Media revenues only up division for Nielsen
Q2 revenues fell 5.9% for The Nielsen Company, but the company nonetheless managed to grown operating income. The Media segment, including the
CNN Pulls Plug
In response to your story about CNN pulling radio talk show hosts as guests I'd like to add a quick opinion. I think CNN is doing the right thing at the moment. It's a tough call but as we all know that are such things "still" as journalistic ethics
Retrans up, ad sales down at Nexstar
Like many other broadcasters, Nexstar CEO Perry Sook says it looks like core ad spending is finding a bottom, with net revenues down 12%...
SBS reports decline for both radio and TV
Even start-up Mega TV saw revenues decline in Q2, but not nearly as much as the radio group at Spanish Broadcasting System.Net revenues for...
Two AP journalists injured in Afghanistan
The Associated Press reports that two of its journalists embedded with US troops in Afghanistan were wounded Tuesday in a roadside bombing. Photographer Emilio...
Scarborough Research adds cell-phone-only to sample
With more and more homes going without a landline phone, Scarborough Research announced that it will incorporate cell-phone-only (CPO) users into the sample frame...
TV pirates on the horizon
Part of the reason pirates never really got into TV was the cost of equipment versus transmitter availability. As the LPTV & translators eventually move from NTSC to ATSC, the ability to get a hold of transmitter and antenna that a pirate could
Geller on CNN pulling radio show guests
TVNewser has learned, and a CNN spokesperson confirms, that in an editorial meeting this week, CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein asked his show producers to...
Cuomo stops car dealers from running “deceptive” clunker ads
NY Newsday reports NY State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has issued "cease and desist" orders to about 40 New York auto dealers for what...
Saving WLIU
WLIU-FM is Long Island’s only local National Public Radio station—and it is threatened. Long Island University—under major economic pressure—has decided it can no longer...
MMTC reasserts nondiscrimination in ad sales contracts
David Honig, President and Executive Director of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, fired off a letter to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski Regarding its July 15, 2008 request that the
Mega Media Group files Chapter 11
Less than a month after saying it had gotten a reprieve from major creditors, Mega Media Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection....
In response to ScottENCO comments….
We noticed the posting “WideOrbit and ScottENCO” after WideOrbit officially announced the acquisition of Google Radio Automation. We have made no comments regarding ScottEnco at any point in time prior to this email
Ira Apple dead at 74
Ira Apple, a broadcaster for well over 50 years, died Tuesday at a hospice facility in Reisterstown, MD. Apple had suffered a series of...
VCI Solutions CEO launches new blog
Revenue management solutions provider VCI Solutions has launched a new blog entitled ‘VISION of the Media Evolution’ by CEO Sarah Foss (http://vcisolutions.typepad.com/vision/). Sarah has...