Global ad spend up 4.3% in Q3 2012
The global advertising market saw healthy growth during the third quarter of 2012, according to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report. Spending was up...
Cox settles Todd Schnitt defamation suit; jury seated
Cox Media Group has settled the suit brought by Compass Media Networks talker Todd Schnitt against the broadcaster and host Bubba
Stocks end mostly higher
Stocks finished mostly higher on Tuesday, but further losses for Apple weighed on the tech sector and the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial...
NBC: Golden Globes ties #1 for the week
NBC has delivered year-to-year increases during the primetime week of January 7-13, gaining versus the same week last year by 10 percent in adults...
House Democrats name Communications panelists
The Democratic side of the House Subcommittee on Communications has been named, a task the Republican side completed over a month earlier. Although Ranking...
Unusual item included in sale of Monroe AM
Jim Wootton’s WOO2 Communications has a deal to acquire KLIC-AM Richwood LA, a station serving the Monroe LA market. And along with the usual...
New NRA cable show set to debut
Gun control has been a hot button issue of late, but the premiere of a new NRA program – “NRANEWS Cam & Co.” on...
UK analyst looks at three audio services
StockCall.com, a London-based financial analyst, looked at a satellite audio company, an internet company and an over-the-air company, and said that prospects looked good...
WSJ Radio cancels “The Daily Wrap”
The Wall Street Journal Radio Network’s “The Daily Wrap” has been canceled and will go off the air at the end of Q1. The...
Savage: Don’t trust feds on flu shot
Asking listeners to put aside his political orientation for a moment, Cumulus Media Networks talker Michael Savage questioned the federal government’s recommendation that citizens...
Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings changes name
Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., parent of Sirius XM Canada Inc., announces has changed its name to "Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc." effective 1/15....
TRN adding seven new weekend shows
Talk Radio Network Syndications, Ltd. announced that it has partnered to add seven new shows to TRN Syndications’ weekend lineup. The shows, launching the...
ABC scores 7 of top 20 in 18-49
Overall: During the week of 1/7/13, ABC claimed 7 of the Top 20 entertainment programs in Adults 18-49, placing 4 of the Top 10: ...
CBS wins the week across the board
CBS posted an across-the-board win with the highest weekly averages of any network this season in viewers, adults 18-49 (tie) and adults 25-54, according...
Connoisseur picks up former Nassau stations
$41.5M WSBG AM-FM Wilkes Barre-Scranton PA (Stroudsburg PA); WCHR-AM/WPST-FM & WNJE-AM Trenton NJ (Trenton, Flemington NJ); and WTJZ-AM, WEEX-AM/WODE-FM, WBYN-AM & WWYY-FM Allentown-Bethlehem PA...