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,
Gannett buckles in for a long haul
Gannett Company CEO Gracia Martore foresees a day when the company’s newspaper publishing business will stabilize. But that day is not coming quickly. And...
NAB’s Gordon Smith: Make this a golden moment
In his keynote address to those assembled at the 2012 NAB Show in Las Vegas, President/CEO Gordon Smith used a small portion of his...
Bankers “testing the waters” at NAB 2012
Dave Schutz, President, Hoffman Schutz Media Capital, in attendance at the NAB Show in Las Vegas
There’s a Chicken in the Room
The reason we get so many “chicken poop” orders from local direct clients is because there is a chicken in the room, and it’s...
TV season turning into a real horse race
Is “American Idol” going to be strong enough for Fox to hold off a challenge from CBS to win the coveted 18-49 demo victory...
Watchdog urges noncoms to reject negative political ads
Free Press has seen the Ninth Circuit ruling on political advertising on noncommercial stations and it is not happy. It is asking noncoms to...