David Donovan to head New York State Broadcasters Association
The Board of Directors of the New York State Broadcasters Association (NYSBA) has selected a successor to Joe Reilly, who is retiring after 31...
Madden football game earns praise for concussion message
In older versions of EA Sports market-owning football video game sold under the auspices of longtime NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden, a player...
New York Times unloads on Gannett CEO
A few months after using its pages for a hatchet job that got the CEO of Tribune Company pushed out, the New York Times has now attacked the CEO of another competing media company:
FTC hits vacuum cleaner manufacturer for unproven claims
Oreck Corporation has been claiming that two of its vacuum cleaners can eliminate germs and allergens and cut down on the risk of catching...
Univision, Hispanicize to launch "Latino Social Media for Social Good"
Hispanicize, a resource for Latino social media marketers and bloggers, and Univision Communications will provide free in-depth communications training to non-profits serving Latino communities...
Interest groups discover southwest Michigan
For years, Fred Upton (R-MI) has been able to work his corner of Michigan with ease, gaining election to the US House of Representatives...
Online video engine Blinkx buys Burst ad net
Blinkx spent $30 million for the online advertising network Burst Media. Burst sells ad space packages across hundreds of websites. Unique audience numbers of...
Salem Communications goes to church
Religious and conservative talk radio continue to be the main business lines at Salem Communications, but the company is increasingly involved in non-radio businesses....
CEOs at odds with consumers when it comes to confidence
After several months of economic confidence surveys that were routinely sunny regardless of what group was being surveyed, consumers have started to get a little antsy. But according to the
Marquee matchup for 2012 Virginia US Senate seat
A matchup that for some time has been expected moved light years closer to reality in the great state of Virginia. The retirement of...
Sirius XM trying to buy in notes
Sirius XM Radio would like to buy back any or all of its $98 million of 3.25% Convertible Notes due later this year. It first offered $1,007.50 per $1,000 of face value and has now increased that to $1,010. The tender deadline is still the same, April 20
LOL: Freston waiting for Redstone's thank you (video)
Tom Freston was famously fired as CEO of Viacom by Sumner Redstone because he let Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation outbid him and buy MySpace...
NCAA March Madness on Demand sees 63% increase
The 2011 NCAA March Madness on Demand (MMOD) presented by Turner Sports, CBS Sports and the NCAA delivered the significant increase in total visits YOY across...
NAB offers emergency assistance to broadcasters
When disaster strikes, broadcasters are often at their very best, remaining on air under all types of conditions to provide vital information to their...
White House likely to stand firm on network neutrality
Should the Resolution of Disapproval to deprive FCC net neutrality regulations currently working its way through the House of Representatives also