Comcast to simulcast "Lady Brain" radio show
Comcast Hometown Network, the regional cable net covering Northern and Central California, will begin televising Clear Channel’s KKGN-AM Green 960 AM San Francisco and...
William H. Vogt dead at 90
Veteran Philadelphia and Florida radio and TV executive William H. Vogt has died at age 90. Private family funeral services took place on Thursday...
Liberty Media eliminating tracking stocks
No longer will there be four Liberty Media stock symbols to track. The company is slimming down to two, eliminating the tracking stock structure...
Word of mouthers meeting in Vegas
WOMMA, otherwise known as the Word of Mouth Marketing Association is currently holding its Summit 2011 in Las Vegas. It has representatives from a...
Netflix may debut another original series
Netflix is reportedly in talks to acquire yet another original series. This time it is reportedly near to closing a deal with Lionsgate to...
FCC reform bills move ahead on partisan vote
Republicans on the House Communications Subcommittee believe the FCC must be made transparent and accountable. Democrats believe the Republicans are singling it out for...
Moody's downgrade for The Washington Post Company
The ongoing earnings pressure from the Kaplan education division have prompted Moody's Investors Service to downgrade The Washington Post Company, which has about $400...
Google's new music service signs Sony?
While it looked like Google Music’s digital retail platform would not include songs from Sony Music Entertainment’s library earlier this week, according to a...
Ads on report cards sold in Colorado
This may seem innocuous enough, but it is one more fork diving into the ad revenue pie. Governments can require more self-funding from non-profit entities,
Reminders: Ownership and EAS Reports
The folks at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice have two reminders for our readers: First, the biennial FCC ownership report is due December 1....
Apple launches iTunes Match cloud service
The cloud-based service costs $24.99 a year and Apple will match users’ iTunes library with its server and let them stream it from any...
YouTube original channel "ClevverTeVe" launches
It’s the first of 96 partners producing professional content for the site: LA-based Clevver Media launched its channel on YouTube 11/11, as a Spanish-language...
Retail heat wave predicted for Black Friday
Consumers widely believe that stores offer the best deals of the holiday shopping season during the weekend following Thanksgiving, and they plan to be out in large numbers on 11/25, otherwise known to retailers as Black
"Google Music" launching without Sony, WMG deals
Google is readying its Google Music digital retail platform during a media event Wednesday, but CNet reports that at least two of the four major label catalogs will be absent from the debut: Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group
FEC is the venue for PAC attack by Stephen Colbert
PAC American Crossroads, headed by Karl Rove, recently asked the FEC for an advisory opinion on their request to use video and audio of actual federal candidates in their advocacy of issues of the day in order to