Mel thinks he’s out at Sirius after Malone takes over
John Malone’s Liberty Media, close to gaining control of SiriusXM after the 50% ownership stake is
Maffei: Liberty may not spin SiriusXM
As Liberty Media is already over 49% ownership of SiriusXM, inching very close to controlling the company, Liberty CEO Greg Maffei took a step...
CBS to drop Dish if it keeps AutoHop
CBS CEO Les Moonves said the company will end up pulling the CBS Television Network from Dish Network unless it discontinues
Arbitron, comScore to launch cross-platform measurement with ESPN
The two ratings/measurement companies will develop the first-ever five-platform measurement initiative that would provide a view of changing consumption of video, audio and display...
Stocks log second-straight session gain
Stocks finished modestly higher Wednesday, gaining for a second straight session, finding some support after a German court declined to block a euro-area rescue...
Grey Advertising loses Dairy Queen
Grey Advertising NY and Dairy Queen have ended their relationship after 15 years. Grey had worked with DQ since 1997, but EVP/Marketing Barry Westrum...
Cartoon Network greenlights two
Having scored its most-watched summer in its 20-year history across early primetime, Cartoon Network has greenlit two animated series conceived as part of the...
101.7 Kiss FM, Tony Q score Urban Knight Radio Award
On September 18th 101.7 Kiss FM in Wilmington, DE and Tony Q (Quartarone), station owner and general manager will receive The Urban Knight Radio...
FOIA request regarding VNRs turned down by FCC
The Center for Media and Democracy wants to see documents on the FCC’s investigation into possible improper use by television broadcasters of video news...
Core advertiser gains seen for TV’s odd-year revenue trough
A survey of industry insiders from TVNewsCheck has yielded predictions for 2013 – and the story is that a 4% gain in core spot...
FTC going after radio advertiser of bedbug remedy
Cedarcide used radio to make its claims about its bedbug and head lice remedies, and the Federal Trade Commission believes they went beyond the...
“Voice” up 22% vs. last season
From 8-9 p.m. ET, “The Voice” (3.9/12 in 18-49, 11.3 million viewers overall) is up 22 percent versus last season’s initial Tuesday telecast (with...
17% of marketing, ad execs anticipate hiring in Q4
17% of marketing and advertising executives plan to add full-time staff in the next three months, according to The Creative Group Hiring Index for...
Broadcast news dominates cable in Top 10 markets
From the TVB Forward Conference ’12: Findings were unveiled from an analysis showing that viewership for early and late evening news programming in the...
Harris, Geo-Broadcast Solutions test “ZoneCasting”
Harris and Geo-Broadcast Solutions (GBS) have broken ground on the first commercial test for ZoneCasting — technology that enables targeted, over-the-air radio content transmission...