Watchdog targeting Nick on junk food
Advocates are holding Disney up as a positive role model when it comes to advertising food to children. Change.org praised Disney’s new standards and...
Nancy Epperson gives an AM away
Epperson’s Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation sold a station to Iglesia Nueva Vida of High Point – and now she’s sending another one its way in...
Speculators pondering the future of CBS
Talk of CBS selling its outdoor properties has kicked up again, and some are wondering if the media
NBC scores strong overnights for 112th US Open
Saturday Primetime Results: Fast-affiliate ratings for Saturday’s live primetime coverage of U.S. Open Golf (from 8-10:34 p.m. ET) are subject to significant revision. In...
Chrysler joins in “The Dark Knight Rises” promotion
Warner Bros. Pictures and Chrysler have teamed up to bring fans the opportunity of a lifetime surrounding the 7/20 release of “The Dark Knight...
US ad spend increased 2.6% in Q1
Total ad spend in the quarter increased 2.6% from a year ago and finished the period at $32.9 billion, according to data released by...
Les Moonves scores a $500,000 screening room
CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves, in an effort to make it easier to sample his network's programming from his home, had CBS build him...
SoundExchange celebrates $1 billion paid to artists, labels
SoundExchange, the non-profit digital performance rights organization that collects and distributes performance royalties from non-interactive digital music services on behalf of recording artists and...
Stocks rise for a second week
Stocks on Friday tallied their first back-to-back weekly wins in more than a month on optimism about potential coordinated action by global central banks...
Coalition calls for electronic SCOTUS coverage
With high interest in the release of the Supreme Court’s decision in its review of the Affordable Care Act, a who’s who of journalism,...
Civility besieged in political world
And that includes the media – a new survey from Poynter found that 62% believe the media in general is lacking in civility. On...
Louisville TV sold
The CW affiliate serving the Louisville KY DMA – WBKI-TV Campbellsville KY – is going to be the lone television station on the portfolio...
Kicking the tires at Dick Clark Productions
According to reports, at least 40 bidders have expressed an interest in acquiring the production house that bears the name of the late Dick...
FCC issues compounded file fine
A Texas AM station was fined for a variety of infractions, including the old reliable failure to have issues/programs lists in its public file....
Watchdog claims success of radio campaign
ColorOfChange.org used a radio flight to try to get Johnson & Johnson to cease contributions to American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). J&J did withdraw...