FCC opens up window for diversity comments
The release in November of initial stats drawn from FCC Form 323 on the ownership of broadcast licenses has inspired the desire to put...
Dividend compendium
Apparently, ‘tis the season to divide and prosper – the litany of broadcast and other related communications companies offering dividends to their shareholders continues...
News Corp. unveils separation details
Rupert Murdoch's newspaper empire will continue to be named News Corp., but its television
NABOB stalwart Bennie Turner passes
Bennie Turner, former President of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, has passed. He was also a legislator in his home state of...
Watchdog wants diversity considered under quadrennial review
A number of public interest groups are concerned that the FCC’s report plan to loosen cross-ownership restrictions will also weaken minority broadcast ownership levels....
Senator demands public FCC vote on media ownership
Maria Cantwell (D-WA) does not believe the five FCC commissioners should be allowed to hide out on the FCC’s 8th Floor when they vote...
Post-Sandy car sales pick up
The automobile industry lost business due to the gaping hole in results in the northeast in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. And while the...
House Republicans finalize Commerce leadership
Former Communications Subcommittee Chair Fred Upton (R-MI) (pictured) remains chair of the full House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Greg Walden (R-OR) is still...
Broadcasters volunteer for Sandy hearings
The FCC is planning field hearings to assess the impact Hurricane Sandy had on communications systems with an eye toward
MMTC’s Honig weighs in on minority ownership
The FCC’s newly released figures on minority ownership only confirmed what was already known, according to Minority Media and Telecommunications Council leader David Honig....
Court to reconsider noncom political ads
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year that noncommercial broadcast outlets should accept and run political advertising. However
Cable, telco companies to boost customer loyalty with video bills
According to a recent PwC report, the top three aspects that create loyalty among cable and telecommunication customers are service, pricing and performance. In...
Some using layaway as holiday budget stretcher
A certain percentage of the consumer population is avoiding a sudden one-time retail bill by putting items on layaway and paying for them over...
Georgia Television Hall of Fame launches
John Long, President, Georgia Radio Hall of Fame says that it will be a subsidiary of the non-profit organization founded in 2007. Newly-inducted GA...
Civil rights groups want FCC to put brakes on dereg
A dozen organizations have teamed to send a letter to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski and the other four commissioners saying that the burden of...