CBS orders seven for 2012-13 season
Ahead of its 5/16 upfront, CBS ordered seven new offerings, including a reality show, two comedies and four dramas. The two comedies both feature...
FOX unveils primetime slate for 2012-2013 season (audio)
Peter Rice, Chairman, Entertainment, Fox Networks Group; and Kevin Reilly, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company, today unveiled the FOX primetime schedule for the 2012-2013...
Cable once again propels election coverage to #1
News directors delivered a split decision on news coverage during the week of 4/30-5/6 – and according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism,...
Meredith shares the wealth
Multimedia corporation Meredith says it has two streaks going – 65 years of paying dividends and 19 years of steadily increasing them – and...
Broadcasters file preliminary injunction against Aereo
Aereo, Barry Diller’s service that captures free over-the-air TV broadcasts and streams them
The digital lives of American moms
Moms are at the center of their family’s offline life, so it’s of little surprise that they’re also at the center of many of...
Etailers should point to product rather than tout it
The point of a merchandise website is to move product, and a new survey is out describing the best way to do that. The...
Stern responds to PTC campaign
Howard Stern spoke to the media about his new role as a judge on "America's Got Talent" at the Friars Club on 5/10 in...
Advisory Council wants larger sample size
No surprise here: At the 5/10 Arbitron Radio Advisory Council meeting, the group pressed Arbitron on increasing sample sizes for all diary and people...
Cars that need a marketing boost
An online automobile website says there are some automobiles out there that it believes should be “flying off dealer lots,” but for some reason...
Former Citadel, Townsquare exec offered DUI plea deal
Matt Hanlon, former Citadel RVP and Townsquare Media SVP/Sales in Grand Rapids, MI has been given the opportunity to plead guilty to a reduced...
News Corp. Q3 revenue up 2% (audio)
News Corporation reported Q3 revenue of $8.40 billion, a 2% increase over the $8.26 billion of revenue reported in fiscal 2011’s Q3. The increase...
Howard Stern targeted by PTC
The Parents Television Council is going after Howard Stern and NBC’s "America's Got Talent," which hired him to be a judge. The group has...
CRE to study diary-sample improvement
The Council for Research Excellence (CRE) will conduct a three-market study encompassing various audience-measurement methods to better understand response bias in address-based audience samples. ...
Liberty Media looking to raise Sirius XM stake to 45%
On John Malone‘s Liberty Media Q1 call, the company said it plans to boost its Sirius XM holdings