Al Jazeera and Jeopardy! among Peabody Award Winners
The 38 recipients of the 71st Annual Peabody Awards range from the usual US networks to Al Jazeera. But the awards are not just...
Gannett ratings reworked by Moody’s
Moody’s Investors Service as lowered its credit ratings on Gannett Company’s guaranteed senior unsecured note and credit facility ratings to Ba1 from Baa3. In...
Democrats mix media in effort to regain House
A trio of Democratic organizations – the Democrat’s House committee, an issue organization and a union – are running an advertising campaign keyed to...
Public Knowledge’s flawed attack on broadcast TV
Media watchdog Public Knowledge has a new piece out called “Tomorrowvision” which is broadly critical of the audio-visual program marketplace as it exists, and...
BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch to step down
News Corp. Deputy COO James Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of U.K. pay-TV giant
Cumulus almost dropped Mike Huckabee; Dickey responds (audio)
That’s what we’ve heard from RBR-TVBR sources. With all of the hype lately that Huckabee is going to replace Rush at many Cumulus stations...
LBI Media sees gains in 2012 after an up year in 2011
Revenue gains by its television segment more than counterbalanced a decline for radio
Election results for NAB Radio and Television Boards
The ballots have been counted and the National Association of Broadcasters announced the results of the 2012 NAB Radio and Television Board elections. The...
Dueling watchdogs on bullying documentary
The MPAA has turned down numerous requests to remove the R rating it has attached to “Bully” – a documentary for and about teens...
Martin/Zimmerman case knocks politics to newshole #2
The shooting of Trayvon Martin was the number one news story during the week of 3/19-3/25 in a split decision, according to the latest...
Big union merger approved to form SAG-AFTRA
Despite some recent battling in court with dissidents, it was hardly a surprise that members of the
Survey says that CEO confidence is on the upswing
The Vistage quarterly CEO Confidence Index is moving skyward, and at a rapid pace, with the current score making it into triple digits. Even...
Millennial Media prices IPO
What is Millennial Media, you ask? It is, according to its own PR, “the leading independent mobile advertising platform company.” It sold 10.2 million...
Document dump to House panel may hasten arrival of new noms
The FCC has honored the request of House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg
Judge refuses to block SAG-AFTRA merger vote count
Dissidents have failed in their effort to get a US District Court to block the membership vote on whether to merge the Screen Actors...