BFA rewards quality with Quaal award
The winners of the 2009 Broadcast Foundation of America Ward L. Quaal Pioneer Awards will be awarded at the NAB Convention this upcoming April....
No serious plans for Sirius DirecTV bundle
At least not yet – that’s the word from Liberty Media Corporation CEO Greg Maffei, who sees his company’s $530M loan to the debt-challenged...
Senate nixes return of Fairness Doctrine
Legislation promoted by Jim DeMint (R-SC) to prevent the FCC from breathing new life into the Fairness Doctrine was added as an amendment to...
Royalties: Who is to blame?
In my nearly 30 years in radio, I've been a part time DJ, a music director, a PD, an Ops manager, and now I...
TV can’t salvage miserable Post quarter
The Washington Post Company was actually earning money from some of its divisions Q4 2008, especially its broadcast television wing, which enjoyed an operating...
NAB praises Obama Fairness stance
The National Association of Broadcasters said it was glad to hear President Obama come out against reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine. But that doesn’t...
Look out below
Nobody should have gone anywhere near Wall Street without proper headgear, what with all the falling stocks everywhere. Sirius XM at least had some...
This Bud’s too slow? More commentary:
So, GM is in trouble. And, Anheiser-Busch has a European management team that dictates when media gets paid. So what! How many of us, have had to wait for the local hospital
Are labels passing the Eminems?
Rapper Eminem is set for a court date with Universal Music Group over just how much he should be compensated when UMG allows his work to be distributed from digital download sites
Watchdog encouraged by Obama’s kid approach
Jim Dyke, the Executive Director of TV Watch, believes that parents, not the government, should have the ultimate say on what children see on television, and is encouraged that this
San Francisco without the Chronicle
Late reports yesterday hit the internet that Hearst Corp. is figuring what to do with the San Francisco Chronicle -- which may include just...
Economy continues to dominate coverage
The election sat atop the Project for Excellence in Journalism media news coverage charts throughout 2008, and now the economy is monopolizing the top...
Entercom posts Q4 loss
Surprised? We think not – and the good news is that the -14% drop in net revenue for Q4 was actually a better result...
Has the Conference Board found bottom?
For economic watchdog The Conference Board, it’s been a record-setting time – it seems like every time it releases a new consumer confidence index,...
1,500 Ft. tower proposed in Chicagoland
Oklahoma-based BMB Communications Management is proposing a 1,500 foot tall broadcast tower in suburban Crystal Lake, IL. According to The Northwest Herald, BMB wants...