Albany TV bought, headed for JSA/SSA
$19.5M WXXA-TV Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY (Albany NY) from Newport Television LLC (Sandy DiPasquale) to WXXA-TV LLC, a subsidiary of Shield Media LLC (Sheldon H. Galloway)....
Univision to host forums with presidential candidates
Hispanic multimedia giant Univision was one of the entities dismayed by the lack of a minority presence among presidential debate moderators. But it’s doing...
It’s Prime Time for Philly Class A
An active buyer of large market low power television stations has struck again with a deal to pick up Class A WPSJ-CD serving the...
Cumulus Flint divestiture sold
Krol Communications isn’t moving too far from its Michigan radio footprint, but its acquisition of WRSR-FM Owosso MI will bring with it something its...
Fox tweaking series premieres with online video
Fox’s half-hour "Ben and Kate" and "The Mindy Project" comedies have been be streamed 8/27 on digital platforms before their 9/25 premiere on Fox....
Emmis employees to find surprise in their paycheck
Like a lot of media companies, the rough patch Emmis has traveled can be measured in terms of years.
YouTube to cull some professionally-produced channels
YouTube’s plan, unveiled last February, was to spend $100 million on establishing dozens of professionally produced channels started off pretty well—new channels were being...
TRN sues Dial Global for monopoly practices: see complaint
The complaint (which demands a jury trial), "Complaint for Violations of the Sherman Act and the Cartwright
Blue-chip stocks end lower
Blue-chip stocks finished lower Monday, ahead of potentially market-moving events later in the week, and Apple shares climbed on the $1 billion Samsung verdict,...
Fox and Dodgers in talks over new contract
The two sides are barred by contractual restrictions from entering into formal negotiations until later this fall, but according to Reuters, they are informally...
Second Circuit halts ivi.tv rebroadcasts
Broadcasters have been trying to halt internet television service ivi.tv from using their content without consent, and noting that the broadcast companies are likely...
CBS Sports Radio names leadership team
CBS Radio announced management for CBS Sports Radio. Longtime Sports Radio 66 WFAN employee Eric Spitz will take on the role of Director of...
Arizona newspaper goes to bat for NPR
An editorial in the Arizona Daily Star says that the ongoing attempts by conservatives to shut down NPR may be off the mark, particularly...
Fox ranked #2 on Sunday
Due to live sports Fast Nationals for FOX from 7-7:30pm are approximate. FOX ranked #2 last night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and...
Watchdog says there is no lack of spectrum
What there is, according to Free Press, is the lack of effective spectrum management. It gave a mixed review of FCC approval of the...