TV giant BSkyB and Disney have agreed to extend their movie alliance, marking the company's fourth renewal with one of the big...
Abacast debuts cloud-based ad insertion
Like its recently-debuted live stream song skipping, the new ad insertion system works off of Abacast’s patent pending Cloud Insertion and Personalized Live Radio...
Samoan FM changes hands
$2K KBTB-FM Pago Pago AS from Marianas Educational Media Services to Rev. Shannon Cummings d/b/a Pure Truth Ministries, Cash. FCC file date 2/11/13]
San Francisco Class A to OTA
$10.1M KAXT-CD San Francisco-San Jose CA from KAXT LLC (Warren L. Trumbley) to OTA Broadcasting LLC (William Tolpegin et al). $505K escrow, balance in...
Snake-bitten Nike marketers chomped on again
Celebrity endorsements are one of the tried-and-true standbys in the world of advertising, but they do come with a certain amount of risk. No...
LIN program chips away at diversity imbalance
Television group LIN Media is providing opportunities for two individuals to embark on a career in the media, one on the television side and...
Injecting cash into an LPFM deal
According to the rules and regulations, low power FMs must be noncommercial, and they cannot be bought and sold in the same way as...
Stock indexes have worst session since 2/4
Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, retreating from multiyear highs, after minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting illustrated differing views over continued stimulus. The...
BLU 102.9 adjusts daily lineup
Beginning 3/1, Hutton Broadcasting’s BLU 102.9 – The Beat of Santa Fe -- will feature a new schedule of air talent and shows. Says...
Fox was #1 with 18-49, 18-34, Teens
FOX’s week was propelled by strong performances from THE FOLLOWING, BONES, AMERICAN IDOL, NASCAR SPRINT UNLIMITED and the Sunday animated lineup which led the...
FTC settles with malternative beverage marketer
Phusion Projects LLC will no longer be able to make certain claims about malt beverage Four Loko, a deal that will require two different...
Done deals in Columbus, Tampa-St. Pete
Salem Communications is now the proud owner of an FM station in Columbus OH, and the Radio Training Network has picked one up in...
RealNetworks taps Pellegrini to lead mobile entertainment
Pellegrini has been named President of the company’s Mobile Entertainment division, which delivers ring-back tone and other mobile entertainment services to carriers and device...
Nielsen gets a nod – and a downgrade – from Moody’s
Moody’s Investors Service believes that Nielsen’s acquisition of Arbitron makes all kinds of strategic sense