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Sinclair takes FCC to court

Tribune Company is challenging the FCC's 20-market relaxation of broadcast/print cross-ownership rules, saying it didn't go far enough and should allow for such combinations anywhere. ...
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NYT Co. names its own nominees

Rather than accept any of the four director wannabes nominated by dissident investors, the New York Times Company has begun to unveil its own slate ...
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Election nearly shuts out Iraq

Hogging 55% of the overall media newshole, the 2008 election continued to dominate all topics in American journalism, according to the Project for Excellence in ...
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Vanessa Williams to serenade broadcasters

February 25th’s Broadcasters Foundation of America Golden Mike Awards gala is drawing some top talent. The latest word is that “Ugly Betty” co-star and hit ...
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CCU getting ducks in a row

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Clear Channel Communications reports its Q4 earnings this Thursday, with the Thomson/First Call analysts’ consensus that the company will report revenues down 4%, but earnings ...
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Immigration to drive population trends

By the year 2050, Hispanics will account for 29% of the US population, and just about one out of five Americans will be an immigrant ...
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Harbinger names its NYT Co. nominees

The Harbinger hedge fund and its partner in putting pressure on the New York Times Company management, Firebrand Partners, have named the four people they’ve ...
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CEOs confidence hits a plateau

Chief Executive Magazine has taken the temperature of the nation's corner office denizens to get a feel for where they see the economy going, and ...
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CC Radio cancels NAB for top CEs; What about other groups?

News has it that Clear Channel EVP/Distribution Development Jeff Littlejohn made the decision as part of the overall cost-cutting the company is undergoing this year: ...
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Another daily disappears

Madison, WI is the latest two-newspaper market to become home to only a single daily. The afternoon Capital Times announced that it will cease print ...
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Replay for rejects?

Two states which have held essentially meaningless events may yet have a say in the selection of the Democratic nominee for President (see related story). ...
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Democrats dueling for dollars

By the end of Q4 2007, both Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Barack Obama (D-IL) had raised over 100M. At that point, Clinton held a sizable ...
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“Nashville Star” sets open casting call

If your Country radio station or NBC television station is in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Kansas City, Tallahassee, Denver, New Orleans or Portland, you may have ...
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Liu bags agreement with NBC

Niche broadcaster Arthur Liu and his MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting have parlayed their expertise in Asian languages into a deal with NBC for coverage of the ...
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McCain widely seen as victor as Romney exits

Mitt Romney (R-MA) has ended his quest for the White House, leaving the Republican field to recently-crowned front runner John McCain (R-AZ), Mike Huckabee (R-AR) ...
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AWRT to honor Pearl

American Women in Radio & Television (AWRT) is announced that journalist and author Mariane Pearl is the recipient of the 2008 AWRT International Outreach Award, ...
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Burying the lead

You have to go down to the 11th paragraph of a news release from the Washington Post Company to learn that the company will be ...
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Happy birthday mom

Rupert Murdoch is due back in Melbourne, Australia today for a special celebration. It’s his mother’s birthday. Dame Elisabeth Murdoch is 99 today. By the ...
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Primaries: What's left

With four Republican candidates still standing, despite the establishment of strong front runner status by John McCain (R-AZ), and with much heavy lifting ahead for ...
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Ad requirements for dietary supplement marketers

Great American Products Inc., Physician's Choice and Stephen Karian have had their wrists slapped a little harder by the FTC after being charged for a ...
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