Pandora offering big bucks to radio reps
RBR-TVBR Exclusive: Pandora is apparently willing to overpay for credibility in the marketplace. The company wants reps that have established relationships with agencies and...
Refund spending not a big economy driver this year
When the economy is going good, the arrival of a nice fat tax return check can mean a trip to the store for a...
SiriusXM signs as official Internet radio partner of MLB.com
It’s a multi-year agreement with MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, to stream live radio broadcasts of...
NABEF names Service to America Award winners
The NAB Education Foundation (NABEF) announced the winners of the annual Service to America Awards. They will be honored at the Celebration of Service...
Trustee named for Emmis 2012 Retention Plan Trust
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Emmis Communications didn’t have to look far to find the trustee for its 2012 Retention Plan Trust, which just received 400,000 preferred shares...
Paley named CBA Chair
The California Broadcasters Association has elected John Paley as Chairman of the CBA Board of Directors. Paley joined Lotus Communication’s KWKW in 1971 and...
Coalition renews appeal for FCC action on diversity
Diversity and Competition Supporters is a group of interested parties seeking to increase the levels of minority and female
SuperPACs: Giving closure on PAC disclosure?
It’s no news to broadcasters that independent expenditure committees, freed up by the Citizens United case to organize as legal entities, are changing the...
Jeff Haley’s new job is Marketron CEO
Media software company Marketron has named Jeff Haley its CEO. The announcement comes a day after
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...