Jeff Smulyan: Emperor Has No Clothes!
Remember the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale about swindlers that convinced a King that they could weave clothes so wonderful that they were invisible
Oil rig trumps SCOTUS nominee in news derby
The nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court was a big story, but not big enough to oust the BP oil rig explosion...
Valerie Geller scores Rockwell Award
Congrats to industry consultant/author Valerie Geller, President of Geller Media International, who has been named this year's recipient of The Conclave's Rockwell Award. Acknowledged...
Watchdogs oppose relaxed cross-ownership rules
A coalition of public interest groups spearheaded by Media Access Project and the Institute for Public Representation is arguing that the FCC’s
Shut-down of ISP silences botnets and zombie drones
Internet service provider 3FN has been ordered out of business by a district court on advice and request of the Federal Trade Commission. It...
More groups join the NAB
Hot on the heels of last week’s big announcement that CBS and Fox had returned to membership in the National Association of Broadcasters, the...
Sales down for ShopNBC; NBCU cashing out
Home shopping on TV and online isn’t rebounding as quickly as ad sales for broadcasters, so ShopNBC reported that Q1 net sales were down...
Flood relief efforts for broadcasters in Tennessee
The Broadcasters Foundation of America has teamed up with the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters (TAB) to deliver emergency aid to local broadcasters and their...
Rep. Anthony Weiner attacks Goldline, Glenn Beck and others
Claiming that precious metal peddler Goldline uses conservative broadcast talkers to whip audiences into a frenzy about upcoming financial catastrophe
NAB highly critical of FCC ownership moves
The National Association of Broadcasters filed comments with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on the latest go-around of Prometheus v. FCC
TVOneOnline.com launches first Web series
TV One’s Digital Media Group has launched its first web series, “The Cube Life,” based around the hilarious scenarios that all coworkers experience in...
Scandal-ridden Indiana Rep. Mark Souder steps down
Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) found himself spotlighted on Fox News, caught in an affair with a part-time staffer. Rather than become fodder for the...
TV revenues up, radio flat for LBI
LBI Media (Liberman Broadcasting) reported that Q1 revenues were up 9% to $23.6 million. The gain was all on the television side, while radio...
Sirius XM ups its guidance to Wall Street
Only a half month after reporting its Q1 financial results and providing guidance to Wall Street about expectations for the full year, Sirius XM...
FCC media ownership workshop agenda revealed
The FCC will visit Stanford CA Friday 5/21/10 to look at the rapidly evolving media environment as the second decade of this new millennium...