Fox names Fall premiere dates
Fox’s 2012-2013 season begins with the return of The X Factor, last fall’s No. 1 new unscripted series. Music competition series X Factor will...
AOL completes $1 billion patent sale to Microsoft
The transaction includes the sale of over 800 patents and their related patent applications, and grants Microsoft a non-exclusive license to its retained patent...
FTC shuts down alleged health care scammers
A company and its subsidiaries used radio and TV to prey on individuals who lacked health insurance by misrepresenting what they were actually selling....
Mundofox signs Toyota, T-Mobile, L’Oréal
MundoFox, Fox’s Spanish-language broadcast network slated to launch in August, has already secured L’Oréal USA, Toyota and T-Mobile as major advertisers/charter sponsors for the...
NBA finals on ABC highest-rated series since 2004
Through three games, the 2012 NBA Finals on ABC – Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder - is the highest-rated series since 2004 and...
Receiver passes VA station to new owner
$75K WHLQ-FM Lawrenceville VA from Todd Fowler, Receiver for Radio Station WHFD to Jimmy Johnson. $10K escrow, balance in cash at closing. Station’s calls...
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...