Nielsen beefs up online ad measurement with Vizu buy
Vizu enables advertisers and publishers to assess and optimize online advertising effectiveness. This acquisition will build on Nielsen's online and cross-platform advertising campaign measurement...
The Weather Channel buying Weather Underground
The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC) announced an agreement to acquire Weather Underground, a leading provider of Web-based weather data. The transaction, terms of which...
Losing WODS is a big deal with listeners
CBS Radio/Boston’s Classic Hits/Oldies WODS-FM flipped to the company’s CHR AMP format on Thursday, 6/28 at noon. Since then, RBR-TVBR has been barraged with...
NBC News launches NBCLatino.com
NBCLatino.com is a new Hispanic news and lifestyle website, leveraging the resources and platforms of NBC News, including “Today,” “Nightly News,” MSNBC, msnbc.com, as...
Multicultural swaps out LA AMs
N/A KYPA-AM Los Angeles from Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc. (Arthur Liu, Yvonne Liu) to Transition Radio LLC (William B. Schutz). Putting station in trust...
Stores trump brands when consumers hunt for deals
A new survey from an online coupon provider says that consumers will search for a particular brand – but they are far more likely...
Big DMA video description rules kick in
Big Four network affiliates in the top 25 DMAs and cable systems with 50K or more subscribers are now required to insert audio description...
Two in Austin from the old Border Media group sold
One buyer will bump the ceiling on foreign ownership and the other will be looking to take another commercial FM into the non-profit zone.
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AM reception problems get noticed in Green Bay
Reports of problems with AM radio reception in parts of a Green Bay neighborhood have prompted a county lawmaker to call for a study...
What’s at stake: Networks head to court over AutoHop
On 7/2, the legal battle over AutoHop between Dish and the broadcast networks is scheduled to start in New York, where U.S. District Judge...
Fox Sports inks deal with Erin Andrews
According to Fox Sports, one of the brightest stars in broadcast sports is packing up her 1.3M Twitter followers and bringing them to its...
Stocks close best month of the year
Stocks leapt on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tallying its best month of the year, after Europe moved to bolster the economies...
Emily Maynard’s got her top 3 picked out already in Prague
The one and only time I was in Prague was after college on a 6 week summer backpacking trip through Europe with my friend...
FCC July agenda peripheral to broadcasting
Broadband providers and those wanting to use white spaces are eying the same spectrum broadcasters use, particularly on the television side. So although there...
Anatomy of a Tennessee FM sale
ASRadio LLC is selling its FM station in the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol market to the Baker family’s Positive Alternative Radio, which will take it noncommercial....