BCFM is gone; Long live MFM
As new media ventures become a bigger part of the businesses of broadcast and cable companies, the Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association (BCFM) is...
Radio’s Mojo
This has been bothering me for quite some time: When did Radio People become so wimpy and insecure? Who did we leave in charge of our Mojo, and where did he hide it?
CBS interest in CNET began over a year ago
An SEC filing by CBS Corporation reveals that first contact between CBS officials and CNET officials about “potential strategic business opportunities” was in April...
FCC’s personal main studio non-history
According to Jerald N. Fritz, the citizens of the United States might have a little more money in their pockets if the FCC had...
Weather makes a dent in campaign coverage
Technically, we suppose, the earthquake which rocked China cannot be considered a weather event, but it combined with the Myanmar cyclone and numerous lesser...
English-promoting group fears for Rush
A lobbying group that has been trying to make English the official US language since 1986 thinks that the FCC’s initiative to promote localism...
DCCC attacks, RNCC regroups
The political committee of House Democrats is going directly after incumbents from across the aisle, an ability made possible in part by their vastly...
Emmis would prefer to buy preferred (or common)
The board of directors at Emmis Communications has expanded the company’s stock buyback program to cover preferred stock as well as common. The buyback...
Clear Channel has had enough
Randy Michaels’ poaching of top staffers from his former employer for Tribune Company has finally resulted in Clear Channel going to court to sue...
Down month all around
The monthly report for April from Journal Communications shows declines across the board – print, radio and television. Publishing led the retreat, with revenues...
Small market frustration with Arbitron
It would appear to those of us in Condensed Markets that Arbitron couldn't care less about MRC accreditation for PPM. On April 3, 2008 I...
Cash continues to flow into presidential sweepstakes
The Federal Election Commission posted financial results for April, and as has become the norm, Barack Obama (D-IL) led the way. His campaign told...
A Clear Channel Lesson in Site Design
Let's applaud Clear Channel for launching "TotalRadius.com." It's a good 1st draft in doing what has been asked for here many times: creating a...
Dish raises cash
Dish Network had planned to raise a half billion bucks in a bond issue, but Wall Street was so receptive that the offering was...
Senators want conditions on XM/Sirius
Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) have collaborated on a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin urging that the pending merger of satellite...