Warner Music Group posts a profit
That was a surprise to Wall Street. And even if you subtract a one-time gain, the quarterly loss for the only major label based...
Live Nation, Ticketmaster expected to merge
Critics howled about one company having too much control of the music industry when what is now Live Nation was called Clear Channel Entertainment...
Triton Digital partners with McVay New Media
Triton Digital Media, supplier of digital products to the radio industry, announced a partnership with McVay New Media, an interactive consultancy to media companies...
Performance royalties about to hit the Hill
A bipartisan posse of Reps led by Judiciary Chair John Conyers (D-MI) is putting the Performance Rights Act back in play in the House,...
Arbitron puts more “Feet on the Street”
In its latest move to boost survey participation in young ethnic demos, Arbitron is expanding its in-person Portable People Meter (PPM) training. The new program, “Feet on the Street,” is
Corus partners with StreamTheWorld
StreamTheWorld will deliver Corus Entertainment’s 52 radio stations on a Corus iPhone application. Listeners can now enjoy all Corus radio stations anytime, anywhere –...
Morris gets some breathing room
Morris Communications has amended its senior loan agreement, extending credit for the parent company, which owns radio, outdoor and other media properties, even if its newspaper unit, Morris Publishing
Democrats use radio for offensive
A new campaign from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting 28 Republican members of Congress, mostly those considered vulnerable, in an advertising blitz...
Traffic merger across the pond
Traffic reports are big business for live media elsewhere, just as in the US. And the industry is being consolidated internationally. Global Traffic Network (GTN) announced a deal to acquire the commercial
Thumbs up for Cox Radio
Zacks Investment Research isn’t exactly wild about the radio business, but it says Cox Radio is the “best positioned” company in a sector where fundamentals are getting weaker. Zacks applauds Cox
Nader asks Limbaugh for a rent check
Consumer activist and perennial third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader is accusing Rush Limbaugh of being one of the richest welfare recipients in America, since...
Watchdogs use Limbaugh to target politicians
Various public interest groups are using radio and television to ask voters who their Washington delegates listen to – them, or Rush Limbaugh? Senators...
Christmas music a hit with office workers
Not only did an AC station playing Christmas music, KOIT-FM, displace News/Talk KGO-AM from the top spot in the “Holiday” month PPM ratings in San Francisco, most of the encoded
No WorldSpace sale today
A federal bankruptcy judge has rescheduled today’s hearing to February 5th to consider a number of motions. One is to change the deadline for...
TRN-FM offers new re-feed of Mancow
In an effort to serve affiliates nationwide Talk Radio Network-FM is now offering a special daily re-feed of The Mancow Show from 9:00 a.m....