Watchdog asks Comcast to try harder on digital outreach
An activist group that operates on behalf of low- and moderate-income citizens in four Pennsylvania media markets says that very few of them are aware of Comcast
Hispanic watchdog to renew battle against hate speech
National Hispanic Media Coalition works to forward the concerns of its constituency on a number of fronts, but as its name suggests, the media gets a huge chunk of its focus. Among the issues that it will be pushing in 2012
Nielsen, comScore settle patent litigation
In March, the two online measurement companies were locked in a patent infringement legal battle. Nielsen filed first on 3/16 the U.S. District Court...
Procrastinators abound as holiday shopping season winds down
It is probably too late for broadcast sales teams to make a whole lot of hay out of the situation, but two different surveys...
Small business wish for 2012: More sales
If a business wants to increase sales, it needs to do something to drive traffic through its doors and to its website
Piers Morgan: no phone hacking under my watch
Piers Morgan, the former UK editor turned CNN personality, told an inquiry by the British government into journalism ethics that hacking into the phones of...
WorldNow adds first newspaper group
WorldNow is well known in the television industry for its online Content Management System (CMS), serving over 400 local media sites, primarily associated with...
Cox Media Group invests in Skyword
Online content production company Skyword announced it has closed a $6 million round of financing with Cox Media Group (CMG) as the sole investor. As a new investor, CMG joins early stage investors including Allen & Company,
Travel web says vacation trips will increase in 2012
Significant number of consumers are a sure bet to increase their level of leisure travel in 2012, and almost all consumers will be looking for opportunities to fit more travel into their plans.
New York Times may sell regional newspapers
The New York Times Company says it is in
Hearst, Baltimore Ravens sign for five more years
The Baltimore Ravens and Hearst Broadcasting announced a new deal that will keep the NFL team on its radio and television stations. The agreement...
Saudi media investor buys stake in Twitter
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud is already the largest non-Murdoch shareholder in News Corporation and he has numerous other media investments in the Arab world and elsewhere. Now his Kingdom Holding Company
Communications lawyer Vincent Pepper has died
Veteran Washington communications attorney Vince Pepper, founder of Pepper & Corazzini, which later merged with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, passed away on Friday...
Spectrum auctions dropped as a deal is cut on Capitol Hill
The billions and billions of dollars dreamed of by lawmakers will never materialize. The House and Senate (and the FCC) are wasting a lot of time and energy on a pipe dream.