GSelector version 3.15.1 released
RCS announced the release of GSelector 3.15.1, increasing the tools already found in this world class music scheduler. Enhancements include architecture responsiveness, third party...
Media agrees on top stories, then follow their own noses
Newspaper, online, network television, cable television and radio news departments agreed: The top two stories during the week of 8/9-15-10 were the 2010 elections...
Tribune tribulations as bottom drops out on reorg plan
Two key creditors have withdrawn support for a Tribune Company reorganization plan, throwing the future of the company into doubt and possibly pointing
Media Preferences: Tech-Savvy Voters may impact Election Campaign Spending
Looking at voters and their media habits with Radio formats, TV shows, Newspapers and what technology used will have an impact at mid-term elections:...
Apple pulls the plug on Quattro Wireless
Apple will shut down Quattro Wireless, the mobile ad network it acquired earlier this year for $275 million, as it shifts its focus to...
On mobile industry fighting inclusion of FM tuners in devices as part of royalty
We (BROACASTERS AND THE FCC) are so caught up in multiples, demographics, formats, deals, and wardrobe malfunctions, et al.....we have somehow forgotten we're the...
Glenn Beck/Sarah Palin cleared for Lincoln Memorial rally
An 8/28/10 Lincoln Memorial rally being planned by television and radio personality Glenn Beck and featuring former Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been given the
Big investor nearing 20% of Saga
Investor Daniel Tisch has been accumulating the stock of Saga Communications for years. He
Lost in Translation: PPM Missing Listening
A recent story in the San Francisco Chronicle recounts the adventures of a PPM panelist as she tried to fulfill her responsibilities:“I wore the...
Gannett to launch 100 HighSchoolSports.net microsites
Gannett will launch the hyper-local, co-branded high school sports microsites across its network of more than 100 local media websites, plus national high school...
Stakeholders meet in Washington to discuss open internet
Big cable companies, telco companies and internet content providers are taking part in discussions on the rules and regulations governing the internet going forward. Missing from the meeting: the FCC
Ineffective Online Radio
Various news sources are reporting that the radio industry, under pressure to pay performance royalties for over the air song plays, has come up with a proposal to pay
Journal Communications extends loans two and a half years
Journal Communications announced that it has successfully amended its revolving credit facility and extended its maturity date.The amendment provides for a revolving credit facility...
NAB deal with RIAA/musicFirst
An armed gunman entered a Washington DC bank, aimed the gun at the teller and demanded money.