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
Boston broadcasters coping with NBA lockout
The Boston Globe published a snapshot of what local broadcasters are doing to cope with the loss of lucrative NBA games. Right now they’re...
Tie up loose ends from 2011 before holidays hit
Just as the seasons are racing by, so are 2011
Viacom moving its stock listing to Nasdaq
The competition between the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq market is intense not only for new issues, but over existing stock listings...
NAB, RTDNA argue to affirm court ruling on indecency
Two major broadcast associations teamed up to argue that the FCC’s discriminatory enforcement of indecency policy has a chilling effect on broadcast content and...
EMI sold to Universal Music Group and Sony Music
Citigroup has concluded its auction of EMI Group by selling the record company in two pieces for a total of $4.1 billion. Vivendi’s Universal...
Hal Bruno dead at 83 (video)
ABC News announced the death of its longtime political director, Hal Bruno, at age 83. Bruno had headed campaign and election coverage for the...