Young movie-goers look online
Want to go see a movie? Perhaps you’ll check the newspaper or magazine movie reviews. Not if you’re 15-24. Yes, TV is a big...
Copps sees no return of Fairness
Many close observers of Washington, particular those who are or admire conservative radio Talkers, suspect that a Democratic attempt to revive the Fairness Doctrine is afoot. Not so, said Michael Copps
V-me, Grupo Latino de Radio join for Election Eve coverage
V-me, America’s fastest growing Spanish TV network, has joined forces with the Grupo Latino de Radio (GLR) Spanish language radio group, for live primetime...
Dems pressing hard for 60 Senate seats
In the final days, look for a hot spending in a number of states where competitive races are being run, or where wishful thinking...
WideOrbit raises cash
Media revenue management systems company WideOrbit has raised $10 million in expansion funding. The company says the funding round was led by Mayfield Fund,...
Sinclair update is upbeat
Sinclair Broadcast Group has updated its guidance to Wall Street, noting that some last minute unexpected political ad buys have improved its revenue outlook...
Running out of election to cover
But that didn't stop the media from keeping the lasers trained on Obama and McCain during the week of 10/20/08-10-26-08, according to the latest...
Martin on the Inside the Beltway off-ramp?
A new look at the immediate future of the FCC suggests that no matter who prevails next Tuesday, Barack Obama or John McCain, current...
Broadcast clients among those caught in FTC dragnet
A host of allegedly bogus credit repair companies have been busted by the FTC for falsely touting their abilities to lure in paying customers....
Newspapers continue to lose readers
The latest stats from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) shows newspaper circulation in the US down 4.6% from a year ago. Even so,...
Washington Post Co. outlook cut by S&P and Moody’s
Standard & Poor’s cut its credit rating outlook for the Washington Post Company to “negative” from “stable” and Moody’s Investors Service did likewise. Even...
Gannett Q3 down, but not as bad as expected
Broadcasting was the bright spot in Q3 as Gannett reported revenues for the division up 3.9%. $50 million from political and Olympics advertising boosted...
Candidate tries to duck the airwaves
You can run, but if we were your opponent, you would not be allowed to hide. Tim Mahoney (D-FL), who owes his seat in...
Redstone says no to selling CBS or Viacom
The media mogul told the Wall Street Journal there’s “not a chance” he will sell either CBS Corporation or Viacom to clean up the balance sheet at
MFM “Responding to Change”
That’s the theme of the 2009 Annual Conference for the Media Financial Management Association (MFM) and its BCCA subsidiary, May 12-14 in Atlanta. Co-Chairs...