FTC rules will treat ad-response calls as telemarketing calls
The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on abusive tactics from some debt relief services by instituting a number of new rules. Among
Washington Post Company mulling Newsweek offers
Bids for Newsweek were due the beginning of July, but as August begins there’s still been no sale announcement. It appears the Washington Post...
Q2 revenues were up 7% for The Nielsen Company
With a $1.75 billion IPO pending, the CFO of The Nielsen Company was restricted in what he could say in the company’s Q2 conference...
Dingell disappointed with FCC broadband approach
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is attempting to find a middle-of-the-road approach to ensuring that the concept of network neutrality applies to internet providers going...
Soccer gave Univision a big Q2 boost
Univision’s net revenues shot up 23.2% in Q2 to $639.8 million. A good bit of that was attributable to the FIFA World Cup soccer...
Connecticut Republican Senate race heats back up
Well, maybe warms up, or even simmers up, is a better way to phrase it. But former Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT), after dropping out...
Jury rules against City of Atlanta and Clear Channel Outdoor
A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded $17.5 million in damages to Bill Corey and Corey Airport Services, who had claimed bid-rigging in the...
NABJ snares Shirley Sherrod as convention speaker
Newsmaker Shirley Sherrod is set to appear before thousands of journalists on Thursday, July 29 at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Annual...
Radio One to restate financials
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and the management of Radio One have concluded that the company needs to restate its financial filings for the past three years and the first quarter of this year. However,
Consumer confidence remains in a tailspin
The Conference Board has found that consumers aren’t much impressed with the current state of the economy, and their hopes for the future are...
Entercom CEO David Field: TV pricing improving faster than radio
Entercom CEO David Field is a radio guy, so he might be a little envious of his television brethren right now. Asked in his...
Cumulus Media changes bankers
According to an SEC filing by Cumulus Media, the company has amended its existing credit agreement. Bank of America has resigned as administrative agent...
Watchdog remains on the indecency beat
L. Gordon Crovitz took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to opine that the recent court ruling striking down FCC fleeting indecency policy was actually a good thing, leading to the empowerment
Tribune buyout
The report of US Bankruptcy Court appointed examiner Kenneth Klee is in and it seems to contain something about the Tribune Company bankruptcy
MMTC renews call for relaxed foreign broadcast investment rules
Arguing that access to capital remains one of the biggest stumbling blocks keeping socially-disadvantaged businesses out of broadcast ownership, the Minority and Media Telecommunications