SBE founder John Battison passes
John Battison, the founder of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, has passed. According to SBE, he leaves behind a wife, daughter, son and a...
ESPN, MLB strike eight-year extension
ESPN and Major League Baseball have reached an eight-year, multiplatform rights extension which will significantly enhance ESPN’s TV, digital, radio and International MLB rights....
Univision to host forums with presidential candidates
Hispanic multimedia giant Univision was one of the entities dismayed by the lack of a minority presence among presidential debate moderators. But it’s doing...
YouTube to cull some professionally-produced channels
YouTube’s plan, unveiled last February, was to spend $100 million on establishing dozens of professionally produced channels started off pretty well—new channels were being...
Fisher shares with shareholders
Multimedia Fisher Communications is planning to distribute a large, one-time dividend to all shareholders in mid-October, and will institute a more-traditionally-valued dividend going forth...
FTC crunches infomercial-advertised ab device
Would you believe that three minutes on Ab Circle Pro is the equivalent of a 30-minute workout and/or 100 sit-ups? The FTC didn’t, and...
FTC slams get-rich infomercial scams with huge penalty
Are you skeptical about those real estate programs advertised on long-form television ads that promise riches to those who buy into the program? The...
Study looks at the state of office politics
In our democracy one of the hallmarks of being a responsible citizen is to exercise your right to vote, and that means taking an...
RIP John Furr
Legendary Texas communications engineering pro John Furr has passed away at age 68 after a brief illness. He opened his own shop after working...
NHMC vows continued pressure on FCC
The National Hispanic Media Coalition wants a better communications environment for Latinos across all areas of FCC responsibility, and that includes increasing the number...
Jim Carnegie, Observation:
Once again the radio trade journalism biz has changed. For those in radio who may have been on vacation and do not know, Tom...
Cross-ownership waivers on the FCC hot seat
The Supreme Court has elected not to hear any arguments about broadcast-print cross-ownership, and according to the FCC, that
Americans more secure about personal finances
According to the results of a new survey, financial confidence ticked upward from its July level and is even more improved when looked at...
Shareholder suit claims Viacom overpaid Redstone
Shareholder Robert Freedman claims in his lawsuit Viacom wrongly overpaid Chairman Sumner Redstone and two top execs by more than $36.6 million from 2008...
Radio Industry is Missing the “New”
I'm again questioning stories that appear in radio industry trades. Those articles that deal with radio successfully launching new products, reaching 93% of the...