Mark Cuban and Dallas are ready to celebrate
Selling Broadcast.com made Mark Cuban a billionaire and enabled him to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Now that the team has finally won an NBA championship, he
Gas prices and economy throwing damper on vacation season
Consumers are taking the high price of gasoline into account when they decide on vacations plans this year – but even more consumers are...
"Dish Nation" to offer up radio stars for new TV show
The Fox Television Stations group is going to find out if good radio makes for good television this summer with
Stocks taking a Friday beating
Negative foreign trade numbers from China, battling over Greece’s debt and expanded Federal Reserve scrutiny of banks combined to push the Dow Jones Industrial...
National EAS test scheduled for 11/9
Rear Admiral James Barnett, Jr., Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, FCC, announced that the National Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test will take...
Limited FCC role seen in rejuvenating local news output
The new FCC report that started out as a look at the future of media and wound up being called “Impact of technology on...
Paul Karpowicz is new NAB Joint Board Chair
Steve Newberry finished his second term as NAB Joint Board chair this week and Paul Karpowicz, pictured, President of Meredith Local Media Group, was...
Moody's has no problem with Universal Orlando deal
The $1.05 billion deal to have NBCUniversal buy out the 50% of Universal Orlando currently owned by Blackstone Capital Partners won’t impact NBCU’s credit...
RNC maps route to the White House in 2012
Spending gets a shot in the arm during even years, thanks to the fact that they include the vast bulk of election activity. And every four years, the stakes are even higher, as vast sums of money are spent in pursuit of a chance to reside in the big white
Private companies upbeat about US economic prospects
Most of the economic surveys we’ve seen lately have been flat to slightly negative, but here’s one that is slightly up over previous quarter...
Lady Gaga to launch social network for celebs
And it’s got the backing of Google Chairman Eric Schmidt via his Tomorrow Ventures firm. “Backplane” will be aimed at the unique needs of...
NBCU to buy out partner in Universal Orlando
NBCUniversal has a deal to purchase the 50% of Universal Orlando that it doesn
Another economic snapshot captures doldrums
The latest look at consumer attitudes from The Harris Poll finds that although there has been slight improvement since the financial crisis began in...
Myspace may get a partner rather than sale
News Corp. is moving toward a deal for Myspace, with a strategic partnership appearing more likely than a straight sale, according to a WSJ...