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...
Huffington Post gets serious about political news
New media outlets are poised to make their marks in this year’s election coverage. Case in point: The Huffington Post has hired former RIAA...
Pink slips at McGraw-Hill
Broadcasting won’t be affected, nor will any part of the company’s media holdings, but McGraw-Hill is cutting 395 staffers to save money in the...
Netflix offering movies online
Preparing for the eventual extinction of its DVD-by-mail rental service, the AP reports Netflix is introducing its first solution for subscribers who want entertainment...
Labor strife looming for the NFL?
The owners of NFL football teams have exercised an opt-out clause of a deal signed in 2006, which was based on a basic agreement...