Emmis buyout tender to be launched next week
Now that the Board of Directors at Emmis Communications has endorsed the bid by CEO Jeff Smulyan and Alden Global Capital to take
FCC Changes Have Hidden Agenda
Often times we are willing to sit back and let special interest groups fight the battles that have an impact on our lives or livelihoods. However, every once in a
Five news organizations honored for diversity coverage
The Radio Television Digital News Association and UNITY: Journalists of Color lauded five news organizations on Wednesday with the RTDNA/UNITY award, which honors outstanding...
House Democrats tell FCC to hit the brakes on net neutrality
Gene Green (D-TX) and 73 of his friends on the Democratic side of the House of Representatives aisle have fired off a letter to...
Assistant to Disney exec charged in insider trading scheme
The US Attorney’s office in New York announced that an assistant to a top executive of The Walt Disney Company has been charged with offering to sell
Ellen DeGeneres, record mogul
As she wrapped up her first season as a judge on Fox’s “American Idol,” Ellen DeGeneres is diving deeper into the music business. She announced Wednesday that she is starting a record label with her TV production company, Telepictures Productions
Hutchison welcomes Communications Act overhaul
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) not only welcomed the announcement from four key congressional Democrats that they were going to take a look at...
Michael Jordan dead at 73
CBS Corporation announced that former CBS Chairman and CEO Michael H. Jordan died late Tuesday after a long bout with cancer. Jordan would have...
Does the emperor have any clothes, or were we just looking at one outfit?
In a posting on Radio Business Report on Monday, May 24th, Glenda Shrader Bos and Richard Harker extolled Jeff Smulyan’s speech at our Digital Strategies for Broadcasting Conference
National PACs pack it in during April
The Republican Party won two of three head-to-head PAC fund-raising matchups for the month of April, but the Democratic Party still wound up bringing...
FCC opens Notice of Inquiry into media ownership rules
Since the fall of last year, the FCC is engaged in the process of reviewing its rules and regulations governing media ownership. It is...
Philadelphia Independence Visitor Center join “CBS Always On” net
The Independence Visitor Center Corporation (IVCC), the City of Philadelphia's most visited venue with nearly three million visitors annually, have joined “CBS Always On,”...
Murdoch ready to charge for online UK newspapers
News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch is making good on his vow to start charging online readers of the Times of London and Sunday Times...
IAB forms multicultural council
In order to support advertisers’ strategies to reach diverse consumer groups, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced the formation of the IAB Multicultural Council....
Starkey Hearing Foundation founders to be honored
William and Tani Austin, founders of the Starkey Hearing Foundation, will receive the Service to America Leadership Award for their dedication to providing free...