60%+ of TV viewers concurrently using social media
And it’s likely during the commercial breaks: Television technology firm Ericsson released the statistic that, on a weekly basis, 62% of consumers use social...
Pandora August numbers up 70% from last year
Pandora's latest metrics for August show listener hours were 1.16 billion, an increase of 70% from 682 million during the same period last year....
Stocks edge up, end at multi-year highs
Stocks finished higher Friday, with the benchmark indexes posting gains for the week and closing at their highest levels in years after August jobs...
Nielsen: DNC finishes big
An estimated 35.7 million people watched the third and final night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention on Thursday, September 6. The closing night...
Genachowski holds forth on TV spectrum auction
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is pleased that his colleagues have a detailed document on spectrum auctions in their hands for consideration prior to a...
Incentive auctions on the tentative FCC September agenda
After word got out that the FCC commissioners were looking at an NPRM on incentive auctions designed to repurpose television spectrum for mobile broadband,...
Big college conference deal for ESPN, Fox Sports
The Big 12 college sports conference has inked a deal with the two aforementioned networks reported to be worth $2.6B over the life of...
Bad contest karma for Karmazin
Craig Karmazin’s Good Karma Broadcasting was hit with a notice of apparent liability for a contest violation at its WKNR-AM in Cleveland. The company’s...
Bachelor Pad Finalists: What’s Your Price for $250,000?
I don’t think that I’ll be able to hear the song Sister Christian without thinking of Sarah’s horrendous satin green ’80s pants, Jaclyn’s Catholic...
Phil Hendrie disagrees with TRN suit against Dial Global
Talk Radio Network-syndicated talk show host Phil Hendrie says he does not support the suit recently brought from TRN CEO Mark Masters against Dial...
Disney Interactive lays off 50
In a move blamed on a restructuring of its Disney Interactive division, The Walt Disney Co. has laid off about 50 employees. The unit,...
NBC: “Talent” tied for #1 in 18-49
Thursday Results (subject to adjustment due to live coverage of the Democratic National Convention):
· Pending updates, at 8 p.m. ET, a special Thursday edition...
Fox Thursday Raises Hope
FOX aired encores of RAISING HOPE (0.7/3), NEW GIRL (0.7/2) and GLEE (0.6/2) Thursday.
Competition
ABC’s Wipeout (1.3/4) and Rookie Blue (1.2/3) were both up from...
Buckley & Clear Channel create a New York radio WOR story
$30M WOR-AM New York NY from Buckley Broadcasting Corporation (Joseph M. Bilotta) to AMFM Radio Licenses LLC, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Broadcasting Inc....
Sinclair buys TV as Sook forsakes Port Arthur
$14M KBTV-TV Beamont-Port Arthur TX (Port Arthur TX) from Nexstar Broadcasting Inc. (Perry A. Sook) to Deerfield Media (Port Arthur) Licensee LLC (Stephen P....