Cuba lifts radio ban on Anti-Castro artists
Though the Communist authorities do not acknowledge it, for five decades state radio stations have blacklisted musicians who abandoned Fidel Castro’s 1959 Revolution and/or...
Liberty Media to focus on SiriusXM after Starz spinoff
John Malone's Liberty Media plans to spin off its premium pay-TV network Starz LLC into a separate public company in a deal seen as...
Ace Metrix names leading advertisers Olympics so far
Ace Metrix, analytics provider for television and video advertisers, announced the medal winning advertisers for the first 10 days of the Olympics are Chobani,...
Stocks manage a fourth-day gain
Stocks on Wednesday barely managed to extend a winning run, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 ending higher for a fourth day as...
News Corp. Q4 results dripping in red ink
In his prepared remarks, News Corporation Chairman/CEO Rupert Murdoch focused on the company’s full year results – perhaps
CRE to study social media use and TV viewing relationship
The Council for Research Excellence (CRE), a diverse group of senior-level research professionals from throughout the media and advertising industries dedicated to advancing the...
The Rockin’ 80’s Summer 2012 Tour Wrap Up
Envision Radio Networks and 4C Studios announce The Rockin’ 80’s Summer 2012 Tour Wrap Up, a free special featuring a variety of 80’s bands...
NBC scores big on Tues with Olympics
Tuesday night’s primetime coverage of the London Olympics on NBC drew an average of 30.1 million viewers, the 11th time in 12 nights that...
ABC Tuesday night
Shooting up from its lead-in at 9pm by 50% in Adults 18-49 against the Olympics, ABC’s replay Wipeout tied its non-sports competition in the...
Fox came in second on Tues.
FOX aired two encore episodes of MASTERCHEF (both 0.9/3) from 8-10pm last night and ranked #2 among Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 18-34.
NOTE: usage...
Latest Romney campaign focuses on economic trust
Mitt Romney’s campaign is hitting heavy in key states across the country right now via a barrage of television ads that aim to convince...
FCC explains its rejection of plea for fine cancellation
Toccoa Falls College radio station WXTR-FM in Toccoa Falls GA was hit with a $10K Notice of Apparent Liability for a file fine omission....
Reebok writing checks to atone for false toning ads
Remember that scene in “The Jerk” where Navin Johnson is writing thousands upon thousands of checks in connection with his failed “Optigrab” invention? Now...
Bounce TV sees DeMint dereg bill as existential threat
Martin Luther King III says that new African-American network Bounce TV is off to a flying start, but a bill from Sen. Jim DeMint...
Radio ads aired in battle over political ads in general
Californians will vote on Proposition 32 this November, which ostensibly seeks to limit the influence of special interest money on politics. But California unions...