Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Robert McDowell

McDowell goes to bat for broadcast on political files

McDowell also addressed spectrum auctions, saying he would do his best to keep the

Local Media TV stockpiles more big market Class A’s

A group of investors with various television investors have acquired low power television assets in
Arbitron

DG dominates the RADAR dojo

Arbitron has released the RADAR March 2012 (RADAR 112) network ratings. The composition this time around is quite different than the
Pandora

Royalties cost Pandora big bucks

The annual 10-K which Pandora Media just filed with the SEC contains lots of the usual boiler
Newspaper

22 in a row for American newspapers

That’s how many consecutive down quarters US newspapers as a group have now suffered through
Nielsen

Nielsen to launch Cross-Platform Campaign Ratings

Nielsen is getting closer to offering what advertisers have been asking for years now: a system that
Pile of Money

Nielsen backers to take some cash

The private equity funds who took Nielsen (then VNU) private in 2006 and then took it public again in
Deal

Corpus Christi TV deal brews up paper storm

Transaction applications. Contracts for license assets. Contracts for operational assets. Contracts for
U.S. Supreme Court

Supremes shy away from TV for health care case

The health care package passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama is
FCC

FCC slams cable company for unauthorized retransmission

A cable system operating in the Baton Rouge DMA faced the expiration of retransmission
US Congress

Sen. Grassley keeping FCC nominees in limbo

The nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai have been frozen by a single disgruntled senator

Genachowski remarks on quiet retrans blackout season

Genachowski said that it is not within the FCC’s authority to “revise the way the system works.”
News Corporation

News Corp. gets big cash haul from NDS sale

The $5 billion purchase of NDS Group by Cisco Systems is making headlines in the tech world
Radio One

Tough Q4 for Radio One (audio)

Net revenues shot up 37.8% to $98.1 million in Q4 for Radio One, but that was due to the consolidation of
Vince Sadusky

Vince Sadusky sees M&A picking up this year (audio)

With some recent transactions breaking the logjam, Wall Street analysts are now asking