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...
SBS increases revenue, treads water on profits
Special event income helped fuel impressive growth in the amount of money Spanish Broadcasting System brought in Q3, but the expenses associated with the events also put the squeeze on the company’s margin.
Another study sees improved holiday spending
The latest look at the state of the retail community from Euclid finds quite a few areas of concern, and joins with many others in taking a swipe at Congress for the government shutdown. But in the end, it thinks holiday shopping will improve YOY.
FCC OKs increase in foreign broadcast investment
In what amounts to a new way of looking at existing regulation, the FCC under new Chairman Tom
NJ Broadcasters oppose changes in ad tax deductibility
New Jersey Broadcasters Association President Paul Rotella has signaled the NJBA’s strong
Battlegrounds: Dems aim at GOP governors
Emboldened by retaking the Governor’s Mansion in Virginia via the victory
State broadcasters protest Camp ad deduction proposal
50 state broadcast organizations have written to House leaders urging them to refrain from any changes in
RTDNF names First Amendment Award winners
The Radio Television Digital News Foundation says the awards will be presented at a ceremony in Washington, DC on Wednesday, 3/12. Here are the...
Changing of the legal guard at CBS
It has been almost 40 years since Louis J. Briskman started cashing payroll checks from CBS Corporation. In fact, at the time, the company name on the checks was Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He’s now set to retire, and a replacement has already been named.
Programmatic buying coming to TV
Earlier this year, Interpublic Group announced that it was working to automate more of its media transactions. To this end, IPG announced that it would like to see 50% of all its media buys, not just online buys, transacted in a programmatic manner by 2016. According to IPG’s subsidiary Magna Global, there is a need to automate the buying of both national and local inventory in most media, including TV and radio inventory. We estimate the size of the media marketplace to be approximately $182 billion in 2012, including print media, consisting of newspapers, magazines and yellow pages (none of which are mentioned in IPG’s need for automation). For those not familiar with automated buying, one should think of machine to machine transactions, with computers making trading decisions within milliseconds.
Confidence gasses up ahead of holidays
One of the reliable factors to consider when assessing consumer confidence is the price at the pump. The National Association of Convenience Stores has been reporting counterintuitive results of late in the face of a falling price per gallon, but notes that the worm has finally turned. Caveat: It’s still not all that great.