Webcaster Settlement Act headed for White House

Negotiations between web streamers and SoundExchange will be allowed to continue, as the Senate seconded the House on a bill to extend the deadline...

New battles in the new frontier require new strategies

If you missed the webinar, What’s a website worth? Valuation Metrics for Local Websites, conducted today by the team at Borrell and Associates along...

Bailout trumps the election again

For the second week in a row, the major troubles afflicting the US financial system outdrew attention from the media, which has spent most...

Consumer confidence ticks up?

The Conference Board seemed a little surprised that it found in increase in confidence when it took consumers’ economic temperature for September. Of course,...

IGA Worldwide signs PlayStation3 ad deal

IGA Worldwide, an in-game ad network, announced a multi-year agreement with Activision Publishing to deliver dynamic in-game advertising into multiple video game titles on...

Gag order struck down

A three-judge California appeals court panel has ruled unanimously that the order by a trial judge barring the Orange Country Register from publishing stories...

News that can’t be published

In an unprecedented move, a California judge has barred the Orange County Register from publishing any news stories about testimony in a lawsuit against the newspaper and its

Circuit City still taking on water

It’s not like Q2 2007 was anything to write home about. It wasn’t – consumer electronics retailer Circuit City lost $62.8M back then. But...

Station census, first half of 2008

The number of audio-only FCC broadcast licenses is on the upswing, while the video categories are losing steam, according to a comparison of the...

Third party pushback increasing

Broadcast stations are increasingly subject to anti-advertising campaigns these days. That’s when a candidate’s organization demands that advertising from a third party group, such...

No deal at deadline time

We now know that there is a deal. But at the close of business Friday, Capitol Hill was still kicking around the Wall Street...

Streamers get closer to a deal

Internet audio streamer Pandora thinks it is finally getting close to a deal with SoundExchange and RIAA that will allow the fledgling medium to move profitably forward. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and other members

AM on FM tabled, Class A TV upgrade contemplated

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin pulled an item from last week’s FCC Open Meeting that would have looked at allowing AM stations to use FM...

NAB Show a global hit

We noted months ago that attendance was up for last April’s NAB Show in Las Vegas only because international attendance was up sharply. Now...

Moonves to interact with Wall Street

Following its recent acquisition of CNET, CBS Corporation will begin reporting its Interactive business as a separate segment for the first time in Q3....