Saturday, June 27, 2026

PPM’s mysterious ten minutes

How long does a News-Talk person listen to a station? Ten minutes. How long does a Rock person listen? Ten minutes. How about an Adult Contemporary listener? Ten minutes. Country? Ten minutes Urban? Ten minutes.
Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable willing to play ball on SportsNet LA

Time Warner Cable said it would agree to arbitration after six congressmen led by Rep. Brad

Nielsen Q2 up 15% on Arbitron, Harris buys

Benefiting from its consolidation with Arbitron and resulting efficiencies, Nielsen’s Q2 revenues increased

Pandora pleading goes to Public Notice

Pandora filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling 7/1 asking the Commission to declare it
Bill O'Shaughnessy

Fox Sports boycott vs. Entercom

I like Erin Andrews. No pun intended ... but, for one thing, she is someone's daughter. In fact
Cumulus

Cumulus Youngstown earns President’s Cup Award

Cumulus announced it has awarded its coveted President’s Cup to Cumulus’ eight-station group in
FCC

FCC FM Class C4 / 73.215 proposal comment window now open

For those interested in the FM Class C4 / 73.215 proposal currently
GAO / Government Accountability Office

GAO: FCC lacks basic data on broadcaster sharing arrangements

Here’s an article regarding a Government Accountability Office
Sirius XM

SiriusXM Q2 was up 10%

SiriusXM’s revenue was for the quarter was $1.035 billion, up 10% from Q2 2013. Net income was $120 million, or $0.02 per diluted share.

More Nielsen Audio reports; More strength for radio advertisers

Every station tells a story. Each market projects personality
AD Large Media

Jay Green joins AdLarge Media

AdLarge Media has hired audio and digital media exec Jay Green as Vice President, Digital Sales and Content Partnerships, to lead the

Apple to buy Swell for $30 million

Apple is close to buying the audio news app Swell. The deal is worth about $30 million. Swell had
Pile of Money

Political TV advertising skyrocketing

An explosion of spending on political advertising on television — set to break $2 billion in congressional races, with overall spots up nearly 70% since the 2010 midterm election — is accelerating the rise of deep-pocketed special interests groups and wresting control from the candidates’ own efforts to reach voters.
21st Century Fox

Fox’s Time Warner bid includes board seat

21st Century Fox is prepared to offer shareholders of Time Warner board representation as part of its bid to

Liberty Media moving to become Liberty Broadband

John Malone's Liberty Media Corp has started the process of spinning off its cable assets through a stock