Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Democrat and Republican

Activists weigh in on political ad disclosure

A group of groups called Public Interest Public Airwaves Coalition has petitioned
CBS

Another plea for FCC intervention in retransmission consent

An organization called the Independent Television

Piolin sues former staffers over extortion

Former Univision Radio-syndicated Spanish-language star Eddie "Piolin" Sotelo filed
MTV

PTC attacks MTV Awards

Parents Television Council is no fan of MTV, and certainly was not happy about the most recent broadcast of the MTV Video Music Awards, which it argues included adults-only material and should not have been rated as acceptable for viewing by 14-year-olds.
ESPN

ESPN said to be key factor in Nielsen-Arbitron buy

The fate of Nielsen’s proposed $1.26 billion purchase of Arbitron likely lies
Westwood One

Dial Global switch to Westwood One date set

Rumors are rampant that Cumulus may be buying Dial Global, and that announcement
Rush Limbaugh

Cumulus re-ups with Rush, sans NYC

After much speculation, Rush announced he has signed a three-year deal

Syncbak dragged into Aereo-CBS court battle

Syncbak has developed a technology that allows local TV stations to transmit signals to the Internet
Rush Limbaugh

Obama plugs Limbaugh once again

They say there is no such thing as bad publicity, so the fact that President Barack Obama has
Pandora

Pandora kills 40-hour limit on free mobile listening

A very smart move: Pandora says it will remove the 40-hour-per-month limit
Pandora

Pandora has a record Q2; mobile revs up 92%

Pandora closed a record Q2 of fiscal 2014, with revenue of $162.0 million, growing 58% year-over-year.
No!

Attempt to derail Roanoke-Lynchburg deal fails

The sale of WLNI-FM Lynchburg VA from Centennial Licensing to Mel Wheeler Inc. drew a petition to deny
Disney

Most Disney layoffs to hit ABC TV stations

The Disney/ABC Television Group, which includes the ABC network, local TV stations
Marci Ryvicker

Ryvicker says to go with the cash flow

Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker says a lot of people are asking the firm what it thinks
Chat

Arkansas association exec makes the case for broadcasting

Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) held a field hearing