News Corp. letters contradicting James Murdoch testimony
The News Corp. investigation got more complicated 8/16 from written evidence submitted to the U.K. Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee suggesting voice-mail...
Dingell blasts FCC for broadband secrecy
Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) is hopping mad that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has refused to send to Capitol Hill the Commission
Mixed quarter for LBI Media
LBI Media (Liberman Broadcasting) had a big growth quarter in Q2 for its TV division, with the still-new EstrellaTV network. Radio, meanwhile, was down...
NABJ Black Press Task Force hosts reception in Philly
DC-based National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Black Press Task Force--committed to bridging the gap between the Black press and Black journalists in mainstream...
RTDNA survey shows sharp rise in TV, radio news salaries
The Radio Television Digital News Association, a.k.a. the Radio and Television News Directors Association, reports both TV news staffing and salaries went up noticeably this past year. The latest RTDNA/Hofstra
American Voters are paying close attention to Washington
The Iowa debate has concluded which to many marks the starting gate to the political season for the race to the White House. Republican's
Radio down, TV up for SBS
Spanish Broadcasting System is growing its still-young TV business, but the much larger radio segment was down in Q2. All in all, revenues were...
Urban radio personalities – they don't get it
Sadly, I listened to Steve Harvey's rant and tirade against Tavis Smiley today (8/12) and yesterday (8/11). Harvey's rant was sad because he didn't...
Insider trading charge for another Disney staffer boyfriend
You may remember that a former Disney employee and her boyfriend were sentenced recently in an insider trading scheme discovered in 2010. Now the...
Deloitte sees improvement in consumer spending profile
Despite the recent turmoil surrounding the national debt debate and instability on Wall Street, the Deloitte Consumer Spending Index for July has shown improvement. Deloitte says that it
The Weather Channel integrating Twitter into programming
The Weather Channel is turning Twitter users into field reporters, ready to be put into the spotlight and featured on air whenever severe weather...
Word-of-mouthers back honesty in online advertising standards
Online advertising can be like the wild wild West
NNN Hispanic Network launches
The Newspaper National Network, the largest ad network for newspapers in the nation, has launched The NNN Hispanic Network targeting Hispanic consumers through Spanish-language...
Gray prefers to buy back preferred shares
Gray Television announced that it had completed the buyback of some of its preferred stock in a private transaction. The seller was not identified.
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