Mr. Murdoch to the stand, please
ABC News reports that Rupert Murdoch is resisting giving testimony in the civil lawsuit by EchoStar/Dish Network against a News Corporation subsidiary, NDS –...
Redstone sees improvement in the wild, wild East
20B gets away annually from the producers of various forms of intellectual property in the US, according to media mogul Sumner Redstone, particularly due...
Can watchdogs get behind XM/Sirius?
You bet, if somebody throws them a bone. A Free Press Media Geek article speculates on the possibility of “satellite LPFM.” Although professing opposition...
Disney plows through economic slowdown
The Media Networks segment of Disney, including ABC Television, ESPN, Disney Channel, Radio Disney and such, was the worst performer for fiscal Q2 (January-March),...
The Posting Game
How much longer must this senseless and painful bonificacion continue? Broadcasters should stand up now and negotiate a fairer playing field.
What’s with all the changing of the guards?
By Carl Marcucci Has anyone noticed the massive changes in network radio management of late? Everyone seems to be coming in from non-radio industries as...
Global research consolidating
Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from WPP Group, but now may face a bidding battle between WPP and Nielsen.
Up quarter for Cumulus
Cumulus Media reported after the market close Monday that pro forma Q1 cash revenues rose 2% to $69.7 million and station operating income (SOI)...
Political ads cost broadcaster half a million
TV Azteca accepted money from a coalition of political organizations to run ads back in March, and that is a no-no – in Mexico....
CEOs see business picking up in Q3, Q4
Is it possible that the US has gotten past the worst of the latest economic down cycle? That’s what the Conference Board is suggesting...
On “Radio Heard Fear”
Wow. I guess John Gorman didn't get invited to the sleep-over! Like my ol’ Daddy used to say about Monday morning quarterbacks: "There're a...
Radio Heard Fear
If radio wants to sell itself – and it should since you can’t prove you can sell anything unless you can sell yourself – yank those hideous HD Radio promos off the air.
“Rock Band” performs for Viacom
We’re referring to the hit video game, which helped drive 16% revenue growth for Viacom’s Media Networks unit in Q1, along with 8% ad...
XM/Sirius road to profitability?
Stock analyst Stan Muse expects that it’ll take a year for the merged entity of XM and Sirius to start turning a profit. How...
Watchdog mobilizing to stop Murdoch
StopBigMedia.com is attempting to block the acquisition of Sam Zell’s Tribune’s Newsday by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation with yet another click and send campaign,...