Atlanta honors its radio and TV ad stars
Some names you know are among those honored with 2009 Lifetime Achievement Awards by the Atlanta Broadcast Advertising Club (ABAC). In fact, you may...
Westwood One moving on stock sale
Now that the 1-for-200 reverse split has been completed, Westwood One has filed an update for its proposed sale of $50 million in stock....
Stanley Kaplan dead at 90
Stanley Kaplan wasn’t a media mogul, but the company he created, indeed the industry he pioneered, is now the biggest revenue and profit generator...
Shareholders meeting delayed by Radio One
Perhaps we should say the meeting has been delayed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Radio One says it has to delay the meeting to respond to questions from the SEC
Reader’s Digest files Chapter 11
As previewed last week, Reader’s Digest Association on Monday filed a pre-packaged Chapter 11 petition for bankruptcy reorganization. Its lenders have agreed to provide...
Agency observers pessimistic about recovery
There are basically two prevailing views about the economy among media types according to a new survey – those that think that while it's...
Advertiser action on Beck may spread
Bob Dylan’s paraphrased words may be a small comfort to Fox and Premiere yakker Glenn Beck – he may not need to feel so all alone, as advertisers may
Murdoch leading march toward online $$$
News Corp. mogul Rupert Murdoch is determined to monetize the delivery of news over the internet, and is said to have discussed forming a...
Tribune deals Cubs to Ricketts
The troubled Tribune Company will be reeling in $845M in exchange for one of Major League Baseball’s most storied franchises, the Chicago Cubs and...
NABOB gets set for Fall confab
The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters meets in Washington near the end of September, where the battles against NUD and PPM are expected to be major focus points. Among other hot topics
Clunkers hits the brakes, industry sequel revs up
Amid concerns that enough Clunker deals have been struck to burn through the entire $3B allocation, the program will go into the garage today....
Ford NASCAR and NHRA personalities featured in Taurus campaign
Last fall, Ford Racing's top personalities in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series gave race fans access to...
Farmers Insurance pulls Beck ads; What about radio?
Some 20 companies have agreed to pull ads from Glenn Beck's television show, within weeks of the Fox host calling Obama "a racist" and saying the president "has a deep-seated hatred for white people or
Newspaper loses 44 years of growth
According to a journalism watchdog, the amount of revenue projected for the nation’s newspapers for the entire year of 2009 are comparable to 1965...
Clunkers stutter toward finish line
The program was hot enough to burn through two rounds of funding, but cash for the program is again running low (or gone), and...