Entravision hosts Fiestas Patrias Celebration
Kicking off Hispanic Heritage month, Entravision Communications hosted its annual Fiestas Patrias Celebration to commemorate Mexican independence on 9/12 at the Civic Center Park...
Jody Dean and the Morning team to simulcast on local TV
TXA 21 (KTXA-TV), the CBS-owned independent station in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, will simulcast two hours of CBS Radio sister station 98.7 KLUV’s Jody...
House subcommittee tees up Glenn Beck advertiser Goldline
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, part of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, will hold a hearing
Betty Stoddard-Muncie dead at 90
Betty Stoddard-Muncie was a legend in Reno, NV radio and television, honored last year by the city with an official day in her honor....
Media General stations, Zillow.com expand real estate partnership
Media General said it will extend its Zillow real estate partnership to all of its television station markets by the end of the year....
Aurelius wants Tribune management replaced
RBR-TVBR readers will remember Aurelius Capital Management as an activist securities holder in the Citadel Broadcasting Chapter 11 bankruptcy, trying unsuccessfully to change the...
FCC
Republican FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker cited the First Amendment and a 200-year tradition of a strong independent press as reasons to allow the journalism...
Disney/ABC, Nielsen pact for iPad app that syncs with content
This is the first app built on Nielsen’s Media-Sync Platform, which uses audio watermarking to synchronize mobile devices to TV programming. ABC’s “My Generation...
New release underscores futility of overzealous indecency rules
A new work of art in the song category is being released in three forms – an audio recording, a video and a ring-tone,...
Philadelphia newspaper sale called off
Having failed to come to terms with the Teamsters Union, Philadelphia Media Network Inc. has called off its $139 million purchase of the Philadelphia...
Warner Bros. Records management shakeup
Warner Music Group (WMG) announced a new senior management team for Warner Bros. Records, the label group which includes the Warner Bros., Asylum, Nonesuch,...
Tribune creditors want right to sue Sam Zell
Unsecured creditors of Tribune Company have asked Federal Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey for permission to sue Sam Zell and others involved in the 2007
Hispanic media watchdog wants FCC to collect employment data
The National Hispanic Media Coalition says it used to be able to study the level of Hispanic employment at US broadcast outlets, thanks to...
Union dispute may scuttle Philly newspaper sale
It looked like the ownership of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News was decided in April, but there’s been an unexpected twist. The buyer...