Contributors fed millions to Fed candidates
The election for the next Congress, like that for the presidency, is still over a year away, but already candidates are raking in money...
Tribune slips in July
Consolidated revenue for in-play multimedia icon Tribune Company for the month of July were 467M, representing a 5.9% drop from the July 2006 total...
Watchdogs object to Shrek
It turns out that the battle over marketing food to children is being waged the world over. Kellogg's and McDonald's are using Shrek in...
New media seminar scheduled
"The ‘anywhere, anytime, anyhow' characteristics of new media are driving consumer demand for personalization and, as we've seen with the phenomenal growth in iPods,...
Fox Democratic debate a casualty
Last we knew, only Joe Biden (D-DE), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Mike Gravel (D-AK) were signed up for a debate sponsored by the Congressional...
The commentary on the performance tax continues to roll in…
I find it quite interesting that everyone is in such knot over the record companies wanting to charge radio royalty fees. Once again radio...
Worldwide Yellow Pages revenues surpass 31 billion
Worldwide yellow pages revenue increased 2.8% in 2006, reaching 31.62 billion, according to new research from media industry forecast and analysis firm Simba Information....
Keep your numbers, give us some meat
The flat news coverage of during the week of 8/12-17/07 as measured by the Project for Excellence in Journalism gave almost equal weight to...
New beverage category targeted by AGs
Energy drinks have become a hot category for beverage manufacturers and are known to be popular among younger demos. And watchdogs have long been...
Here's another observation on the PPM situation
In an earlier life, I had the responsibility over some very important transmitters. One was on a mountaintop, about 1,566 feet above the market,...
In-game advertising on consoles to reach 850 million by 2011
The ability to dynamically serve advertising into video games that are connected to the Internet will create a growing opportunity. As gamers connect consoles...
Idearc Media flips Miami Verizon Yellow Pages bilingual
The shape of things to come nationwide? Idearc Media, home to Superpages.com and publisher of the Verizon Yellow Pages, recently completed distribution of the...
Eye on ION
ION Media Networks says that its recapitalization and privatization is essentially completed. Citadel Investment Corp. and NBC Universal were instrumental in this feat, and...
Bloomberg says he's not in race
Michael Bloomberg told HDNet journalist Dan Rather that he is not running for president. He went so far as to admit he is unelectable....
And just to show there are other topics out there, here's one on FM...
When the NPRM came out about AMs on FM translators, I made mention of the fact that the FCC should create a standard for...