Media General

Media General flies high during Q4 2012

Traditional advertising registered a nice increase for television group Media General, and political
NPR / National Public Radio

Future of two Maryland Public FMs in question

Delmarva Public Radio was founded a quarter century ago by Salisbury University (Maryland). But there is a very real possibility that the initial 25...
Bubba Army

Bubba the Love Sponge found not guilty

Cox Media Group and RadioIO shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem was found not guilty by jurors in the defamation trial that Compass...
Marci Ryvicker

Ryvicker looks for cautious optimism going into 2013

2012 ended well, but 2013 started slow. However, Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker notes that things have been picking up, and prospects
FCC

Roanoke-Lynchburg radio deal draws petition to deny

The proposed $1.025M acquisition of WLNI-FM by Mel Wheeler Inc. has met with a formal protest from
Jeff Zucker

Zucker cleaning house at CNN

Jeff Zucker, the new president of CNN Worldwide, has made no secret of his intention to shake up things at the ratings-challenged news network,...
Pile of Money

Kagan study outlines program cost drivers for MVPDs

According to SNL Kagan, the rapidly rising cost of sports rights is widely seen as the reason programming costs are also rapidly rising for...
FOX

Fox buying TV duopoly in Charlotte

Capitol Broadcasting owns and operates CW WJZY and MNT WMYT in the Charlotte NC DMA, and has
Aereo

CBS also forbids CNET to review Aereo

Seems the recent decision to disqualify Dish’s AutoHop with Sling DVR from winning “Best of CES” award is now company policy for

Radio One clears NASDAQ hurdle

Urban radio specialist Radio One has brought its stock back into compliance with the minimum
97x Online

LDR reports 1.7 million song votes so far on 97X

Listener reaction to Cox Media Group’s recent decision to flip its Alternative WSUN-FM Tampa 97X to complete listener song picks has
NAB / National Association of Broadcasters

NAB on spectrum auction: Right, not right away

The NAB has pledged its full cooperation with the FCC to make the incentive spectrum auction in
Media system in a vehicle

Analyst sees Pandora as major threat to Sirius XM

The reasons? There are two primarily. One is the growing availability of in-vehicle internet capability, which allows Pandora
FCC

Watchdog cries foul on ownership, coordinated retrans

CBS knows by now it made a bad move by forcing CNET's "Best of Show" award disqualification for
CBS

CBS wants to terminate existing retrans deal with Dish

This is what we’ve been talking about: If the networks want to stop Dish’s AutoHop (which unfairly only works on the broadcast networks’