Still money to be made on Cumulus stock

Depending on when the buyout deal goes to closing, Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller is telling clients that they can make an annualized return...

Nielsen moving forward toward IPO

Raising billions on Wall Street is not an easy process. The Nielsen Company has now filed its third update to its pending IPO. A...

RTDNA announces regional Murrow Award winners

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) announced the 2011 regional winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in electronic journalism. KIRO-FM...

Beasley’s Boston Boost Brings A Sales VP To C-Suite

The Director of Sales for Beasley Media Group's cluster stations in New England's biggest market has just been promoted to the corporate level position of VP/Sales for the entire radio broadcasting company.

Senate nixes return of Fairness Doctrine

Legislation promoted by Jim DeMint (R-SC) to prevent the FCC from breathing new life into the Fairness Doctrine was added as an amendment to...

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

Cablevision Systems launches Optimum Select RFI

More interactive television options for viewers and advertisers: Cablevision Systems announced the successful launch of Optimum Select RFI with email fulfillment from a live...

Stop the Royalty Bandwagon by changing the discussion

Try this one on for size regarding the performance royalty issue. How about if we in radio just say yes, hell yes-- we'll pay some sort of Royalty Fee to the artists

How Radio Can Drive More Traffic To Auto Dealers

A large dealer group CMO and the head of its Hispanic market agency are set to share winning strategies for luring Latino buyers

Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger called gift to Obama

The way BusinessWeek media critic Jon Fine sees it, the proposed merger of concert promotion giant Live Nation and ticket selling giant Ticketmaster is...

Wicks Broadcast Solutions merges with Marketron International

Rival traffic and billing system providers Wicks Broadcast Solutions and Marketron International are merging.  Pete D'Acosta, CEO of WBS, will remain as CEO of...
Consumers

Spending steady despite tax increase

Tax rates went up marginally in April, said economy watchdogs at Deloitte, but not enough to put much of a dent in a sustained pattern that has encouraged consumer spending. But the speed of improvement is still a question mark

Discovery, AT&T Ink Expanded Carriage Deal

One analyst called the timing of Discovery’s deal with AT&T a welcome “surprise," yet remains wary of the company's ad outlook.

NABOB getting set for fall confab

The National Association of Black Owned Broadcaster’s 34th Annual Fall Management Conference is just over a month away. The perennial Washington event runs from...

Google takes top spot in branding rankers

The third annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Powerful Brands ranking issued by market research and consulting firm, Millward Brown, proves that brands are becoming...