Consumer confidence surges in August
The base confidence benchmark established all the way back in 1985 is within sight.
The CW Selects A Sports SVP
An individual who most recently served as Sr. VP of Global Media Rights for Aggregate Sports and before that was VP of Programming for NBC Sports Group will now be reporting to the President of The CW Network, as he's taken on the role of SVP of Sports.
Brad Holtz To Lead Consolidated Sarkes Tarzian Stations
For decades, the Sarkes Tarzian name served as an iconic radio and television broadcasting group. Now, a new chapter has arrived for the radio stations licensed to the company bearing the name of its iconic late Armenian founder.
Netflix affection for HBO goes unrequited
Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, recently floated the idea of bringing original HBO programming to its own subscribers by striking a deal with...
The Death of Radio
As a boy out of high school, I left my 3 year afternoon gig at WRMN, Elgin, Illinois after years there being mentored by...
Creative Loafing chain sold out of bankruptcy
Atalaya Capital Management outbid the founding Eason family at a bankruptcy court auction of the alternative newspapers in the Creative Loafing chain. But while...
Hearst Has a New Veteran Recruitment Head
In 2015, Dave Kaylor took a first-ever post at Hearst Television — one that put veterans of the United States Armed Forces in the position to gain employment inside one of the company's broadcast stations. Now, Kaylor is retiring from Hearst, and his successor has been named.
Why is Congress involved in Performance Royalties?
Congressional involvement in this issue, is actually the issue, and the problem. Just think about their comments at the hearing.....Maxine Waters says "minority broadcasters...
Emancipation at hand for FCC nominees
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) isn’t done with the FCC yet in regards to the LightSquared proceeding, but he has indicated that he’s now getting...
AMG Selects a Content Distribution/Partnerships Dir.
The Byron Allen-owned Allen Media Group (AMG) is welcoming its new Director of Content Distribution and Partnerships to the fast-growing television industry entity. He's charged with "initiating and cultivating multi-platform content distribution and client relationships" for AMG's Weather Group, Allen Media Networks, and Allen Media Digital and will be based in Atlanta.
Former FCC Chairmen find common ground
If there was one thing that tied the FCC chairmanships of Democrat Reed Hundt and Republicans Michael Powell and Kevin Martin together, it was...
Great results for GoodRadio.TV
Dean Goodman’s GoodRadio.TV, which specialized in small market radio clusters in the Midwest, says his group is having a great year, despite what may...
Rereg threat debated
Potential FCC re-regulation under the guise of encouraging “localism” was a hot topic for discussion as the NAB Board of Directors met this week...
MMTC sets its schedule
The annual Minority Media and Telecommunications Council is getting ready for its Fifth Annual Access to Capital and Telecom Policy Conference. It'll be at...
Newsweek and The Daily Beast to merge
Following weeks of rumors and speculation, The Daily Beast and Newsweek announced that they will merge. The new joint venture will be equally owned...