US and Russian journalists to swap places
The International Center for Journalists is opening applications next month for an exchange program which will have two dozen young journalists from the US...
Another blas
‘tis the season to put out a holiday spending prognostication, and most of the reports we’ve seen are on the Grinchy side. The latest,...
Life in the slow lane
Generally speaking I tend to get myself in trouble whenever I assert my opinion that radio runs a pretty slow lap these days. In...
Golf tourney raised $150K for Broadcasters Foundation
More than $150,000 was raised to help broadcasters in need at the 2011 Broadcasters Foundation of America Celebrity Golf Tournament, held last Monday (9/26)...
Non-commissioned offices: Short-handed on FCC 8th Floor
There is room at the top of the Federal Communications Commission for five commissioners
One less broadcast analyst on Wall Street
The already thin ranks of Wall Street analysts covering radio and TV companies are being thinned again. After 18 years as a sell-side analyst, Jim Boyle
Function(x) acquires Watchpoints
Bob Sillerman’s Function(x) announced that it has purchased the Watchpoints business of Mobile Messaging Solutions Inc. The Watchpoints website describes its product as “a...
FTC suggests Four Loko is binge drinking in a can
The Federal Trade Commission put alcohol/caffeine combo beverage Four Loko and others like it on notice that it was on the agency’s radar screen...
AFTRA getting tough with record labels
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has gotten upset at the slow progress of contract talks with the major record labels. In a move to get the attention of the labels
Anti alcohol ad advocacy takes Facebook, Diageo to task
Alcohol Justice is dedicated to doing its best to keep exposure to alcohol advertising away from citizens who are not yet old enough to...
Estimates trimmed for Viacom
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman disappointed Wall Street with comments at a Goldman Sachs conference indicating that fiscal Q4 (July-September) ad revenues will be up...
Watchdog attacks FCC in court over weak net neutrality regs
There has been a big hue and cry over the FCC
Warner Bros. to launch "social series"
On October 18, Warner Bros. Entertainment will debut a web-only show from "Charlie's Angels" director McG that seeks to create a new genre: It’s...
Comcast Ventures launching tower company
Comcast uses cable to connect to its customers, but the MSO owns a bunch of towers to receive signals and link its systems. Now...
FTC slams Reebok for overstating footwear health benefits
If you are going to claim that your athletic footwear and flip flops will strengthen and tone certain muscles, you’d better be able to...