Gracie Award winners named
American Women in Radio & Television (AWRT) has announced the 2010 winners of the 35th Annual Gracie Awards. National award winners will be presented...
Moonves signs on for another five years
CBS Corporation President and CEO Les Moonves won’t be going anywhere else. He’s signed a new employment contract which will keep him at the...
Arbitron launches out-of-home video training
Starting with Gannett’s Captivate Network, Arbitron has launched a new educational series for digital, out-of-home video advertising.The new series includes insights on Out-of-home Video...
Economic woes lead a news week with no one big story
The Project for Excellence in Journalism found a lot of stories in the news mix for the week of 2/15-21/10 – with no one...
Sinclair completes tender offers
Sinclair Broadcast Group has wrapped up the tender offers for two bond issues that it announced in late January. Over $26 million of the...
“Mobile DTV Marketplace” at NAB 2010
As the excitement builds for DTV broadcasting to mobile and handheld devices, leading industry groups announced plans to co-sponsor the "Mobile DTV Marketplace" the...
Spike.com launches “Captain Morgan BracketMaster Challenge” 2010
Spike TV’s Spike.com and Captain Morgan have teamed up for March Madness and will launch the "Captain Morgan BracketMaster Challenge." The six-week challenge kicked...
Consumer confidence takes a plunge
After a nice pick-up in January, the closely-watched Conference Board check-up on consumer confidence declined sharply in February, going from 56.5 to 46.0. A...
Marketron, Ando Media integrate offerings
Marketron and Ando Media announced the integration of Marketron Revenue Builder, a multi-media sales app, with Ando Media’s Internet radio ad management and serving...
Scripps hangs for sale sign on United Media
E.W. Scripps Company says it is exploring strategic options for its United Media Licensing division. Its newspaper syndication titles include the “Miss Manners” column...
IAB, 4A’s release “Standard Terms and Conditions Version 3.0”
The Interactive Advertising Bureau and the American Association of Advertising Agencies announced that the “4A’s/IAB Standard Terms and Conditions Version 3.0” (Ts&Cs) have been finalized and are ready for adoption throughout the interactive industry
Sirius XM eligible entity deadline extended again
One of the conditions on the merger of satellite audio services Sirius and XM into Sirius XM is a set-aside of 4% of the merged entity’s channel capacity to be programmed by and/or leased to “eligible entities.”
Univision Interactive to launch “Novelas y Series” channel
Univision Interactive Media, the digital division of Univision, announced plans to launch a new online and mobile “Novelas y Series” (Novelas and Series) channel...
Canadian mega-merger moving forward
An Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List), operating much the same way as a US federal bankruptcy court, has approved the plan to have Shaw Communications acquire a controlling stake in Canwest Global Communications
Common Sense to honor Genachowski
Children’s content watchdog Common Sense is about to hold its Sixth Annual Common Sense Media Awards and one of this year’s honorary foursome is...