Renewed assault on alcopops
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital has done a poll which finds that a clear majority of US adults would like to see restrictions on the...
Sirius XM covenants loom
The FCC extracted some concessions from satellite radio operators Sirius and XM before they became Sirius XM, but now it seems the FCC is holding up reconciliation of those concessions
McDowell urges court to rule on cross-ownership
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell has fired off a letter to the Third Circuit asking the court to rule on pending litigation concerning newspaper
Gates rep leaving Fisher board
The recent deal to avoid a proxy fight gave two seats on the board of directors at Fisher Communications to nominees approved by Mario...
Entravision also cuts pay
All employees at Entravision Communications have had their base pay reduced on a sliding scale. The cuts apply to all employees, including top management.According...
Pay cuts at Journal
Journal Communications told employees Thursday that wages are being reduced by 6% for most of them. The reductions, which apply across the newspaper division...
Economy still rules the roost
Five news stories earned between a 4%-6% share of the news hole during the week of 3/23/09-3/29/09, according to Project for Excellence in Journalism.So...
Auction process needs overhaul, not a bandaid
One broadcaster thinks the MMTC proposals for revamped auctions, detailed here, don’t go far enough -- Bandaids! That's all this is
Gallup detects consumer uptick
The hellish rock bottom score used by Gallup to measure consumer economic sentiments is -200, so the -81 it recorded for the week ending...
Ed Schultz to join MSNBC
Veteran radio talker Ed Schultz joins MSNBC as host of "The Ed Show," premiering on Monday, April 6. "The Ed Show" will air weekdays,...
Unions and ad industry agree on new contract
SAG and AFTRA announced a tentative agreement with the 4As and ANA on a new contract for television and radio commercials. The old contract...
YouTube and Onion among Peabody winners
New media ventures have certainly made it to the big time. In addition to venerable names like NBC, CNN, CBS, ABC, PBS, NPR and...
More media bankruptcies
Now both daily newspapers in Chicago are in Chapter 11 reorganization. Sun-Times Media Group, whose flagship is the Chicago Sun-Times, sought bankruptcy court protection...
FCC: Don’t deep six Channel 6 in planning
Television operators are only too well aware of the inherent flaws in the spectrum hole used for Channel 6, which occupies 82-88 MHz, right next to the low end of the FM reserved band
Credit where credit is due?
Chris Pacheco, Principal Partner, Fat Dawgs Broadcasting/Fresno, took issue with some of the facts and figures from Peak Broadcasting/Fresno in our KMJ stories: