Lockwood locking down Knoxville TV

$2.95M WMAK-TV Knoxville TN from Word of God Fellowship Inc. (Marcus D. Lamb) to WMAK TV LLC (James L. Lockwood, David A. Hanna, Pamela...
Watchdogs

Civil rights groups want FCC to put brakes on dereg

A dozen organizations have teamed to send a letter to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski and the other four commissioners saying that the burden of...
ESPN

ESPN signs 12-year deal to carry BCS games

ESPN and the group that will administer the new college football playoff (Bowl Championship Series) have reached an agreement in principle to present the...
Sold

OTA adds Houston with Class A purchase

Todd Lawyer’s OTA Broadcasting LLC has already invested nearly $21M in television station acquisitions dating back to the summer of 2011, and now they’ve...

UGG for Men launches “Pink Slip”

UGG Australia, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., announced the launch of a new integrated UGG for Men campaign for the Holiday 2012 season...
Sold

Alabama radio deal will help close one in Oregon

Most escrow deposits sit around gathering interest, but in the case of the one that is part of the acquisition of WJUV-FM Cullman AL,...
Digital Downloads

Music publishers weigh in on digital royalties

David Israelite, president and CEO, National Music Publishers' Association, contributed a blog post to The Hill opposing the Internet Radio Fairness Act. He says...
Nielsen

Nielsen: Eight markets impacted by Sandy

Nielsen confirms with RBR-TVBR that it has disclosed more about the effects of Hurricane Sandy on national and local TV ratings in briefing with...
ABC

ABC’s DWTS tops The Voice

During the 8 o’clock hour, ABC’s DWTS: All Stars -- Results Show topped NBC’s The Voice in head-to-head competition by a season-best 3.6 million...
CBS

CBS wins Tuesday

CBS won Tuesday in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 with VEGAS, the season's #1 freshman series in viewers, notching its best adult 18-49...
Next Media

NextMedia completes Outdoor sale to Lamar

NextMedia Group has completed the sale of NextMedia Outdoor, its outdoor advertising subsidiary, to Lamar Advertising for $145 million. With the completion of the...
Franklin Raff

Update from Tel Aviv

Just a quick firsthand account of the situation here for friends in the business.  I am now in my studio with the monitors on...

Dow down slightly for the day

Stocks on Tuesday closed nearly unchanged after a two-session rise as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke urged lawmakers to reach a budget agreement and end...
NBC

NBC ties for #1 for the week in 18-49

NBC has tied for #1 in adult 18-49 rating for the primetime week of November 12-18, marking the seventh time in eight weeks the...

HOT 97 partners with Nicki Minaj for turkey giveaway

Emmis’ HOT 97 NYC partnered with platinum selling artist Nicki Minaj to give back to the community she came from for this Thanksgiving. Before...