Hard work rewarded: A radio transaction story
KBEL AM & FM are headed from Box Broadcasting Corporation to Brute Force Radio LLC for the nominal price of $1.00. But the real...
Amazon Prime signs with Turner, Warner Bros.
It’s an exclusive content licensing agreement with Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to add TNT drama “Falling Skies” and the...
“Fox Sports 1” details surfacing
Fox is expected to announce plans for a national sports cable channel through the rebranding of its motor-sports network Speed, available in 78 million...
Stocks slip on Apple woes, cliff worries
One bad Apple may not spoil the whole bunch, but it certainly didn't do anything good for the stock market on Friday 12/14. That,...
Democrats adjust Senate Commerce membership
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) (pictured) will continue to wield the gavel as Chair of the influential Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the...
Three station/three party NM TV deal closes
The sale of MNT KASY Albuquerque, CW KWBQ Santa Fe and KWBQ satellite KRWB Roswell by ACME Television has crossed the finish line. LIN...
FCC gets another call to halt ownership dereg
Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and four of her colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee has sent a letter to FCC...
Service allows stressed noncom TVs to leverage auctions
Public television stations that are struggling to stay afloat do not have to think about shutting down -- Independent Public Media is offering a...
Sirius XM performance royalty set to rise
Services like Pandora want royalty parity with satellite services, and soon the amount they pay won’t have to come down quite as far. The...
Discovery to buy 12 TV stations, radio stations in Europe
Discovery Communications is buying 12 TV networks in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland
MediaFactor, Univision Atlanta fund campaign for R&K Medical
It’s a new pitch in the media biz and sometimes makes the difference between a Yes and No for the AE: Helping to finance...
Chio resigns from Wired 96.5
Beasley’s Wired 96.5 WRDW-FM Philadelphia announced Morning Host Chio has turned in his resignation. Chio is a member of the “Chio, Shila and Tingle...
Fox wins among Women 18-34, teens
THE X FACTOR -- 1 of 4 Voted Off: 2.4/7, down one tenth (-4%) from last week.
GLEE: 2.0/5, down -9% from last week. Competition:...
CBS sweeps Thursday
CBS swept Thursday in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 as all of the Network's series posted week-to-week growth in adults 18-49, according to...
ABC comes in second on Thursday
ABC earned second place on Thursday in viewers and young adults, matching its top Thursday since October with regular programming on the night –...