The FCC “Future of Media” Report: or, what’s really going on in radio
About a week ago, the FCC finally released its long-awaited report on the
Organization seeks to build media portrayal of females
Former FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate and Academy Award winner Geena Davis (pictured) are teaming with an extensive roster of people with media connections to...
Crossownership punted back to the FCC
The US Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the FCC to review its 2008 rulemaking to loosen the broadcast-newspaper crossownership rule...RBR-TVBR observation: From the outset it has been clear that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
NFL labor talks reaching the tipping point
The owners and players of the National Football League are said to be close enough to a deal that lawyers are drawing up the...
NBC Nightly News adds Windows Phone app
The NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams app is now available for free on Windows Phone via the Windows Phone Marketplace. It uses the...
Another consumer survey produces dismal results
It was just yesterday in this space when we noted surveys showing modest signs of economic improvement among the business community. We also noted...
Warner Music Group sold to Russian billionaire
Shareholders of Warner Music Group voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday (7/6) to approve the sale of the record label to Russian billionaire Len Blavatnik for...
CBS comes to terms with technicians union
CBS and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers announced they have reached a tentative agreement on a contract covering 2,800 technicians. The three-year deal...
Business surveys counter gloomy economic predictions
Measurements of consumer confidence have been almost universally on the downturn the past few months after kicking off 2011 on a positive note. But...
ESPN Radio launches ESPN Audio NOW
On 7/1, the most listened to live stream of any terrestrial broadcaster in the world, ESPNRadio.com, introduced a new digital audio player allowing fans...
Analyst likes idea of Google buying Hulu
At this point it is just a rumor: But analyst Anthony DiClemente of Barclays Capital thinks it would be a
Wild ride for Pandora Media investors
RBR-TVBR Analysis: Pandora Media sold its IPO in mid-June at $16 per share and as the month came to a close the price was up decently to $18.91. In between, though, trading was extremely volatile. Pandora has exactly two Wall Street analysts officially covering its stock. (It will be late July before
Times Company sells Boston Red Sox stake
There are few major league baseball rivalries as storied as that between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, and the Times...
Pricing Radio Industry Per Inquiry Rates
Radio - or Television - has no systematic way for tracking reach upon airing a PI commercial, or for comparing reach to response, unless you're willing to depend on the client's count of calls received or orders filled.
Yellow Pages pledge to fight on in Seattle opt-out battle
Seattle has responded to citizens who no longer want a Yellow Pages directory delivered to their door by opening up a municipal opt-out website that operates more or less like the do not call list.