iheartradio app now available for Android devices
Clear Channel Radio announced that the iheartradio mobile application will be available for Android devices, including one of Verizon Wireless’ newest smartphones, the DROID...
Pulitzer board expands online eligibility
A year ago the rules for the Pulitzer Prizes in journalism were expanded to allow entries from web-based publications as well as print newspapers....
BEYONCÉ tops 10 Grammy nominations, Taylor Swift earns 8
BEYONCÉ LEADS GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS WITH 10; TAYLOR SWIFT EARNS EIGHT; THE BLACK EYED PEAS, MAXWELL AND KANYE WEST EACH GARNER SIX; AND DAVID GUETTA,...
FCC figures in WH bowling incident
It will come as no shock to veterans of the Washington scene to learn that the White House is in cahoots with the FCC...
Bernie Munzelle dead at 80
Long-time Hitachi broadcast sales executive Bernie Munzelle died on Thanksgiving Day of heart failure. He had recently celebrated his 80th birthday.Munzelle was with Hitachi...
NBA Digital to launch NBA Team Game Time Mobile app
NBA Digital has unveiled the customized NBA Team Game Time application for all 30 NBA teams on Android Market, the App Store, and Blackberry...
AP, impreMedia team for mobile Hispanic news content
The Associated Press and impreMedia, a Hispanic multi-platform news and information company, announced an agreement to distribute Spanish-language content over its AP Mobile (www.apnews.com),...
Tribune board ups Randy Michaels to CEO
Tribune Company announced Wednesday morning that its board of directors had named Randy Michaels CEO and elected him to the board. Michaels had been...
Salem sells bonds, gets Moody’s upgrade
Salem Communications Corporation announced that it has consummated its private placement offering of $300 million of its 9.625% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due...
AFA aims anew in Xmas boycotts
Gap Inc. managed to get three of its outlets -- Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic -- out of the crosshairs of the American Family Association by the simple expedient of running an ad for...
Tribune Co. gets more time for Chapter 11 plan
Angry creditors have failed in an attempt to push Sam Zell aside and submit their own reorganization plan for Tribune Company. A federal bankruptcy...
Sale of BusinessWeek to Bloomberg completed
Bloomberg LP announced that it has completed the acquisition of BusinessWeek from The McGraw-Hill Companies. The deal was announced a month and a half...
Anti-alcohol ad campaign launched
The Marin Institute has kicked off its second anti-alcohol advertising invitation. It targets the Super Bowl, which it calls “the biggest alcohol advertising and...
B&C, Multichannel sold to NewBay
Reed Business Information has found a buyer for its US media trade titles. NewBay Media announced that it has acquired Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and TWICE...
Reports: GE and Vivendi come to terms
The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, the Financial Times and other financial news sites are reporting that General Electric has agreed to pay $5.8 billion...