Longtime R&R Advertising Leader Nancy Hoff Dies
On October 5, 1973, trade publication Radio and Records debuted. Nancy Hoff was there, in a chief role within the advertising department. Except for a brief absence in the 1980s, Hoff remained a vital presence at R&R until the publication's demise. Hoff died of cancer on Wednesday.
Introducing The New Cablecast C-Suite
Dana Healy and Ray Tiley will join the Cablecast Community Media leadership team on January 1, working closely with Tightrope Media Systems' co-founder and CEO to manage Cablecast’s business and technology functions as COO and CTO, respectively.
TV drove Q3 growth for LBI Media while radio was flat
Spanish broadcasting specialist LBI Media, parent company of Liberman Broadcasting Inc., reported that Q3 revenues were up 11.6% to $30.7 million. The growth all...
Consumer confidence hits a pothole
At least, that’s what the Conference Board is reporting...
YEA! A Sales EVP Is Upped To President
The independently owned radio and podcast company has promoted a former Townsquare Media VP to the newly created position. He will oversee such YEA Networks syndicated radio programs as "The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show" and "Tino Cochino Radio."
A New CRO and Chief Content Officer In Galaxy’s Constellation
The media company known for its live events and radio stations in the Empire State has just appointed a Chief Revenue Officer. At the same time, it has also selected its new Chief Content Officer.
Re-engineering on tap for Westwood One
That’s how CEO Tom Beusse refers to changes coming in Q3 to streamline the company and deal with the soft business environment. The re-engineering...
Former Surgeon General To Contribute To WISH’s News Team
A former U.S. Surgeon General has agreed to join the medical reporting team of the CW Network affiliate serving Indianapolis owned by African American broadcast station owner DuJuan McCoy.
Lewis The Latest To Earn Cumulus Regional VP Stripes
On July 8, Cumulus Media revealed that Don Boyd has been promoted to a Regional VP and will be adding stations in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and New Orleans, La.; and Columbus-Starkville, Miss., to his everyday duties. That left the question as to who would now be overseeing two markets due east of Mobile. That answer has now arrived.
Sumner pockets some cash
The Associated Press took notice this week when Sumner Redstone made an SEC filing showing that he had sold 503,529 shares of Viacom for...
A New Ride For A ‘Serial Entrepreneur’
He has served as President and as a board member of Firestone Communications, where he launched Spanish-language children's cable television network Sorpresa. Most recently, he served as the co-founder and CEO of equestrian sports, culture and lifestyle network Ride TV. Now, this "serial entrepreneur" has been tapped as a co-CEO at EarthxTV.
Campaign pullback makes room for terrible twos
The media gave Obama and McCain a little room during the week of 7/28/08-8/3/08, according to the latest temperature-taking from the Project for Excellence...
Q2 brought “steady and real” improvement at CBS
“In every part of the media landscape, CBS content is at the top of its game – and by the way, content is king,”...
Hispanic media entity scores money to educate kids
The U.S. Department of Education just announced a $72M grant to PBS and CPB to develop educational material for children. Now comes word of...
CPB Selects A SVP Of TV Content
In this role, Kathryn Washington will lead the development and implementation of strategies for CPB's investments in mission-focused television and digital productions. She will work closely with PBS, public television stations and independent production organizations to support programming and content for national public media audiences.