Point-counterpoint on FCC Supreme appeal
The FCC is asking to make a Supreme Court case out of the infamous Janet Jackson 2004 Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction case, so we...
Arbitron looks at PPM device vs. smartphones (audio)
Since the early days of the Portable People Meter (PPM) broadcasters and Wall Street analysts have been asking whether Arbitron will switch from using...
TV Dramas: highest primetime viewing, timeshifting, ad spend
In the first of a three-part insight series, Nielsen looked at viewership and advertising across five traditional primetime genres and found that dramas account...
Media General working on trimming portfolio (audio)
As Media General reported its Q1 financial results, company officials said there has been quite a bit of interest from potential buyers of some...
Dick Clark dead at 82
He was known as "The World's Oldest Teenager" from his many years of hosting "American Bandstand." And Dick Clark
NAB tells the FCC that it’s time for some dereg
According to the latest filing from the National Association of Broadcasters in regards to the 2010 Quadrennial Review, the only thing that has changed...
TV gives Media General an up quarter
Newspaper revenues were down, as were digital media revenues, but television saved the day for Media General in Q1 and total revenues
Arbitron launches US mobile measurement service
Arbitron has gone mobile with its US ratings offerings. The Arbitron Mobile Trends Panels service is a new
Umbel raises $3.7 Million, led by Austin Ventures
Austin-based Umbel is a digital audience measurement company that cross-correlates “big data” from social and other sources to empower publishers, agencies and advertisers with...
Why Howard Stern lost his lawsuit against SiriusXM
What is a subscriber? And what is not a subscriber? That was the key issue in Howard Stern’s legal battle with his employer, SiriusXM...
Another flat consumer confidence report
The good news: Consumer confidence still does not appear to be in retreat, much less plunging back down to where it was several months...
Tribune Company finally approaching Chapter 11 exit
The end is in sight. A federal bankruptcy judge has indicated his approval of the latest revision of the plan for Tribune Company to...
Embattled talker Lee Rayburn leaves KNEWS
The Palm Springs radio host currently at the center of a defamation suit involving local resident Pete Chryss (who had security contracts with the...
State of U.S. Hispanic consumers detailed
More than 52 million strong and representing the majority of population growth over the next five years, Latinos have become prominent in all aspects...
Preferred shareholders sue Emmis
You had to see this coming. The major owners of the preferred stock of Emmis Communications have sued Emmis, its directors,