Los Angeles, West Hollywood looking at billboard tax
Municipalities in the major southern California media market are looking for new revenue sources, and they think they have a winner with a tax on outdoor advertising venues. A billboard tax initiative is being put before voters in March 2011
Entry open for Celebration of Service to America Awards
The National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation (NABEF) is seeking entries for the 13th annual Celebration of Service to America Awards, an event that...
Disney report wasn
Wall Street traders beat up on The Walt Disney Company after its fiscal Q4 numbers were released. But analysts Anthony DiClemente and Bo Tang at Barclays Capital have delved deeply into the quarter
Law & Order: SVU, NYU, AOL partner for screening, panel
The producers of the hit Wolf Films/NBC series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” have partnered with NYU and AOL TV to screen a...
Rupert Murdoch serving lunch to critic Media Matters
Liberal media watchdog Media Matters recently participated in and won a charity auction. The prize: Lunch for MM’s founder David Brock and five of...
Newsweek and The Daily Beast to merge
Following weeks of rumors and speculation, The Daily Beast and Newsweek announced that they will merge. The new joint venture will be equally owned...
What radio really needs
The year was 2003, seven years ago, by my finger count or the usual time between finishing high school and earning PHD status, when we set up a wire-card for a lap-top with
Disney missed expectations for quarter
Shares of The Walt Disney Company plunged in the final minutes of trading on Thursday after the company
House Commerce leadership still in flux
Current House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-TX) isn’t the only current member in that position who thinks time spent...
Michael Eisner's Vuguru creating content for AOL
AOL announced a deal to have Vuguru develop and produce a minimum of six original scripted series for distribution by AOL. Vuguru is an independent studio focused on digital and emerging platforms
Study suggests CATV should eye businesses for telco growth
In today’s electronic communications environment, traditional telecommunications companies are providing MVPD service, and traditional MVPDs such as the cable industry are providing telecommunications. To...
NYSBA President Joe Reilly sets retirement
The board of directors of the New York State Broadcasters Association (NYSBA) announced that longtime President Joseph A. Reilly will step down from his...
Consultation by the NAB Radio Board
I think the call for a membership plebiscite on the NAB terms sheet doesn
Two political losers spent almost $100 per vote
When all the numbers are in and analyzed by campaign spending watchdogs, the 2010 midterm political spending total is expected to eclipse all previous records and surpass $4B in all