Thom Hartmann and "The Big Picture" go global
Thom Hartmann is taking his hour-long, nationally syndicated independent television program “The Big Picture” global, as RT International is now syndicating the show to...
Broadcast complaints continue at trickle pace
The FCC just released its inquiry and complaint charts for Q3 2011, just a few weeks after releasing charts for the first two quarters...
Greg Walden ready to forward bill to rein in FCC
Republican leadership in the House Communications Subcommittee spent a great deal of time in 2011 working on a bill to increase transparency and decrease...
Clear Channel, Bain Capital, Lee invest big in Ryan Seacrest
Clear Channel and Ryan Seacrest Media (RSM), together with Clear Channel’s majority investors Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital, announced two new investment...
Florida primary spend detailed
Media Monitors released its study of radio spots that were run in Florida leading up to the 1/31 Primary Election. Media Monitors got numbers...
Lack of political drowns Gannett TV in red ink
It’s the same old story for television broadcasters – take away even-year political revenues and take away any reasonable chance for favorable odd-year comps over...
Meredith keeps its dividend tradition alive
A share of stock in multimedia Meredith Corporation will bring you a quarterly dividend of thirty-eight and a quarter cents, which amounts to one dollar and fifty-three cents on an annual basis. Meredith says it is continuing a 65-year dividend-paying
SAG/AFTRA merger approved by board
The next stop is membership
Facebook readies the IPO that has Wall Street salivating
Investors who have been waiting anxiously for the opportunity to place their bets on Facebook may not have to wait much longer. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday (1/27) that the social media company
Nielsen loan gets strong rating from Moody's
Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Ba2 rating to a new senior secured loan of $1.25 billion for Nielsen Finance LLC, a subsidiary of...
Voters want to know where candidates stand
The battle for the presidential nomination of the Republican Party has been dominating the news media of late – particularly on cable television, where...
Traffic personnel release 2012 "Report Card" on software
The Traffic Director’s Guild of America has released its annual Traffic Software Satisfaction Study, covering 14 Traffic Software products for radio and/or television broadcasters....
Kenny Chesney leads ACM Awards nominees
Nominations for the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced Thursday (1/26). Kenny Chesney leads with nine nominations, including Entertainer of the...
MFM/BCCA scholarship to honor Steve McIntosh
The Board of Directors for the Media Financial Management Association (MFM) and its BCCA subsidiary has approved a conference scholarship in honor of Steve...
HD Radio, it stands for Huge Debacle
Radio was on a roll until HD radio came along. HD radio, for those who are unaware, is the radio industry's answer to going digital. It's supposed to mean high-definition radio: better sound