Gavel

Ray Lucia fined $300K

Syndicated financial talker Ray Lucia has been ordered to pay $50,000 for giving investors misleading info about his “Buckets of Money”
Kelley Blue Book

Kelley spotlights top affordable sedan choices

As has been widely reported, the automobile industry is enjoying very favorable comps in regard to its
Tribune Broadcasting

Tribune set to split broadcast and print

Add one more corporation to the list that have gone from being one multimedia company to two more
Gavel

NAB wants auction process out in the open

Rick Kaplan, who has been NAB’s lead player dealing with the impending incentive auctions,
Media General

Young at heart Media General gets upgrade

Television group Media General will be more than young at heart – it’s going to have the stations of Young
Cumulus

Cumulus Dallas FM sale leading to new buy?

Cumulus is in the process of spinning KTDK-FM Sanger TX to Media Services Group broker
McGavren Guild Media

McGavren Guild parent buys Local Focus

Genesis Media Holdings, which O&Os McGavren Guild Media, has acquired Local Focus from Kay
Tribune Broadcasting

Tribune/Local deal inspires jeers, fears

One watchdog looks at the $2.725B acquisition of Local TV by Tribune and sees an increase in harmful
U.S. Congress

Rep. seeks to redirect federal ad budgets toward radio

Hank Johnson (D-GA) is going to bat for the radio industry as a whole, saying that the paltry percentage of
Anna Eshoo

CALM calming down loud commercial complaints

There is a clear downward trend in the number of consumer gripes about loud television commercials
Ajit Pai

Pai comes out strong for Down from 51 repacking plan

The FCC introduced a new repacking plan earlier this year aimed at increasing flexibility by
Radio

Birmingham internet radio station migrates to FM dial

The management of alternative-formatted Birmingham Mountain Radio believe that their 2010
Deal

A looked at the merged Tribune/Local

The station portfolio of the new Tribune television group will be nothing short of awesome
Tribune Broadcasting

Tribune scores latest TV acquisition blockbuster

If there was any doubt about Tribune’s strategic plan to emphasize its broadcast business
Jeff Smulyan

NYMRAD seconds Smulyan’s optimistic report

Emmis Communications’ Jeff Smulyan had a very positive radio revenue story to share at his