News coverage back to normal spread
During the week of 12/15/08-12/21/08, news directors actually had to pick and choose from a number of important story lines, resulting in the most...
Shot in the arm for consumers?
The National Retail Federation wants consumers back in its members’ stores, and it thinks a good lure would not be a value added, it would be something taken away: the sales tax
NY Times Co. seeks buyer for Red Sox stake
The Wall Street Journal reports The New York Times Co. is actively shopping its stake in the holding company of the Boston Red Sox.“Times...
GateHouse Media sues NY Times Co. over website
GateHouse Media New England filed a lawsuit last week claiming The Boston Globe’s new community Web sites violate copyright and trademark laws by lifting...
Washington Post, Baltimore Sun to share content
The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun announced that effective 1/1 they will share selected stories, photos and news content with each other in...
Year-end appeal from the Broadcasters Foundation
As 2008 comes to an end, the Broadcasters Foundation of America is making an appeal for members of the industry to make a donation...
What we thought would happen in 2008
We suggested that at worst the predictions we made last December could be printed out and used as a parakeet cage liner. We were...
Sirius swaps more debt
Hot on the heels of last week’s shareholders’ vote that approved creation of billions more shares, Sirius XM has swapped more of its stock...
Moody’s downgrade for LIN
In its continuing parade of credit rating downgrades for television companies, Moody’s Investors Service has cut LIN Television Corporation’s corporate family rating to B2...
NDS privatization approved
European antitrust regulators have given the green light to News Corporation and Permira Advisers LLP taking NDS Group private. NDS supplies open end-to-end digital...
Mogreet, Fox Mobile Entertainment forge messgaing deal
Mogreet, a mobile video messaging company, and Fox Mobile Entertainment announced a licensing agreement enabling it to produce mobile video messages based on select...
Will new product sweeten ad spending?
A South African shrub not only has the potential to revolutionize the soft drink sweetening industry, derivatives are already in production. Both Coca-Cola and...
Limbaugh gets support from Air America
One of the founding executives of liberal radio network Air America has taken to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to concur with Rush Limbaugh. Jon Sinton
Predictions on 2009
With the economic tailspin showing no real end in sight, the next year may be a particularly challenging one for advertisers and the radio industry. However, there are several bright spots
Is Radio The Survivor Type?
It seems every day I read about firings and cutbacks of programming people at the major broadcast companies. Well known personalities