Nils Larsen now CEO of Tribune Broadcasting
New Tribune Company CEO Eddy Hartenstein is putting his executive staff in place, with Nils Larsen named CEO of the broadcasting division. Gone is...
Smartphone users really use their smartphone
A Prosper Mobile Insights survey of people who carry and use smartphones shows that in most cases, the devices are fully integrated into the user
Assessing the associations: RAB, TVB & NAB
Ever wonder where and what your dues are going for at the trade associations? Are you getting the value for your money? Are you getting the leadership
RBR-TVBR analysis: Let the FCC regulate retransmission
MVPDs are dead set on getting what they think will be a helping hand from the government when it comes to negotiating a fair price to retransmit
Former Myspace CTO to launch Facebook competitor
Dmitry Shapiro has raised about $1 million in funding from investors including Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Myspace founder Tom Anderson to launch a privacy-conscious alternative to Facebook named
PTC wants a Supreme effort on indecency
The FCC has asked the Supreme Court to review its loss at the circuit court level on the matter of fleeting indecency, and the...
Financing sources returning to broadcasting
Kristin Allen, Managing Director, Credit Suisse. She sees bank and bond leverage together being able to go to six, six and a quarter or six and a half times
Vacation scammers preying on Hispanics sued by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against companies that used Hispanic radio and television advertising to make their victims believe they had won...
Comcast and NBCU merge venture capital funds
Comcast Corporation announced that it has combined Comcast Interactive Capital, the venture capital affiliate of the company, with the Peacock Equity Fund, formerly the venture capital affiliate of NBC
Ed Schultz apologizes to Laura Ingraham (video)
“I have embarrassed my family. I have embarrassed this company,” Ed Schultz said Wednesday night at the opening of “The Ed Show” on MSNBC....
MSNBC suspends Ed Schultz (audio)
It was on his syndicated radio show that Ed Schultz referred to competitor Laura Ingraham as a
Viacom boosts its dividend
Shareholders of Viacom are going to have some more cash to spend. The company’s board of directors has boosted the quarterly dividend by 67%.
The...
Bubba the Love Sponge named pace car driver for Coke Zero 400
The 53rd Annual Coke Zero 400, powered by Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has chosen Radio IO Internet and syndicated radio talker Bubba the Love Sponge Clem as honorary pace car driver on Saturday, 7/2 at Daytona
The passing of a golden soul
A year after the death of actor Gary Coleman, the original manager of the child star reflects on Coleman’s too-short life and places blame...
State internet taxes an issue for national etailer
Overstock.com will no longer strike contracts for advertising in the state of Connecticut due to a new State tax on retail transactions conducted over...