A battle over content pricing
Entertainment is a major part of the economy in California, and SB 1765 has become the fulcrum in a battle pitting studios and broadcasters against various entertainment unions.
Robbins to keynote NAB
Academy Award-winning actor and critically acclaimed screenwriter, director and producer Tim Robbins will deliver the opening keynote speech on Monday, April 14 at the...
What do “The Colbert Report” and “Frontline” have in common?
Both are winners of George Foster Peabody Awards for distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by broadcasters. Four local TV stations are also among...
Ivie to be honored in Vegas
Chances are you’ve never met George Ivie, but as Executive Director and CEO of the Media Rating Council (MRC) he plays an important role...
Rooney strikes a blow for free speech
Rooney said that the FCC should just leave broadcasters alone. In his opinion, most people do not want foul language on TV, and since broadcasters are in the business of serving most people, they will steer clear of it as a simple business calculation.
Strong quarter for radio at Liberman
LBI Media, the parent company of Liberman Broadcasting, reported that Q4 net revenues increased 0.5% to 27.7 million, primarily due to higher ad revenue...
Fools rush in…
Jim Taszarek had us going for a minute or two with an item in his TazMedia email claiming that just before he was forced...
Election comes in a third
That's not to say that Campaign 2008 came in third among news topics during the week of 3/24/08-3/30/08 on the latest Project for Excellence...
Just let us be local
Been in the business building, owning, operating television and radio stations for 40 years. Every other administration has had a problem with proving localism. ...
Gore putting green into green campaign
Former Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) thinks he's gone about as far as he can educating citizens about the looming environmental dangers we are facing. He thinks the next step is to inspire the public to force politicians to act.
Newspapers suffer worst year ever
As far back as the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) has records, 57 years, there had never been a one-year drop in US newspaper revenues as the 9.4% decline recorded for 2007.
AFTRA splits with SAG
Strained relations between two unions representing performers came to a head Saturday as the board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists...
Diller wins first round with Malone
The Delaware Chancery Court has handed Barry Diller a big victory, ruling that he can go ahead with his plan to split IAC/InterActive Corp....
State AGs petition FCC on XM/Sirius
A coalition of state attorneys general, led by Mark Dann of Ohio, have fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and the...
Cash flow up at Ion
Ion Media Networks no longer has public stock, but it does have public bonds so it is still making public reports on its finances....