News advocates honored
Barbara Cochran, President of the Radio-Television News Directors Association, and Lucy Dalglish, Executive Director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, have...
Yahoo! launches new digital ad platform
Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe Award winner Jon Hamm of AMC’s original drama series Mad Men joined Yahoo!’s CEO Jerry Yang, President Sue...
Taking the multi out of multitasking
There probably are a lot of people who often engage in two or more activities at once, but a study from MediaWorks MRI finds...
GE cuts guidance, suspends stock buybacks
The downward revision of General Electric’s Q3 earnings forecast is based on the current troubles in the financial services sector and GE announced steps it is taking to maintain the capital
Broadcasters, advertisers oppose new product placement rules
A joint filing by a number of television, radio and advertising companies tells the FCC that no revision of the existing sponsorship identification rules...
Campaign knocked down a rung
The Wall Street meltdown figures to fuel political coverage for some time to come, but during the week of 9/15/-21, it WAS the story,...
When if comes to localism, consider Furst things first
Programming consultant and blogger Alan Furst got to thinking about the FCC’s proposals to promote localism in radio and television
Sinclair lowers expectations
Citing the “difficult financial and economic environment,” Sinclair Broadcast Group has revised downward its guidance to Wall Street for Q3. The company had said...
Ghosts haunting 2008 broadcast scene
Is your airtime being haunted by ghosts? There has been an epidemic of sightings for ghost advertising during the 2008 election cycle. There is precedent for the genre, notably from the Swiftboat Veterans
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Once Upon a time there lived an Emperor (radio stockholders) who was so worried about his clothes (stock value) he didn’t know what to do
Google's plan for radio
Almost as quietly as it began, Google celebrated its 10th birthday this past September. Hard to believe the search giant has become an advertising business heavyweight in just
Stations ignore Stevens request on DSCC ads
Embattled Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) has been trying to get Alaska radio and television stations to stop running ads that are coming from into...
Russo on “The Fall of Citadel”
JL Media’s Rich Russo had a few thoughts on a recent anonymous article about Citadel from a former ABC Radio Networks employee. "I read with horror and a dropped jaw the article
Westwood One put on notice
Westwood One is the latest radio company to receive an official notice that its stock is facing delisting. The New York Stock Exchange notified...
What goes down sometimes rebounds back up
Remember yesterday when we warned you not to look at the stock chart below this space? Great news – it’s safe to look today....