Gimme an M! Gimme an A! Merger!
Unfortunately, M&A opportunities are few and far between these days, and that’s a shame, says Moody’s
Analysts like a split News Corporation
Both Wells Fargo and Barclay’s believe that in the case of News Corporation, two stocks are better
AMC playing hardball with DISH, AT&T
Basic cable provider AMC was warning its fans that its channels are about to disappear from AT&T MVPD systems -- but that has been...
Internet radio service offering political content
iNetRadio says it is “…free Internet radio mobile app that gives users what they want when they want it.” And now just like that...
2012 campaign ad spend besting 2008 record
President Obama, Mitt Romney, and their allies are spending money at a faster pace than the final weeks of the 2008 presidential election. The...
Hot 101.5 going commercial free on B-Day
Cox Media Group Tampa’s New Hot 101.5 will go commercial free for an entire day on July 4th to celebrate the station’s one year...
Fire melts WEBY-AM cables
A 209-acre brush fire remains 90% contained with crews monitoring possible hot spots for the next week. While there were few effects from the...
Olympic Team Trials ranked #2 on Thurs
Thursday Results: From 8-9 p.m. ET, the "U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Swimming Finals" (1.7/5 in adults 18-49, 6.2 million viewers overall) is currently #2...
Fox Thursday ranked #3
TAKE ME OUT: 1.0/3, down -17% from last week
THE CHOICE: 1.2/4, down -20% from last week
Competition
ABC’s Duets (1.0/3) posted its lowest rating to date,...
ABC was #1 on Thurs.
With the Duets live show, the summer opener of Wipeout and Rookie Blue, ABC ranked #1 on Thursday night among the major nets in...
Noncom FM deals in Texas, Georgia
$45K KQFZ-FM Valley View TX from Hispanic Family Christian Network Inc. (Maria C. Guel) to Templo de Dios Inc. 1 (Eleutrio Cabrera et al)....
Media ownership rules left intact by Supremes
Broadcast and newspaper companies would like to see rules restricting local cross-ownership lifted, and television groups would
Finally: Peace for Janet Jackson’s nipple
The FCC has not tired of litigating the infamous 2004 Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction, but apparently the courts are tired of it. And at...
Texas twosome headed back to original seller
Tom, Rick and Harley Broadcasting had a plan to start a radio company in central Texas with a pair of FMs acquired from Munbilla...
TuneIn adds Entercom, Emmis, Cox
TuneIn, a service that lets people listen to music, sports, news and comedy from around the world, announced alliances with the three groups to...