WGN revamps lineup

Effective 5/27, WGN Radio will extend the Steve Cochran show from 5-10am with a focus on news in the 5am hour. 10am-12pm will mark the homecoming of John Williams to the station while Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano continue their shift from 12-3pm. The Bill and Wendy Show will move to afternoon drive from 3-7pm, followed by the Pete McMurray Show from 7-11pm. Patti Vasquez joins the station as a full-time host in overnights from 11pm-2am, with Nick Digilio continuing to host from 2-5am.
Spotify

Spotify hits 10 million global subscribers

Spotify announced that it now has 10 million paying subscribers and more than 40 million active users in

Report: Pandora, Sirius XM play different tunes

A Seeking Alpha Wall Street Playbook's tech sector analyst did a bit of a compare-and-contrast

Competition, not mergers: The road to sound Internet and cable policy

Like vultures rushing to devour the last scraps of a road kill, the

House hits FCC on net neutrality; Interesting retrans comment from Wheeler

Guggenheim Partners DC policy analyst Paul Gallant says

Comm. and Technology Subcommittee convenes FCC oversight hearing

House Republicans told FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler that
AT&T

AT&T-DirecTV buy kick-starts multiscreen video battle

In Yankee Group’s newest report, “AT&T DirecTV Buy Kick-Starts Multiscreen Video Battle,”

790 The Zone drops local, goes all-ESPN

Lincoln Financial Media’s WQXI-AM Atlanta, Sports “790 The Zone,” has dropped all of its daily local
Gavel

North Miami mayor charged with mortgage fraud via radio show

Prosecutors say North Miami mayor Lucie Tondreau‘s radio show played a key recruiting role in a mortgage

NAMB files on cross-ownership restrictions

In this era of the Commission likely clearing the path for big media MVPD consolidations including
Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable countersues city of Los Angeles

Time Warner Cable is countersuing the City of Los Angeles after the city filed suit against it, claiming
Rdio, Inc.

Rdio expands to nine new countries

Cumulus-invested Rdio, one of the largest streaming music services in the world, has announced its
Nexstar Broadcasting Group

Nexstar buys cloud-based CMS platform

Nexstar Broadcasting acquired the stock of Enterprise Technology Group, provider of cloud-based

Richard Conlon leaves BMI

BMI SVP/Corporate Strategy, Communications & New Media, Richard Conlon, has exited the Company after a 20-year tenure
Twitter

Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings gets demographics

Nielsen announced the launch of demographic data for Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings. Delivered overnight