Consumer confidence takes a spill
RBC CASH Index., a regular measure of consumer attitudes towards the economy, took a plunge, dropping from January’s reading of 58.3 all the way...
Harris CEO Howard Lance to present 2010 NAB Show keynote
Harris Corporation Chairman, President and CEO Howard Lance will be a keynote speaker at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas. In a morning...
RTDNA considers digital journalistic ethics
The Radio Television Digital News Association recently added the word “Digital” to its name, and it has now added the new guidelines on the...
Analyst boosts expectations for CBS
After hearing the Fox TV stations group revenue results from News Corporation, Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente has raised his stock price target
Comcast beats The Street, gung-ho on NBC
Q4 revenues rose 2.9% for Comcast to $9.07 billion, which was better than Wall Street had expected. As for the pending NBC Universal acquisition, CEO Brian Roberts remains excited. In evaluating
NBCU selects KickApps Social Software
NBC Universal Interactive and KickApps, a complete Social Software solution, announced a licensing agreement including the latest version of the “App Studio” and recently...
SOTU is top news
As Haiti continues its recovery from a major earthquake, the items making tremors in the news media shifted back to other matters – in...
Obama backs net neutrality
President Barack Obama used YouTube to make himself available for questions and answers with the American public recently, and the internet portal was a...
Verizon going multi-platform for NBCU Olympics
Verizon, in an agreement with NBC Universal, announced a multi-platform content offering that will make the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic
Univision programming launches on YouTube; Kraft sponsors
Univision Interactive Media, the digital division of Univision Communications, announced that short- and long-form video of top Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión shows are now...
Political blog downplays Citizen United effect
TPM Muckraker, a blog associated with its parent, the popular TalkingPointsMemo political reporting blog, talked with backroom Democratic election operatives, who say that reaction...
Vancouver Olympics will provide huge research laboratory for NBCU
NBC Universal plans to measure audience exposure across all of its media platforms to provide “unprecedented insight into consumer cross-platform behavior and advertising
NABEF inaugurates Corporate Leadership Award
Johnson & Johnson will receive the first Corporate Leadership Award from the NAB Education Foundation (NABEF) during the 12th annual Celebration of Service to...
Pandora launches new small business initiative
Pandora has unveiled a new initiative aimed at the small-to-medium-sized business market offering them the “powerful advertising tools their larger
White House takes on Citizens United decision
Norm Eisen, Special Counsel to the President for Ethics and Government Reform, wrote a White House blog entry to make the argument that the...