Virginia governor race heats up
It appears that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds has unlocked his campaign warchest and is ready to start investing heavily in broadcast advertising as...
Breaking: Disney buying Marvel for $4B
In a move to add yet another historic brand to the Disney stable, the Walt Disney Company on Monday announced a deal to acquire...
Ebb and flow effect for Beck
It seems that as fast advertisers continue to shun the Glenn Beck’s Fox News Channel program, more viewers are tuning in. The number of...
Lucrative Consumers Concerned about Government Spending
Cautious About Their OwnConsumers with a household income of $100K+ aren’t immune to the happenings in Washington. From an ailing economy to the proposed...
Shoppers Say Legislation Costs Too Much
Slow Down and Get it Done RightKohl’s shoppers (48.1%) are most likely to disapprove of the proposed healthcare reform legislation, according to a new...
Slowdown, Fix the Economy First Then Healthcare
Townhall meeting reaction to healthcare reform as seen on TV newscasts appears to be grounded in grass roots feelings that people have lost their...
SBE election results
This just in to election central. The votes have been counted and the new officers and national directors of the Society of Broadcast Engineers...
Dismal numbers for newspapers
The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) reports that revenues for the nation’s newspapers fell 29% in Q2. It was the 10th straight quarterly decline....
Clear Channel completes bond buyback
The CC Finco subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications has completed the bond buyback tenders it announced at the beginning of the month. The bottom line is that it has been
Arbitron still paying a dividend
Many of its broadcaster clients have cut or suspended dividend payments, but Arbitron is still sending cash out to its shareholders. The ratings company...
WNBC-TV debuts "NYFM" with WRXP-FM talent
Emmis’ 101.9 RXP (WRXP) “The New York Rock Experience” has teamed up with WNBC-TV for the city’s only music show; “NYFM.” The program is hosted by The Rock Show’s Matt Pinfield and Leslie Fram
Imus leaving RFD-TV
The NY Daily News reports Don Imus is leaving RFD-TV, the network that gave him a second chance. Imus will be leaving the rural-focused...
WorldSpace sale called off
International satellite radio company WorldSpace remains in Chapter 11 and its future is uncertain. In the latest development, the company’s debtor-in-possession lenders have nixed...
Bondholders want Tribune documents
Pre-buyout bondholders of Tribune Company have asked a federal bankruptcy judge to order the company to give them access to internal documents about
Advertisers run afoul of the feds
You rarely see the FCC get involved in advertising content, unless it’s a noncommercial station that is getting a little too frisky with its