Marketron offering ad payment option for clients
Marketron has selected Chase Paymentech as its preferred partner to enable the 7,000 media clients using Marketron solutions to accept credit card and electronic...
Telemundo stations launch "Domina La Accion" Sports Report
Telemundo has partnered with Verizon Wireless on a multiplatform local sports report sponsorship. Launched 9/12, Verizon Wireless “Domina La Accion” Sports Report is a...
Dan Snyder dismisses suit against Washington City Paper
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder objected to portions of an article that by Dave McKenna that appeared in an alternative Washington DC news weekly,...
US ad spend up 3.2% in the first half
Total advertising spend in the first six months of 2011 increased 3.2% from a year ago and finished the period at $71.5 billion, according to Kantar Media
McGraw-Hill Companies to split in two
With its TV group already up for sale, McGraw-Hill Companies has completed its overall strategic review and announced plans to split into two public companies. It also announced new cost-cutting measures and acceleration of its stock
The Content Big Ten
American media is in an undeniable position of strength in terms of accessibly, but it has the potential for extinction in its current form. Lot of red flags that need to be addressed and those who address and execute will be the ones who write the playbook
DreamIt Ventures backs startups in Philadelphia
DreamIt Ventures announced its roster of 15 companies for its fifth accelerator program. The startups getting funding include five under the minority entrepreneur program...
FTC says alleged smartphone acne cure is an inept app
The battle between teens and acne has been going on forever, and for some unfortunate combatants on the teen side, the only known cure...
Murdoch: News Corp. scandal "major black eye"
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has described the News of the World phone hacking scandal as "a major black eye" for his company but...
FCC makes its indecency case to the Supreme Court
The Federal Communications Commission is arguing there are no constitutional problems with its indecency policy, and that an appeals court erred in
ESPN Radio's The Herd and Scott Van Pelt to simulcast on ESPNEWS
That’s five hours of ESPN Radio midday programming: The Herd with Colin Cowherd (10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET) and The Scott Van Pelt Show (the...
International poll pegs US as coolest nation
This may be news you can use, if your station’s audience takes pride in their own level of cool. A poll that considered the...
Our Six Heroes — 10 Years Later
The tenth commemoration of the 9/11 attacks brings with it the likelihood that future commemorations of that tragic day will be far less public,...
Bob Sillerman staffs up Function(x)
As Function(x) prepares to unveil its first mobile media project later this year, founder Bob Sillerman announced a number of staff additions. The company is bragging that the new hires are
Retail prospects a mixed bag but on the upside
Consumer confidence as measured by research firm BIGresearch was down in August, but its latest look at a variety of retailers merchandising a variety...