Saturday, July 25, 2026

FEMA Chief: Local broadcasters give "the best information" in emergencies

The earthquake in the DC area, coupled with Hurricane Irene's march towards the East Coast, has ignited a debate on the value of broadcasting's...

Hurricane's: In Case of Emergency, 'Irene' is the case

Planning for any kind of crisis to understand there is a difference between managing that crisis - responding to the needs of the moment (disaster response) - and maintaining continuity of operations (business continuity, or the process of bringing your operations back roughly to where they were when the crisis hit).

Wireless networks worked, yet demonstrate why we need more spectrum

24-hours ago, the East Coast was shaken by the 5.9 earthquake. Now that we know there was a minimal impact on buildings and so...

Steve Jobs: America's Greatest Failure

Glory is sometimes born of catastrophe. Steve Jobs's announcement that he is stepping down as CEO of Apple is not surprising. He's a very...

Retailers see mobile ads as a gateway, not an end

Retail advertisers are planning to increase their spending on mobile platforms during 2012. They are not looking to get click-throughs, but

Gray keeps buying back its preferred stock

A few weeks after buying back $4.8 million of its Series D perpetual preferred stock Gray Television has closed another deal to buy back...

Analyst analyzes buying spree at Dish

Dish Network has been busy on the acquisition front lately. It paid $1.38 billion for TerreStar Networks after shelling out $1.4 billion for DBSD and $320 million for Blockbuster. What is the grand plan?

Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO

Steve Jobs, who has been on his third medical leave, has now resigned as CEO of Apple Inc. At his recommendation, Tim Cook has...

Satisfied customers pale in comparison to connected customers

A retailer can make a good living selling quality merchandise at a reasonable price and generate a high percentage of satisfied customers. But the...

Broadcasting cited as part of emergency preparedness plan

With the hurricane season upon us and with a particular hurricane by the name Irene bearing down on the East Coast of the United States,

6.0 Virginia earthquake evacuates DC offices

Hit Mineral, VA (50 miles NW of Richmond) about 1:50 PM impacted DC government buildings. RBR-TVBR

JANA spells out plan to bust-up McGraw-Hill

JANA Partners and the Ontario Teachers

Rock is…not quite dead yet

Gentlemen, Pertaining to your editorial of August 18 declaring that Rock radio was dying and incapable of generating listenership amongst an 18-34 year old...