Merlin Media flips all-Newsers in NYC, Chicago
Looks like Merlin Media CEO Randy Michaels has had enough of trying to raise ratings at FM News 101.9 (WEMP-FM, New York) and FM...
Senate panel looking at retransmission consent
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) doesn’t want consumers caught in the cross-fire between hardball-playing
Bankruptcy judge to OK new Tribune ownership plan
Now in Chapter 11 for well over three years, Tribune may finally be heading out of bankruptcy--pending approvals (including FCC).
Record labels can’t stop loving radio
If musicians and their record labels hate uncompensated airplay so much, you’d think they’d stop
Analyst sees growth parking at Disney
Wells Fargo Securities thinks Walt Disney’s stock price is poised to grow if Q2 results come in as
Cable organization slams Viacom
The ACA is calling on Viacom to end its DirecTV blackout, make its online programming available to those
FCC turns NAB down cold on political posting stay
The FCC is just as convinced that it will prevail in court as is the NAB, it turns out, when it comes to the...
Uncertain future may underpin Viacom/DirecTV battle
Program sources want to maximize income, and cable, satcasters and telcos want to hold down costs
FM chip dominates Emmis report on the state of radio
Emmis President/CEO Jeff Smulyan is upbeat about the heightened prospects for an FM chip on cell phones and the bright future of
Judge denies networks’ injunction against Aereo
District Court judge Alison J. Nathan has denied (7/11) a request for a preliminary injunction by the major broadcasters that would have shut
NAB asks courts to stay political file posting
The NAB has already asked the FCC to stay its new rule requiring broadcast television stations to post political advertising information online, and now...
Hearst pulls the plug on Time Warner Cable
After extending talks beyond the original expiration of their retransmission consent contract with Time Warner Cable on 7/1, all Hearst O&O stations except one...
Genachowski confirms FCC role in retrans is limited
A number of television topics were raised during the House Communications Subcommittee FCC Oversight hearing. Incentive auctions were a big topic, but the highlight...
NBCU to sell AETN share for $3 billion
We had originally heard $2.8 billion, but that figure has moved up to $3.03 billion, the company said in a regulatory filing 7/10: Comcast...
Judge sends AutoHop suit to California
Dish Network has lost its bid to move the legal dispute over its AutoHop ad-skipping technology in New York. U.S. District Judge