Thune gets top GOP spot on Commerce Committee
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is continuing on as Chairman of the influential Senate Commerce Committee, and the Republicans have finally gotten around to naming his...
Analyst sings the praises of Gray Television
Alex Heisenberg of Seeking Alpha believes that television group Gray has already benefitted from political, will continue the benefit from the resurgence of automotive,...
Meredith donates station into a de facto AM duopoly
This is an odd little deal, not in the least because it is very rare to put a story about Meredith Corporation in RBR-TVBR’s...
Roanoke-Lynchburg radio deal draws petition to deny
The proposed $1.025M acquisition of WLNI-FM by Mel Wheeler Inc. has met with a formal protest from
Houston DJ faces identity theft charge
A volunteer DJ at KTSU-FM, licensed to Texas Southern University in Houston, has been charged with stealing donors’ credit card info and using it...
Report: Super Bowl ad spend justified in subsequent online visits
Super Bowl sponsors have a new rationale for the record $4 million they’re spending on some 30-second spots this year: viewers of the most-watched...
YouTube to begin pay walls
YouTube plans to start selling subscriptions to some of its streaming video channels, putting it onto the same playing field with Hulu and Netflix....
Zucker cleaning house at CNN
Jeff Zucker, the new president of CNN Worldwide, has made no secret of his intention to shake up things at the ratings-challenged news network,...
Dow up to highest level since Oct. 2007
Stocks mostly gained Tuesday with Pfizer's better-than-expected earnings helping lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its highest finish since October 2007. The Dow...
Gun shops facing stricter cable spot regulations
The nationwide gun debate is moving to local gun shop advertising as well: Time Warner Cable is placing more stringent controls on commercials advertising...
Cleveland Indians, WTAM reach 5-year deal
The Indians and Clear Channel’s WTAM AM Cleveland have signed a five-year deal that allows the station to carry the team's games. Tom Hamilton...
NBC: “Loser” tops year-ago telecast by 9%
Monday Results: From 8-10 p.m. ET, "The Biggest Loser" (2.3 rating, 6 share in
adults 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall) topped its fourth episode
of one...
ABC delivers #1 scripted show
Overall: During the week of 01/21/13, ABC aired 4 of the week’s Top 20 TV programs in Adults 18-49, and for the 2nd week...
Nielsen signs Me-TV
Weigel Broadcasting and Nielsen have reached an agreement to begin national television audience measurement of The Me-TV Network effective spring 2013. Since the launch...
CBS, Charter see Eye-to-eye on carriage rates
A long term deal locking in retransmission consent fees for CBS O&O television stations and key cable channels has been inked with cable MSO...