Dan Patrick signs for new show on DIRECTV
Sports Talker Dan Patrick will bring his wit and humor to DIRECTV’s The 101 Network with a new TV show based on his Content...
Why is Congress involved in Performance Royalties?
Congressional involvement in this issue, is actually the issue, and the problem. Just think about their comments at the hearing.....Maxine Waters says "minority broadcasters...
Media General closing Washington bureau
The newspapers, television stations and Internet sites of Media General will no longer have their own staff of reporters working in the Nation’s Capital....
Surprising consumer optimism detected
Pew's Economic Mobility Project commissioned a pair of research companyes to take the pulse of the American public and found that an overwhelming majority...
Winners and losers in journalism 2008
People looking for news continued the recent trend of flocking to the internet, according to the 6th annual State of the News Media Report...
Wal-Mart to open Hispanic markets
Wal-Mart plans to open its first Hispanic-focused supermarkets this summer in Arizona and Texas. The pilot stores, named Supermercado de Walmart, will open in...
A superior audio experience and compelling new content
...so reads another press release on another HiDeaf Receiver -- as broadcasting awaits the payoff from this group of crazy radio CEO's banded together on the edge of reality with their illegal
TV up, radio down for Fisher
Fisher Communications noted that its TV stations (in 3 locked-down blue states and 1 locked-down red state) got virtually no presidential campaign spending, but other political spending helped boost Q4 TV revenues by 12% – a gain of 3.8% on a same station basis
LIN in the black for 2008
“Television is still the dominant media and still growing stronger,” said LIN honcho Vincent Sandusky. He was able to paint a picture of his...
S&P yanks GE’s AAA rating
Most company CFOs salivate over the prospect of a AA+ credit rating, but it’s a big disappointment for General Electric as Standard & Poor’s...
On performance royalties
NAB, RIAA and others are appearing before the House Judiciary Committee to testify over performance royalties for broadcasters. I also see where Pamal Broadcasting...
Regent under Moody’s microscope
Regent Communications is the latest broadcaster to face a credit rating review by Moody’s Investors Service, with an eye toward a downgrade. “Regent performed...
A Rush to coverage
During the previous administration, the situation in the Mideast was the week-in, week-out attention hog as far as the journalistic media was concerned, except...
Nexstar bond swap oversubscribed
Nexstar reports that nearly $187 million of its $191.5 million outstanding of 7% senior subordinated notes due 2014 were tendered in an offer to...
Dollars flowing into NY-20
There’s nothing like a hot political race to inject some unexpected cash into the broadcast cash register – and it’s especially cool when your...