Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings receive MRC accreditation
The Media Rating Council (MRC) has voted to grant accreditation to Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings. That’s a new measurement system that provides overnight audience...
Analyst updates local ad trends
With August ad sales in the book, checking with broadcasters to get an update on how local ad sales are going for Q3. Her conclusion is that the
Amid the gloom, Consumer Reports finds a glimmer of confidence
Although anybody keeping track of the
Phone-hacking panel resumes in UK 9/6
Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Committee will hear from four former News Corp. employees who have challenged testimony given to the committee by James Murdoch, News Corp.'s deputy COO, and Les Hinton, a former executive chairman of the unit.
News Corporation reworks its board
Rupert, Lachlan and James Murdoch aren’t going anywhere, but there are some changes being made to the News Corporation board of directors. The board...
MTV joins FCC in education confab
The Federal Communications Commission is holding an event Thursday 9/8/11 called “Back to School in a Digital World” that will take a look at...
Study shows public support for regulating kid food marketing
Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City is concerned about childhood obesity, and is further concerned that a study showed that parents do...
Emmis put on notice by Nasdaq
Emmis Communications has received notification from the Nasdaq Stock Market that its Class A Common Stock had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share...
Tribune Company seeks OK to pay bonuses to managers
With its journey through Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization approaching its third anniversary this December, the Tribune Company has asked US Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey...
Facebook readying music services
It may have investors worried about Pandora: Facebook is prepping changes to accommodate online music streaming services Spotify and Rdio. The moves are designed...
20th down quarter in a row for newspapers
Q2 of 2011 was yet another quarter of revenue declines for US newspapers
Copper thefts plague telecom giant Verizon
Broadcasters aren’t the only ones to suffer thefts of cable and equipment by criminals after the copper. Verizon has been hit so hard in...
Bottom dropping out of consumer confidence
The August monthly consumer confidence temperature as taken by The Conference Board is markedly chillier than it was in July
Redstone Foundation donates to fight poverty and polio
The Global Poverty Project announced that the Sumner M. Redstone Foundation has donated $1.5 million to further its mission of eradicating extreme poverty. Redstone,...
No disclosure for journalists who ordered phone hacks?
We'll see, but for now several News of the World journalists who ordered a private detective to hack into mobile phones of six public...