Vegas gathering drew a crowd
As the NAB Show in Las Vegas wraps up today, the NAB announced that the event drew 105,259 attendees. Within that there were 28,310...
Television stocks nose upward
When the day began, you could by one share of each of the television stocks we follow for 75.52 - and with the proper...
Citadel, Radio One are a drag
It wasn't a particularly good day on Wall Street for radio, but then again it wasn't all that bad, except that Citadel seemed to...
Magazines fighting tough conditions
Advertising revenue is down in the consumer magazine business, according to the Publishers Information Bureau. Q1 2008 is said to have suffered a decrease...
MG's boardroom is a battlefield
Television/newspaper company Media General, headed by Stewart Bryan, has its own preferred candidates to sit on the corporate board.
It’s a multi-platform world
“Business as usual just doesn’t cut it anymore,” said Sheau Ng, NBC Universal VP of Consumer and Broadcast Technology, as he discussed the moves...
Pittman: Internet does not compete with radio and television
Bob Pittman may be known to most of the world as an Internet visionary, but he was a broadcaster first and he told the...
Media gives the campaign a rest
Finally, coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign cooled off a little bit, as measured by the Project for Excellence in Journalism during the week...
BET founder betting on Clinton
Black Entertainment Television founder Bob Johnson (who has since moved on from the company) defended the earlier comments of former Rep./VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro...
New blood at Young, AP
Television owner/operator Young Broadcasting has announced a new nomination to its board of directors, even as two others announced their retirement. But the real...
SBS sets its date with Wall Street
The execs at Spanish Broadcasting System are no doubt putting their dogs and ponies through their paces in preparation for the company's Q1 results...
Election prediction: Broadcasters lose
“For broadcasters, all three of these candidates would give you heartburn,” said Linda Douglass of National Journal as she and other veteran political reporters...
HD can help radio find momentum
I can’t say if HD Radio will “make it” (whatever that means) or not, but your commentator’s six wooden stakes I think misses the point.
Tim Robbins cuts loose
When NAB Convention planners got a look at the keynote speech that actor/director Tim Robbins planned to deliver yesterday, they apparently got nervous and...
Rehr sees challenges and opportunities
“We will leave no TV set behind,” declared NAB President David Rehr, noting that his speech yesterday in Las Vegas might be his last...