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Consumers group demands hearing on XM/Sirius

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It would seem that the “highly confidential document” may fall short of a smoking gun with fingerprints, but it obviously contains highly sensitive information and seems to have been discovered on the scene of the alleged crime....
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Print hitching its fortunes to the web

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Radio isn’t the only medium to focus on the year 2020. Magazines are also hoping that’s the year they start earning serious money on internet ...
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Fisher may divest last real estate holdings

Fisher Communications previously sold most of its real estate holdings (not to mention its flour mills) as it sought to focus on its radio, TV ...
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Campaign in the neck?

Are we the only ones getting a little tired of Campaign 2008? The news media sure isn't, particularly the folks over there at the cable ...
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BCFM is gone; Long live MFM

As new media ventures become a bigger part of the businesses of broadcast and cable companies, the Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association (BCFM) is changing ...
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Weather makes a dent in campaign coverage

Technically, we suppose, the earthquake which rocked China cannot be considered a weather event, but it combined with the Myanmar cyclone and numerous lesser events ...
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DCCC attacks, RNCC regroups

The political committee of House Democrats is going directly after incumbents from across the aisle, an ability made possible in part by their vastly more ...
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Clear Channel has had enough

Randy Michaels’ poaching of top staffers from his former employer for Tribune Company has finally resulted in Clear Channel going to court to sue Tribune. ...
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Down month all around

The monthly report for April from Journal Communications shows declines across the board – print, radio and television. Publishing led the retreat, with revenues down ...
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Cash continues to flow into presidential sweepstakes

The Federal Election Commission posted financial results for April, and as has become the norm, Barack Obama (D-IL) led the way. His campaign told the ...
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English-promoting group fears for Rush

A lobbying group that has been trying to make English the official US language since 1986 thinks that the FCC’s initiative to promote localism could ...
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Les Moonves: Visionary or fool?

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Wall Street has voted thumbs-down on last week’s deal by CBS Corporation to buy CNET for $1.8 billion in cash, putting CBS’ stock price in ...
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Huffington Post gets serious about political news

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New media outlets are poised to make their marks in this year’s election coverage. Case in point: The Huffington Post has hired former RIAA CEO ...
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Netflix offering movies online

Preparing for the eventual extinction of its DVD-by-mail rental service, the AP reports Netflix is introducing its first solution for subscribers who want entertainment delivered ...
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Labor strife looming for the NFL?

The owners of NFL football teams have exercised an opt-out clause of a deal signed in 2006, which was based on a basic agreement going ...
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Senators want conditions on XM/Sirius

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Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) have collaborated on a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin urging that the pending merger of satellite audio ...
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White House objects to NBC edits

NBC correspondent Richard Engel sat down with President George W. Bush for an interview last weekend, and presented an edited version of a response on ...
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Schools named for NABEF scholarships

The NAB Education Foundation has formed a partnership with ten schools from across the country for the NABEF Scholars Program. The program, launched in 2006, ...
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Tough month for NY Times Co.

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April was another down month for the New York Times Company. Although ad revenues for the New York Times Media Group, primarily the flagship New ...
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McCain planning to lean on RNC?

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That’s what the New York Times is suggesting. In rhetoric at least, both John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) are attempting to take the ...
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