News coverage was flat
What a strange week. The #1 and the #2 overall news stories did not make the top ten list of all five media measured...
Michigan move may further shake up primaries
As it stands now, Iowa, Nevada and New Hampshire are the first three states to weigh in on the presidential races next January, on...
Tribune clears shareholder hurdle
Sam Zell has gotten one necessary seal of approval for his 8.2B plan to privatize The Tribune Company. According to reports he won approval...
The case for performance fees fairness
We admit it. The MusicFirst Coalition is right: "Radio should be held to the same standards and should play by the same rules as...
Two comments lead the pack on the royalties issue
As a local broadcaster, I can only look to the future and wonder what industry I'll be part of in 5 years. Too young...
CC Outdoor adds more digital billboards
Clear Channel Outdoor announced it is adding to its growing list of digital billboard networks with new displays in some of the largest markets,...
Pitt study finds inequality in tobacco advertising
Compared with Caucasians, African-Americans are exposed to more pro-tobacco advertising, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study published in this month's...
How much can Rupert get for fish-wrappers?
Now that Rupert Murdoch has confirmed our prediction that News Corporation would sell off the Ottaway Newspapers group after it pays over five billion...
Media General, Journal suffer July reversals
The immediate prospects for two broadcasting companies that are also heavily invested in the newspaper business are not good, the way print has been...
Campaign, Iraq consume up news hole
The 2008 presidential campaign took the top spot in the Project for Excellence in Journalism's analysis of Q2 news coverage in the United states,...
Battle for Congress kicks off early
The jury is out on Congress right now. It's known that President George W. Bush's approval ratings are hurting, and those of Congress in...
Talkers focus on 2008
During a week when much of the news hole transitioned from a disaster in Minnesota to one in Utah, the 2008 presidential campaign still...
Tony Snow leaving the White House, too
White House press secretary Tony Snow will quit the job before the end of the Bush presidency because of financial pressures, he said. Snow,...
Nader Rushes a complaint to the FCC
An article in Automotive News published earlier this month noted how General Motors has been providing motor vehicles to various radio/television personalities, and schedules...
40 kids, 40 days – what develops?
It's the new fall show that's created the most controversy, with lots of child psychologists and other experts being quizzed by newspaper reporters about...