The construction of Merlin Media
You don’t have to dig very far back in the history books to reconstruct the emergence of Merlin Media. It is the product of...
Michaels responds to Merlin Media for sale post
There’s no love lost between Time Out Chicago’s Robert Feder and Merlin Media CEO Randy Michaels, as most know. So it’s no big surprise...
John O’Connell out at Palm Beach Broadcasting
Longtime CBS Radio and Palm Beach Broadcasting OM/PD John O’Connell is out at Palm Beach Broadcasting in West Palm Beach. We had reported in...
Broadcaster-supported internet royalty bill introduced
Traditional broadcasters and internet service Pandora are often at odds, but not when it comes to supporting the Internet Radio Fairness Act of
Disney is leader in Q2 earnings
Whether measuring by net income or operating income, the biggest critter in the media universe is a mouse – but what’s really notable in...
James Murdoch may run Fox Networks Group in US
The Financial Times reports News Corp is preparing to expand Murdoch’s role to include running the Fox Networks Group
Entercom is #2 with Big Machine royalty deal
Clear Channel blazed the trail of company-specific royalty deals between the radio and the recording industries, and now Entercom is
RADAR 114: No rankers supplied
Arbitron reported in its September 2012 RADAR 114 report that over 184 million Persons 12+, or 71% of this demo heard one or more...
Study: Lots of room for retrans growth
Executives at CBS and NBC have talked about large sums of money coming in from retransmission consent and reverse
Total TV political tops $1B
The latest report from Wells Fargo Securities on the television political windfall places total spending on local television at $887.7M.
Report: TV strong, radio challenged
It’s more than just political feeding bank accounts of television stations and groups – Wells Fargo analyst
BlackRock buys Marketron
Marketron confirmed with RBR-TVBR BlackRock Kelso Capital has become Marketron’s majority shareholder as part of a debt restructuring. In a debt-for-equity swap, The Wicks...
American Idol 12th season judges named
The speculation can now end: When AI’s 12th season debuts in January, Mariah Carey and returning judge Randy Jackson will be joined by
Presidential race is local TV spending leader
Another week, another few steps closer to the $1B threshold for local television political spending in
ABC News sued for $1.2B over “pink slime” stories
ABC News was hit with a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit 9/13 by South Dakota meat processor Beef