PACs proliferated in 2008
The total number of political action committees increased by almost 400 during 2008, reflecting the white-hot interest in the campaigns for the White House...
More on Performance Royalties
I’ve been thinking an awful lot about the RIAA’s proposed “performance tax” and the more I think about it, the more I’m coming around to the idea that we should let it pass
Fed chair sees the plateau
Ben Bernanke said that a stabilized financial system will lead to a leveling out of the current downward trends in the economy, and said...
DNC goes after SC governor
Although it is still very much a seasonal category, political increasingly books time whether or not an election is on the horizon. The latest...
Seattle P-I to print last issue today
Hearst Corporation did not find a buyer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the last print edition will go out to 117,600 subscribers today. However,...
NAB to honor Mary Tyler Moore
It wasn’t just broadcasters who loved Mary Tyler Moore as a news producer for fictional WJM-TV Minneapolis – “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was...
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...