Envision announces “America Weekend”
Designed to be a break from the usual brokered programming and rerun political fare of most News/Talk stations, America Weekend covers the lighter side...
Divide and prosper: Dividends announced
Two media companies are rewarding shareholders with a little extra cash – one payout will come just before the end of the year, and...
Viacom revenues down, profit flat
The filmed entertainment side of Viacom was down, and so was advertising at its media network side. However, reduced expenses kept the bottom line...
Musicians return fire in royalty debate
No less than 125 musicians collaborated on a letter published in trade pub Billboard expressing support for internet radio, but not if that success...
“Men’s Health Live” set to launch
Men’s Health, the world’s largest men’s magazine, announced a partnership with Entertainment Radio Network (ERN) to create Men’s Health Live, a weekly, one-hour branded...
ABC’s “The Neighbors” dominated
At 8pm, ABC’s The Middle towered over the season premiere of NBC’s Whitney, leading its comedy competition by 4.5 million viewers and by 79%...
Best NBC comedy rating in its slot since 9/26 for “Whitney”
Wednesday Results: From 8-8:30 p.m. ET, the second season debut of "Whitney" (1.4/4 in 18-49, 4.2 million viewers overall) earned NBC's best 18-49 rating...
FOX: X Factor sees double-digit gains
NOTE: Last night, A18-49 usage from 8-11pm was down -5% versus last week.
THE X FACTOR Top 12 performed last night and gave FOX a...
Walden gets NRCC, stays at Communications
The new chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee is Greg Walden (R-OR), who has been considered a shoo-in candidate for some time now....
LIN Media adds mobile marketing to its menu
Television group owner LIN Media is using its long-term relationship with advertisers to expand its services into the mobile platform. LIN Mobile will help...
Simpson sells NW Pennsylvania combo
Laurel Media already has an FM serving St. Marys PA – now it has a deal that will add an old-fashioned AM-FM combo into...
Hitch Radio launches as social media listening platform
It’s a new social media platform for searching real-time broadcast radio worldwide: Hitch Radio offers 20,000 searchable (by format, location, etc.) stations and enables...
Long Island family sues Cablevision over Sandy
A Long Island couple is suing Cablevision, saying the cable provider should be offering automatic credits to customers in areas that lost service due...
Spotify gets investment dollars from Coca-Cola, Fidelity
Coca-Cola is becoming a minority investor in Spotify, as part of a new round of financing that will bring in $100 million and value...
CPs figure in Anchorage, Cape Cod deals
$550K KMVV-FM Anchorage AL (Sterling AK) from World Radio Link Inc. (Earl Williamson, Clark Parrish) to Educational Media Foundation (Mike Novak). Two notes, one...