Yum to divest Long John Silver's, A&W
Louisville-based Yum! Brands Inc. says it plans to sell Long John Silver’s and A&W All-American Food in order to focus on its three larger...
TiVo Premiere app for the iPad now available
And another iPad app makes its debut—in addition to Comcast’s Xfinity TV app and the DISH TV DISH Remote Access app: TiVo says its...
GSelector releases version 3.16
RCS is upgrading its world-renowned music scheduler: GSelector 3.16 enhancements include an upgraded interface to Master Control and expanded traffic reconciliation. New features include...
CBS Interactive Music Group taps Tonefuse for ad sales
As MAGNAGLOBAL just noted, online video ad growth should be around 26.8% this year. So CBS Interactive Music Group is going to capitalize on...
Randy Falco joins Univision to drive revenue
Randy Falco, former Chairman and CEO of AOL and President and COO of NBC Universal Television Group, has joined Univision Communications as Executive Vice...
Indecency watchdogs see an opportunity with Fred Upton
The House of Representatives champion of vastly increased fines for egregious incidents of broadcast indecency was Fred Upton, and a final version of the...
MMTC media confab features Washington VIPs
The second annual Broadband and Social Justice Summit put together by the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council would look almost like a monthly Open...
Media IPO market heating up
RBR-TVBR observation: The Nielsen IPO will get done and help to thaw the icy market. As Pandora grows it is going to need some unique content to attract and keep listeners. Being a jukebox is a
Confidence reports continue to actually inspire confidence
We believe the Ben Franklin was right, and chose to adhere to a generally pessimistic demeanor if only because optimists are never pleasantly surprised....
Cox Cross Media + Adify = Cox Digital Solutions
Cox Media Group amps up its digital sales: Cox Digital Solutions, a division of Cox Media Group
Top consumer watchdog sees confidence on the rise
Reports on the economic confidence levels of various groups are everywhere, and sometimes one can get the impression that questions might edge the results...
News Corp. officially looking at a Myspace sale
As we had noted, not long after Myspace announced 1/11 it was cutting some 500 jobs (nearly half its staff), the bare-bones cutting more move is most likely getting the company ready for a sale. And indeed
Ted Williams back on Dr. Phil, to enter rehab
Only a day after having a bit of a problem in LA for the first two Dr. Phil tapings, Ted Williams, the Columbus OH...
Arbitron sees no enemies when it comes to cross-platform
Folks at Arbitron may be relieved that The Nielsen Company dropped its challenge in the US radio ratings business, but they’re not holding any...
Ford sponsors La Conexion multimedia platform
ESPN Deportes has debuted “La Conexión” (The Connection), creating a centralized platform for Spanish speaking sports fans to interact with ESPN Deportes studio shows...