Stop the world, I wanna go to Denver
During the week of 8/25/08-8/31/08, there were practically only two places of journalistic interest on the face of the Earth, according to the latest...
Tales from the campaign trail
Barack Obama has agreed to appear on the Fox Network with Bill O’Reilly, even as John McCain pulled out of an appearance on CNN with Larry King. Meanwhile down ticket, the
Tribune sells CareerBuilder piece to Gannett
Gannett is now the majority owner of CareerBuilder – but just barely at 50.8%. It paid $135 million to buy 10% from Tribune Company, which still owns 30.8%. “This transaction offers us
Radio’s Energy Crisis
In watching the presidential race unfold, radio can learn a lot from both candidates. Regardless of your political affiliation or party bias the big elephant in the room is the fact that America has a serious energy problem. We didn’t get here
Ike Pappas dead at 75
Former CBS News reporter Ike Pappas died Sunday at age 75. Pappas was covering the moving of Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas police headquarters...
Nasdaq warns Equity Media
As Equity Media Holdings Corporation continues to deal with its financial challenges, the company says it has received a notice from Nasdaq that could...
Phishing season in progress, don’t get caught
Here’s your fair warning as you get set to pay your FY 2008 regulatory fees. According to Mitchell Lazarus at Fletcher Heald & Hildreth,...
Readers respond
(see below) Rick Seibert asked for advice from other broadcasters on how to deal with his political equal time dilemma. RBR readers have come through. Assuming your PD's show constitutes
Growing pains at Sirius XM?
The Wall Street Journal says that the newly merged satellite audio service Sirius XM may be in serious trouble if it doesn’t come up...
Veoh copyright case tossed
A federal judge in California has dismissed a copyright lawsuit by an adult video company against the video-sharing service Veoh Networks, ruling that Veoh...
Broadcaster in a fix
I'm in the middle of an equal time dilemma and wondering if any one has any ideas. My program director is currently the president of the local school board. He is running for reelection
GfK won’t pursue TNS
GfK says it has not been able to find financing on satisfactory terms to make a buyout bid for TNS, so it is walking...
Gas taking the fire out of back to school
The high price of gasoline is coming right out of household back-to-school budgets, according to a report from online research outfit Zoomerang. Parents and...
When the Traffic Audience Leaves
This is going to be painful. Watch as the only recurring element in radio programming that the audience can immediately respond to moves to cell phones. Traffic reports are a radio industry
Five still chasing the Cubs
Tribune Company CEO Sam Zell confirmed that five bidders remain in the running for the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field and he hopes to have a deal by the end of the year. Zell didn’t identify any of the bidders