Top Five Wireless Carrier Ads of the Summer
AT&T dominated the top wireless carrier ads of summer, holding four of the top five most-liked category ads, according to a recent Nielsen analysis....
Rock Stations Face Rough Roll
It's no secret that a high degree of copying goes on within the radio industry. Over the years we've seen this time-and-again: if something...
FTC slams diet food manufacturer
A company may have a pretty good idea that its product will help its customers lose weight, but it had best not say so...
Reaching Male vs. Female Millennials
Whether we call them Generation Y, Generation “C” (for Connected) or Millennials, there’s no doubt that Americans ages 13-34 hold tremendous potential for marketers....
For early read on 2012 presidential results, watch 7-Eleven
Convenience store giant 7-Eleven is the first to admit that its 1M person-per-day poll is not scientific and is beyond any doubt unofficial. But...
WaPo distributes gold, adds Goldberg
The Washington Post Company has announced a regular dividend distribution which will kick off in November, and has also announced a new member to...
News Corp. seeks FCC declaratory ruling on splitting company
We knew that Rupert Murdoch and company are considering splitting their broadcast and newspaper groups into two separate entities. It’s asking the FCC if...
Glenn Beck coming to Dish Network
14 months after Glenn Beck left Fox News for the Internet, his new online TV network “TheBlaze” is returning to TV in a new...
Broadcast leads media in sluggish advertising market
Television was up 4.4% in the second quarter and radio was up 1.9%, according to a study from Kantar Media. The results are well...
My Memories of Leonard Kahn, Engineer and Inventor
Leonard Kahn was a dear friend of mine. I met Leonard at WFIL-AM in 1978. I was really impressed with his patents and ideas...
Consolidation comes to outdoor via blimp deal
The idea at Van Wagner Communications is to get the attention of consumers in surprising and compelling ways – and to that end, is...
Florida noncom invests in online health news service
Commercial broadcasters aren’t the only ones looking to the internet to maximize the value of their operation. WUSF Media is enhancing its public television...
Study shows where the frugal shoppers are
A new study attempts to link consumer frugality with the use of coupons, and comes up with the somewhat surprising result that coupon use...
60%+ of TV viewers concurrently using social media
And it’s likely during the commercial breaks: Television technology firm Ericsson released the statistic that, on a weekly basis, 62% of consumers use social...
Shopping becoming a habit for mobile users
According to a new Prosper Mobile Insights report, almost nine in ten users of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets use them for shopping...