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...
Small market operator reports results
The small markets where penny stock company Debut Broadcasting Corporation operates appear to be holding up fairly well. But the company’s Q2 revenue decline was similar to that of other publicly traded
Allbritton decline barely into double-digits
Compared to what some other broadcasters have reported for the April-June quarter, the 10.4% revenue decline at Allbritton Communications doesn’t look so bad. The broadcast ad decline was
Employees likely out of luck in Trib meltdown
If employees of the Tribune Company ESOP choose the channel Charlie Brown, they may well be saying, “I went out to Wall Street with a piece of a legendary
Cox consolidates operations
Multimedia Cox says digital is blurring the lines between media, and with that in mind, it is bringing its radio, television and newspaper operations together under one roof. Key execs definitely figure into the new
Sony, Best Buy to deliver new line of audio products
Representing nearly two years of cooperation in market research and engineering efforts, Sony Electronics and Best Buy announced the new "ALTUS" audio product line....