Anheuser-Busch, MLB extend partnership
Budweiser and baseball, two American staples whose history can be traced back to the late 1800s—and it continues. Anheuser-Busch and Major League Baseball Properties...
Google bringing free Wi-Fi to malls
Google is expanding its free Wi-Fi project with hotspot provider Boingo beyond the subway stations and hot spots of New York City to eight...
Five characteristics of winning TV ads
With 38 ads on average airing per minute across national TV, breaking through the clutter is essential. According to a recent analysis from Nielsen,...
SiriusXM factory installed radios now in 50 million vehicles
Sirius XM Radio recently passed 50 million factory vehicle installations of the company's satellite radios. Since SiriusXM launched ten years ago, the satellite service's...
Midwest acquires Sioux Falls cluster
$13.35M KELO AM-FM/KRRO-FM/KTWB-FM/KWSN-AM, KSQB-FM & KXQL-FM Sioux Falls SD (Sioux Falls, Dell Rapids, Flandreau SD) form Backyard Broadcasting LLC (Barry Drake) to Midwest Communications...
Deal details for Newport, Sinclair and friends, Pt. I
$412.5M WOAI-TV San Antonio TX; WHP-TV/WLYH-TV Harrisburg PA; WKRC-TV Cincinnati OH; KSAS-TV, KAAS-TV, KMTW-TV & KOCW-TV Wichita KS (Wichita, Salina, Hutchinson, Hoisington KS); and...
NHMC vows continued pressure on FCC
The National Hispanic Media Coalition wants a better communications environment for Latinos across all areas of FCC responsibility, and that includes increasing the number...
Lotus maxing out in Las Vegas
Most ceiling-grazing radio clusters use the 5-FM 3-AM configuration to get to the upper reaches of the local ownership cap – but the growing...
Barry Diller sues Alki David over BarryDriller.com
The broadcast networks aren't the only ones suing Alki David over his BarryDriller.com, an online video service in competition with Aereo, Barry Diller’s service...
Stock indexes take biggest hit since 8/2
Stocks declined Tuesday, with the S&P 500 index SPX -0.35% retreating from a four-year high as Apple shares turned lower, overtaking optimism about Europe....
FCC goes public about another public file fine
If we happened to hold a radio license, and if we also happened to have $10,000, we’d like to hang on to both. That’s...
Point-counterpoint on Nadler royalty bill
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) is introducing a bill which would slap an interim performance royalty on AM and FM radio attached to their streaming content...
CBS station nailed for contest violation
A contest held by CBS Radio’s WBAV-FM in Charlotte was hampered by the failure to align pertinent dates broadcast over the air with those...
WNYC, Slate team for “Gabfest Radio”
Slate Magazine and NY Public Radio’s WNYC-AM NY are teaming up to bring Slate’s acclaimed podcasts to the radio airwaves for the first time....
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” moving to 11:35 p.m.
Capitalizing on ratings momentum, advertising demand and increased revenue potential for entertainment programming in the 11:35 p.m. time slot, ABC announced a strategic shift...