Talker Dana Loesch files suit against Breitbart.com
Tea party activist and Emmis-owned KFTK-FM St. Louis Conservative talker Dana Loesch sued the owner of the conservative website Breitbart.com 12/21, claiming that although...
Boston noncom hit for accounting lapse
WGBH Educational Foundation, which operates WGBH-TV and WGBH-FM, was the recipient of grant money from a trio of funding sources, but improper tracking of...
Online holiday shopping up double digits
It’s no secret that more and more holiday shopping is taking place online, and the numbers are in for the first month and a...
Entravision opens new facilities in Denver
The 16,000 square-foot building located near Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium includes a state-of-the-art broadcast television, radio and digital media entertainment center...
Millions are still shopping for the holidays
We thought we had finished up with any stories about the need to continue marketing your wares for consumers looking to buy gifts for...
Disney to detail “Disney Infinity” gaming project
Disney has scheduled an event 1/15 to unveil “Disney Infinity,” its new gaming initiative. Chief creative officer John Lasseter and co-president of Disney Interactive,...
Bank activity on homes is another positive sign
A report suggests that home loan rates have been kept relatively high of late to suppress demand simply because banks lacked sufficient staffing to...
When it’s too late to discuss tomorrow
I saw it again recently. "Radio is the original social media." It's a statement that reflects how little the speaker knows about social media.
Final aloha for Senator Inouye
Daniel Inouye (D-HI) was a World War II hero, served in the Senate for nearly 50 years and was recently the Chair of the...
Nielsen spends about $1.26B to buy Arbitron
Two ratings giants are becoming one, and for most American broadcasters, it will mean
Fisher embarks on buyback program
Television and radio group owner Fisher Broadcasting has been authorized by its Board of Directors to repurchase shares of common stock throughout 2013. Both...
Amazon Prime signs with Turner, Warner Bros.
It’s an exclusive content licensing agreement with Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to add TNT drama “Falling Skies” and the...
FCC gets another call to halt ownership dereg
Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and four of her colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee has sent a letter to FCC...
CC NY restructures sales, programming
New appointments to its senior leadership team include naming Thea Mitchem Vice President of Programming and Bernie Weiss Vice President of Sales. Mitchem and...
Still a lot of holiday shoppers out there
The clock is ticking down on the 2012 holiday gift-giving season, but there are still opportunities for retailers to move merchandise. According to coupon...