News Corp. wants the
News Corp’s BSkyB is trying to prevent Skype, the internet phone company, from continuing to use its name because the first three letters spell...
Azteca America's AzAmerica channel breaks into YouTube Top 100
Thanks to a partnership with YouTube, Azteca America content, including short promotional clips of sports, novelas, entertainment, behind the scenes and lots more, viewers...
McMahon crushes opponents to win Senate nomination
No steel chairs were thrown, but former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon has won the Republican nomination to seek a US Senate seat...
VSS forecast sees growth resuming for radio and TV
After double-digit percentage declines in 2009, both radio and television are seen having up years in 2010, according to the latest forecast from Veronis
Former Sen. Ted Stevens killed in plane crash
Former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) has been killed in a plane crash in Alaska. The small plane with nine people aboard crashed Monday night...
Marvell, Harman team for auto Wi-Fi solutions
Marvell, provider of integrated silicon solutions, and HARMAN, global automotive audio and infotainment provider, announced they are enabling automakers to offer integrated Wi-Fi connectivity...
Moody
Moody's Investors Service announced that it has changed the rating outlook for LBI Media (aka Liberman Broadcasting) to “stable” from “negative.” LBI has approximately...
Breaking: Sen. Ted Stevens likely aboard crashed plane
UPDATE: Stevens has been confirmed dead. Click here for the new story.The Air National Guard has responded to a plane crash that occurred Monday...
NAB negotiations can only lead to a bad compromise
I applaud the NAB
Just say No to PRA negotiations
Broadcasters should call Sound Exchange and ask for the current and past IRS FORM 990. When you read how much money they have in the bank you will fall off your chair. Most of the money
Bay Area media unite for California gubernatorial debate
Three San Francisco media outlets are uniting to jointly sponsor the first debate of California’s 2010 US Senate race between incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer...
Revenues finally in positive territory for Scripps
Television group revenues were up by a double-digit percentage in Q2, while the revenue decline for newspapers got smaller at the E.W. Scripps. The...
E.W. Scripps Company under no pressure to make acquisitions
Debt free and sitting on a pile of cash from the sale of United Media Licensing for $175 million, the E.W. Scripps Company isn’t...
Fisher Q2 TV revenue up 37%; Radio up 8%
Fisher Communications said the advertising recovery that began in late 2009 contributed to strong YOY increases in revenue and broadcast cash flow, which scored...
NABOB getting set for fall confab
The National Association of Black Owned Broadcaster’s 34th Annual Fall Management Conference is just over a month away. The perennial Washington event runs from...