DG FastChannel Q3 revenues up 65%
DG FastChannel, provider of digital media services to the advertising, entertainment and broadcast industries, reported record financial Q3 results with revenue of $41.4 million...
Regent claims decent 3Q
In the face of the well-known headwinds shivering the radio business in particular and the economy in general, executives at Regent Communications believe that...
First black president; now how about some journalists?
The National Association of Black Journalists notes that the citizens of the United States “were able to put race on the backburner long enough...
Mega TV the star at SBS
Television is still a small part of Spanish Broadcasting System, but CEO Raúl Alarcón kicked off his quarterly conference call by focusing on the...
Golden Mike honorees
The Broadcasters Foundation of America has named as its 2009 recipients of the Golden Mike Award the people behind Greater Media, CEO Peter Smyth...
Entravision looks to recovery to come
Q3 revenues fell 5% to $61 million for Spanish radio and TV specialist Entravision and EBITDA was down 16% to $21.1 million. Television revenues...
Liberman ratings affirmed…but
Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed its ratings on nearly a half billion dollars of debt at LBI Media, the parent company of Liberman Broadcasting....
Beasley revenue decreases but margins improve
3Q revenue was 8.2% lower in 2008 than during the same period in 2007, down $2.7M to $30.6M, but belt tightening and reduced credit...
Fairness, pornography – what’s the difference?
From a regulatory standpoint, imposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters is not much different than allowing the FCC to keep pornography off the airwaves, according to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Election takes over half the newshole
We would not have been at all surprised to see saturation coverage of the presidential election during the week of 10/27/08-11/2/08. As it was,...
Fans of free speech mark SCOTUS hearing
Both the New York Times and the Washington Post yesterday asked the Supreme Court to uphold the First Amendment and prevent the FCC from overreaching in its zeal to prevent
Flat quarter for Saga
Radio revenues were down a bit, but the small television unit saved the day and brought Saga’s Q3 revenues even with a year ago....
St. Paul won’t prosecute journalists
Officials in St. Paul, MN have decided to drop charges against journalists scooped up in September along with rioters near the Republican National Convention....
Take my theaters, please
A new battle could be brewing between Sumner Redstone and his daughter, Shari. In the quarterly conference call for Viacom, Sumner hinted that the key to resolving the refinancing problems at
Does the media feed teen sexual activity?
A new study is out that says that teenagers who tend to watch a greater amount of sexually-oriented television are also more likely to be involved in a pregnancy. The study was