Walden targeted by Club for Growth
House Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden (R-OR) criticized Social Security cuts in a budget submitted by President
Global ad spend grows 3.2% in 2012
2012 closed out on a positive note for the ad industry: globally, ad spend increased 3.2 percent year-over-year to $557 billion, according to Nielsen’s...
Home improvement spending is improving
The gradual pick-up in the real estate market and the economy as a whole has inspired more Americans to make improvements to their own residence, according to a survey. The result may double the number of households in the market for supplies and services.
Investors like TV, lukewarm on radio
Wells Fargo’s NAB Investor Forum yielded a sense of the broadcasting business, according to the company’s Marci Ryvicker. In general, TV is looking
PAC hopes to turn safe districts into battlegrounds
The Campaign for Primary Accountability is a super PAC dedicated to the proposition that long-time members of Congress who reside in
NAB: GE Capital wants to do business
While some have said that NAB is off to a slow start, at least in terms of deal making, there is a bright
NAB’s Smith addresses NAB
National Association of Broadcasters President/CEO Gordon Smith began and concluded his keynote address with a thank you. In between, he expressed
WideOrbit signs Radio One
Radio One has selected WO Traffic, WideOrbit’s ad sales, traffic and revenue management solution, for all of its 55 stations that span 16 urban...
FCC could ban “Redskins” from radio and TV
As shocking as it sounds, The Commission could effectively ban the use of the word "Redskins" by broadcasters, based upon a filing by several...
Marijane Milton to head MultiBrand Media Int’l
MultiBrand Media International, LLC has announced that veteran broadcaster and senior Entercom exec Marijane Milton will join the MBMI Leadership Team in the newly...
LIN buys majority stake in HYFN
LIN TV Corp. acquired a majority ownership position in HYFN, a full service digital agency that develops and implements award-winning mobile, social and web...
Home sales traffic on the upswing
One of the positive signs in these troubled economic times is a lack of inventory in the residential real estate business – it shows...
Car dealers banking more per deal
If you need further evidence that the automobile dealers are in the middle of a resurgence, the scorekeepers at TrueCar have some—they are pulling...
T.J. Lambert joins RBR-TVBR as EVP/GM
Longtime broadcaster and network exec T.J. Lambert has been appointed executive vice president and general manager of
Disney topped media companies in 2012
The diversified interests of the Walt Disney Corporation brought home more than $42B last year, eclipsing the total amassed by #2 News Corporation by...