Road trip plans on the upswing
2009 was a year in which many consumers spent the Memorial Day weekend and most of the summer close to home. But a new...
Tisch well past a half million Saga shares
It appears that Ed Christian’s biggest fan is Daniel Tisch, son of the former CBS owner, Lawrence Tisch. Since we last reported on Tisch’s...
Media Monitors launches new website
Beginning this week, Media Monitors unveiled its new website design at www.mediamonitors.com. The new homepage was created around the pillars of the services the...
iheartradio introduces commercial-free programming
CC Radio unveiled the latest version of its top-ranked iheartradio mobile app, featuring commercial-free content from top radio personalities, over 750 local radio stations,...
Colemans meeting with daughter Chloe’s heart transplant recipient
Warren Kurtzman President/COO, Coleman Insights tells us that as most of you will recall, Jon Coleman’s 14-year-old daughter Chloe unexpectedly passed away nearly three...
Unions step forward to balance conservative PAC spending
In the wake of the Citizens United decision, we’ve noted the formation of new political action committees forming cash caches to participate in the...
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