Say it ain’t so
We are troubled to report that we are already hearing speculation about the presidential election. The one scheduled to go to the voters for...
Tribune tries to grab young readers
The Chicago Public Schools this week began distributing the first issue of TheMash, a weekly newspaper mostly written by students, but with training and...
On the HD Radio Alliance’s three-year achievement anniversary announcement
From Jerry Smith, FLA-based Broadcast Technical Consultant "It’s a testament to what broadcasters can achieve when the industry
Roger Ebert’s letter to Radio … sort of
Last week on his website RogerEbert.com the famous Chicago Sun-Times movie guru gave former colleague Jay Mariotti a few turns on the barbeque spit. You may know Mariotti as
Broadcasters split on the election
If electoral preferences are measured in terms of dollars donated, then companies in the business of operating radio and television stations are split right down the middle this year. Just under $4M had been
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...