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...
Publicis Groupe to acquire Razorfish
Publicis Groupe and Microsoft jointly announced Publicis Groupe will acquire digital marketing agency Razorfish in a transaction valued at $530 million. In addition, they’ve...
Imus soon to sign with Fox Business Network
Well, since FBN sent us this L.A. Times article, we’re thinking this is all but a done deal: “Fox Business is in talks with shock jock Don Imus about
Gores brother eying Boston Globe
Members of the Gores family apparently see future value in media properties. Alec Gores’ private equity firm, The Gores Group, already owns Westwood One....
CEOs pessimism returning, consumers not so much
Chief Executive magazine found less confidence in the economy from its corner office clientele for the month of July. The overall index plummeted from...
Clunkers gassed back up
The unamended House version of the Cash for Clunkers program easily made it through the Senate by a 60-37 vote, and has already been...