NPG expands into Santa Barbara with KEYT-TV
There will be a new player in the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo DMA once News-Press & Gazette closes on its acquisition of ABC...
Judge says TWC can import Nexstar signals to other DMAs
Time Warner Cable is a frequent blackout inciter when it comes to retransmission consent negotiations – and to get around that, it has
Liberty Media buys 5.5 Million more SiriusXM shares
It looks like Liberty Media has likely hit the 49.9% ownership stake and will now wait for the FCC’s decision on de jure control....
Apple building service to compete with Pandora, iHeart
The Wall Street Journal and NY Times report Apple is preparing to launch its own ad-supported music
Local TV has already banked $800M in political
Political spending during the month of August was 77% higher than it was in July and the total spending
Analyst says TV hot, radio & outdoor not
Wells Fargo’s Marci Ryvicker says that local television is getting two boosts simultaneously, from the
Journal expands into Nashville with CBS WTVF
Multimedia Journal Communications says it isn’t just getting another television station in WTVF
Emmis wins round in court v. preferred shareholders
An injunction against Emmis Communications sought by a disgruntled, dividend-seeking shareholder group has been
MSOs may get approval to encrypt basic-cable signals
Cable companies led by Comcast are close to winning FCC approval to start encrypting basic- tier signals
Liberty Media ups stake in SiriusXM
Liberty Media has raised its stake (8/28) in SiriusXM Radio to 48.8% from 48.1%, according to a regulatory filing. It bought around
Dial Global responds to TRN complaint
Dial Global announced a response to the email circulated by Mark Masters, President of Talk Radio Networks. Said Spencer Brown
Judge approves royalty deal with BMI
Two years of litigation involving 7.5M musical works and 10K radio stations is now at an end, with the
Emmis employees to find surprise in their paycheck
Like a lot of media companies, the rough patch Emmis has traveled can be measured in terms of years.
TRN sues Dial Global for monopoly practices: see complaint
The complaint (which demands a jury trial), "Complaint for Violations of the Sherman Act and the Cartwright
Political spending continues to mushroom
In just about two weeks, local television political advertising for the 2012 cycle grew by 15.9%, and