Westwood One partners with radio to Support NextRadio funding

Westwood One announced an agreement with NextRadio that
SBG / Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair, Buckeye Cable strike two-year retrans deal

Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of WNWO-TV Toledo (NBC) has reached a two-year retransmission
U.S. Congress

Witness list announced for Senate Commerce Committee hearing

The witness list has been published for the Senate Commerce

Add five more representatives to Local Radio Freedom Act

A bipartisan coalition of five Members of the House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors of a

DOJ investigating possible collusion against Pandora

The DOJ has sent out document requests to music publishers Sony/ATV and Universal, as well
CBS Radio

CBS Radio/Tampa names new VP/Programming

Rob Morris is the new VP/Programming for the cluster, which includes Sports

Comcast stock mires during merger review

Comcast announced its $45.2 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable in mid-February, beating out Charter

Turning the Tide

As we talked about in our last post, one of the difficulties with regard to starting any kind of consumer marketing for NextRadio so far has been that the app didn’t start out with a compelling amount of station content – the kind of content that delivers on the potential of the app: a visual, immersive experience with the live, local radio that listeners love.
ANA

ANA launches industry study of ad bot fraud

Wenda Harris Millard, president and COO of the ad consultancy Medialink, told WSJ in May that as much as

KLFH-FM sale closes in California

Southern California Public Radio has completed the acquisition of the assets of KLFH 89.5 FM, licensed
21st Century Fox

21st Century Fox unites FBC, TCFTV in Fox Television Group

21st Century Fox announced that Dana Walden and Gary Newman will oversee a new business
Wells Fargo Securities

Aereo: Just when you thought it was over

Marci Ryvicker, Wells Fargo Securities Senior Analyst and her team note that, post the Supreme

June update: Nielsen Audio subscribers, markets 23-35

More markets, more information, who's hot and who's not. All markets, all the time. Even without a
musicfirst

musicFirst launches campaign against LRFA

musicFirst, which includes the Recording Industry Association of America, the American Association
Liberty Global

Sun Valley: What John Malone wants to own outside the US

With Time Warner Cable set to be owned by Comcast, John Malone's dealmaking could be on hold