Media coverage 2010: Too hot, too cold, just right
A new survey from HCD Research allowed US citizens to look back at news coverage of events taking place in 2010, and letting their...
Fred Foy 'Lone Ranger' announcer, dies at 89
"Hi-Yo, Silver! A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo, Silver." was heard first on the...
US population approaches 310M, Congress heads south
308,745,538. That’s how many people the Census Bureau was able to count in its 2010 tally. Although it represents almost a 10% increase over...
FCC approves net neutrality rules on split vote
The five FCC commissioners approved Chairman Julius Genachowski
Campus Televideo has reason to shout Eureka
Campus Televideo, which provides cable TV, data and voice services to colleges and universities nationwide, announced Eureka Growth Capital’s (“Eureka”) expanded investment in the...
Wells Fargo likes what it sees for media in 2011
Traditional media is expected to hold its own next year, with radio and outdoor making modest gains and television experiencing only a minor decrease during a political off-year. And there should be more on the M&A front
CBS Outdoor launches Penn Station effort for Intel's smart TV
The future is here, all wrapped up in an interactive experience that targets consumers as soon as they enter New York's Penn Station. CBS...
United Kingdom paving the way for product placement
US programmers trying to adapt to a world full of DVRs, and sales departments simply looking for as many revenue streams as possible have...
Phone books may be headed to intensive care unit
A media consultant believes that an old media standby, the telephone book, is a highly endangered species and may be well on its way to extinction. Like
Shoppers still shopping, so keep on promoting
Coupon company Eversave says that there is a lot of buying yet to be done this holiday season. Few shoppers are finished, and a...
DirecTV expands its Brazilian holding
DirecTV announced that it had completed the purchase of $604.8 million in stock of Sky Brazil from Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A. (Globo). That increased...
Tribune Media Services buys CastTV for online video navigation
End-user online video consumers are looking for that one-stop-shop app/solution that can deliver the most video choices easily, quickly and offers up only what...
Dannon agrees to pay $21M and tone down yogurt ads
It’s not every day that actress Jamie Lee Curtis shows up in a Federal Trade Commission document, but she did this time due to...
Now only three plans to reorganize Tribune Company
The Chapter 11 proceeding for Tribune Company drags on, but now creditors will have one less reorganization plan to pick from. One group of...
AP staffers protest lack of a contract
Members of the News Media Guild, who have been working without a contract at the Associated Press since the end of November, announced a