Magazines fighting tough conditions
Advertising revenue is down in the consumer magazine business, according to the Publishers Information Bureau. Q1 2008 is said to have suffered a decrease...
MG's boardroom is a battlefield
Television/newspaper company Media General, headed by Stewart Bryan, has its own preferred candidates to sit on the corporate board.
It’s a multi-platform world
“Business as usual just doesn’t cut it anymore,” said Sheau Ng, NBC Universal VP of Consumer and Broadcast Technology, as he discussed the moves...
Pittman: Internet does not compete with radio and television
Bob Pittman may be known to most of the world as an Internet visionary, but he was a broadcaster first and he told the...
Media gives the campaign a rest
Finally, coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign cooled off a little bit, as measured by the Project for Excellence in Journalism during the week...
BET founder betting on Clinton
Black Entertainment Television founder Bob Johnson (who has since moved on from the company) defended the earlier comments of former Rep./VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro...
New blood at Young, AP
Television owner/operator Young Broadcasting has announced a new nomination to its board of directors, even as two others announced their retirement. But the real...
SBS sets its date with Wall Street
The execs at Spanish Broadcasting System are no doubt putting their dogs and ponies through their paces in preparation for the company's Q1 results...
Election prediction: Broadcasters lose
“For broadcasters, all three of these candidates would give you heartburn,” said Linda Douglass of National Journal as she and other veteran political reporters...
HD can help radio find momentum
I can’t say if HD Radio will “make it” (whatever that means) or not, but your commentator’s six wooden stakes I think misses the point.
Tim Robbins cuts loose
When NAB Convention planners got a look at the keynote speech that actor/director Tim Robbins planned to deliver yesterday, they apparently got nervous and...
Rehr sees challenges and opportunities
“We will leave no TV set behind,” declared NAB President David Rehr, noting that his speech yesterday in Las Vegas might be his last...
NABOB looking for registrants
The National Association of Broadcasters' 32nd Annual Spring Broadcast Management Conference is slated for 5/16/08-5/21/08 at St. Maarten, and it's accepting registrations right now...
Will retailer short Circuit Blockbuster blockbuster?
Movie renter Blockbuster is trying to acquire challenged consumer electronics retailer Circuit City, but says that CC is dragging its heels on the due...
Foundation looking into local loss
And just what is being lost? According to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the growing use of the internet as a...