TrafficAlert mobile app gaining ground
GreenOwl Mobile has launched new affiliates for its TrafficAlert mobile service, a platform for media companies to participate in the rapidly growing mobile, social...
Comcast looking for minority business start-ups
The venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corp., Comcast Interactive Capital, has partnered with DreamIt Ventures to provide money and other support to five minority-led start-up businesses
Sagansky and Sloan are newly minted media moguls
Now they just have to find a media company or two to buy. Former CBS Entertainment President Jeff Sagansky and former MGM CEO and SBS Broadcasting founder Harry Sloan raised $190 million on Wall Street for their
Special elections fuel political spending
The exit of Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) from the US Congress opened a seat in California District 36 in the Los Angeles area, and...
Split decision in Fisher Communications vote
IVS Associates is still working on the final tally, but it appears that neither side managed to elect a full slate in the contested shareholder...
AFTRA merger with SAG moving forward
The National Board of Directors of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has overwhelmingly passed a resolution approving the appointment of...
Republican senators mistrust mobile text alert plan
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) was a proponent of a emergency alert system that would be delivered to cell phones, but now he wants to...
The Broadcast Spectrum Auction Paradox
The Government seems to know better. Where have we heard that before? Now the FCC wants to have a spectrum auction claiming that broadcasters
TV up, radio down for LBI Media
Net revenues were up 8% in Q1 to $25.4 million for LBI Media (Liberman Broadcasting). TV was up, fueled by the new EstrellaTV network,...
FCC commissioner draws heat, defenders for Comcast move
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Marketron launches "Media Connect"
Media companies including radio, television, cable, print and digital can now offer advertisers an online branded payment portal to manage their own accounts, incentivize...
Function (X) stock cools to holding pattern
Despite the financial beating he took from the recession on the real estate side, it looks like Sillerman is doing pretty well this year. His Function (X)
Communications Subcommittee gently sautes commissioners
House Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden (R-OR) kept the session focused...He offered up a seven-point proposal that was
Huckabee decides to pass on presidency bid
Former Arkansas governor and 500-affiliate syndicated Citadel Media talker ("The Huckabee Report") Mike Huckabee decided not to run for president in 2012 during his Fox News Channel ("Huckabee") show 5/14. He said he would not seek the Republican