NAB, 4A’s take on ad tax changes
Two major national business organizations are taking on the folly of toying with the advertising business deduction. On top of causing immense and immediate damage to America’s media community, it will cause untold damage to the economy in general, they argue.
NRF extrapolates positive October to the holidays
Consumers exhibited confidence during October 2013 the old-fashioned way – they spent some
Smith calls on FCC for parallel broadcast/broadband interest
Anybody who has been following the activities of the FCC during the past four years knows that the focus has been on expanding wireless telecommunications. However, NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith believes there should be equal interest in improving America’s broadcasting universe.
CNBC launches app
The new CNBC App for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is part of NBCUniversal’s TV Everywhere roll-out with MVPDs. The free, first generation...
140 million to shop over Thanksgiving
You’ll find them in stores, you’ll find them online and you’ll find them in large numbers
State broadcasters take on indecency
The vast majority of state broadcast associations collaborated on reply comments pertaining to
Holiday winners and losers identified
Up until new, most of the prognosticators have been expecting modest increases in holiday
State broadcasters blast Congressional ad tax plans
The deductibility of advertising expense has been a cornerstone of America’s business regulation for
RCS releases Zetta 2.8
RCS announced the latest release of its award-winning playout system designed by radio engineers. 2.8 is a software solution more advanced, reliable, comfortably intuitive...
What they’ll be talking about at the next CES
The Consumer Electronics Association will be holding the 2014 International CES from January 7
KPBS staff joins SAG-AFTRA
The San Diego public radio and television employees voted 11/18 to join 165,000 media and entertainment professionals in recognizing SAG-AFTRA as their union. The new bargaining unit will cover 55 public media pros who produce, report, host, and present content for television, radio, and the internet. This election allows them to move forward to negotiate a first contract.
Online to accelerate local media growth
BIA/Kelsey has reviewed its predictions for local media revenue and says the sector will do better
FCC ownership filing deadline extended
The fallout from the government shutdown continues – in this case, the deadline to return the biennial ownership report sent to the FCC on Form 323 has been extended.
Moms looking for holiday discounts
Digital will continue to grow as a factor in holiday shopping, and that definitely goes for perhaps THE major shopper category – moms. A study from Adroit Digital spells out what they are looking for.
James Murdoch sells chunk of 21st Century Fox
The 21st Century Fox deputy COO, has sold about 18.5% of his stake in the media company for about $15 million. Murdoch, son of...