News Web Site Economics 101

Clutter. Ask web developers to look at television station web sites and that is usually the first word out of their mouths. Banner ads zip and strobe around the screen. Long rows of tiny head shots span across

Reinventing TV and a cinematic approach

The strengths of television--Pictures, Graphics and Visuals: In a home environment, it's hard to beat TV for the eye. Big screens, HD and TV by

NPR

NPR, long known as a news organization, has lately been producing some outstanding digital music offerings. The latest one is their 24/7 All Songs Considered Stream. Launched to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the

The 2011 Radio Upfront: What are clients asking for?

Radio take note from the money ad agency players: Digital will be part of the conversation for most clients including mobile, social networking. Follow the content, advertisers want to be embedded in content any way our consumers use it.

Broadcasting stocks cooled in Q3

Radio and TV moved pretty much along with the broader market. Closing Q4 time to look at where the business was and where it is going. What do you thing will happen in 2011?

IAB claims Internet radio as its own with new report

While broadcasters gathered in DC last week, digital folks were in NYC at the Interactive Advertising Bureau‘s annual MIXX Conference, part of Ad Week...

Turn Your Anchor Tosses into Anchor Teases

The weather toss and the sports toss are the two places in a newscast when on-air talent get to shine.  Most shows are so...

Google

Having just celebrated its 12th birthday – we thought it might be useful to look at 12-lessons traditional media can learn from 12-years of...

Proposal: Let broadcasters restack their own television spectrum

To the chagrin of the broadcasters and the NAB, the FCC announced last spring that it wants 120 MHz out of the television spectrum for repurposing to broadband. Under the FCC

Mix up the structure of story packages

If you look at the basic structure of a newscast, it has changed very little since it was invented more than fifty years ago. ...

The Wisdom of Observant Friends – Part 5

The WOOF Factor: Conversations with today’s movers and shakers. The WOOF Factor is an ongoing series of articles derived from in-depth conversations with people...

The Wisdom of Observant Friends – Part 4

Entertainment and Content - It should be noted that it

The Wisdom of Observant Friends – Part 3

Social - It should be no surprise that Social

Is Bubba Headed to Internet Radio?

Bubba the Love Sponge has apparently been talking on his radio show about going to Radioio, a well established Internet radio platform that has been around for quite a while. That