Teens hope to shame magazine with advertiser content
Usually when advertisers become embroiled in a controversy involving a media company, they are being boycotted for sponsoring it. This time, a group of...
Total TV political tops $1B
The latest report from Wells Fargo Securities on the television political windfall places total spending on local television at $887.7M.
Consumer spending outlook tailed off in August
Wages were basically flat last month but gasoline prices were rising rapidly, and according to Deloitte LLP, that is a perfect recipe for a...
Bill O’Reilly to debate Jon Stewart (video)
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly will debate each other about politics and the presidential candidates during a live event...
Apple v. Samsung: Are you kidding me?
Let me get this straight: The company that allowed massive copyright infringement with their no-copy protection music pod now wants to prevent a legitimate...
Moody’s looks at Univision debt offering
Hispanic multimedia giant Univision is looking to add to the amount of debt that will come due in 2022 in order to reduce other...
FCC grants open-ended cross-ownership waivers
The clock is ticking down, or so we’ve been led to believe, on the quadrennial review of broadcast ownership rules. And with that in...
Report: TV strong, radio challenged
It’s more than just political feeding bank accounts of television stations and groups – Wells Fargo analyst
BlackRock buys Marketron
Marketron confirmed with RBR-TVBR BlackRock Kelso Capital has become Marketron’s majority shareholder as part of a debt restructuring. In a debt-for-equity swap, The Wicks...
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...