FTC slams diet food manufacturer
A company may have a pretty good idea that its product will help its customers lose weight, but it had best not say so...
Albuquerque TV sold
LIN Media provides services for CW KWBQ-TV & MNT KASY-TV in the Albuquerque-Santa Fe NM DMA, but it isn’t the company buying the stations...
FCC refuses to block YMF Inner City buy
Parties in New York City, including a councilman/talk show host, had challenged the acquisition of more than a dozen Inner City radio stations by...
ABC News sued for $1.2B over “pink slime” stories
ABC News was hit with a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit 9/13 by South Dakota meat processor Beef
James Bond on a mission in global Heineken effort
Via Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, Heineken announced a new TV and digital campaign in anticipation of the upcoming release of Skyfall, the 23rd James...
Dish CEO Clayton fires back at CBS
The day after CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves threatened to pull CBS off of Dish Network when the contract runs out if Dish’s AutoHop...
Howard Stern looking to leave SiriusXM
The King of All Media is counting down the days until he can retire from SiriusXM satellite radio. Stern took a big pay cut...
Stocks rally as Fed brings in more firepower
Stocks surged Thursday, lifting the S&P 500 to its highest finish since 2007, after the Fed opted for a third round of quantitative easing...
Q2 Radio revenue up 1%
Radio experienced another quarter of growth across the Spot, Digital and Off-Air sectors – up 1% for Q2 and First Half 2012. Digital continues...
Unsigned Only 2012 music competition winners announced
Unsigned Only announced its 2012 winners selected from almost 7,500 entries worldwide. The Grand Prize, Unsigned Only's highest honor, goes to San Francisco, CA...
101 ESPN adds “The Jeff Fisher Show”
101 ESPN St. Louis, the flagship radio station for St. Louis Rams football – announced their latest addition to their Rams Radio programming. “The...
NAB serving up Pai at Dallas confab
The NAB 2012 Radio Show is on the agenda next week, and just added to the schedule is a session with the newest FCC...
For early read on 2012 presidential results, watch 7-Eleven
Convenience store giant 7-Eleven is the first to admit that its 1M person-per-day poll is not scientific and is beyond any doubt unofficial. But...
Comcast sees green when it looks at NBC
NBCUniversal CEO Stephen Burke spoke at an investor conference and was brimming with confidence, thanks to the piles of cash he sees in the...
Analyst firm sees huge TV political windfall
The close race for the White House is expected to generate record spending from the candidates and their surrogates. Moody's Investors Service says the...