Gores Group is now a big part of Westwood One
Westwood One shareholders on Tuesday approved a transaction to have The Gores Group invest $100 million in the company. The first $25 million investment...
Clear sailing for CBS’s buy of CNET
Dissident CNET shareholder Jana Partners has officially dropped its proxy battle for control of the company’s board. Rather, it is banking on the pending...
CBS Corp. and Ecomedia team with mayors to “Green” cities
EcoMedia, an environmental media company, and CBS Corp. announced a strategic partnership to work with U.S. mayors and local municipalities to "green" cities across...
Arianna Huffington vs. Sam Zell
The UK’s Guardian newspaper reports that Huffington revealed plans to have Huffington Post launch local news sites in dozens of US cities. The first is to be Chicago
Merger dreams dashed
Dish Network shares dropped Wednesday after the company said in an SEC filing that a subsidiary of AT&T was requiring the satellite TV company...
Surprise! Anti-consolidation measure surfaces
Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Dave Reichert (R-WA) were handling the House version of Byron Dorgan’s Resolution of Disapproval, which would remove the force...
Campaign gets a rest
Less than one fourth of available journalistic time and space went into coverage of the 2008 elections, one of the few times we've been able to say that all year. That's according to the latest report
Second source sees Tate as possible merger wildcard
We were the first source – FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate is a Republican and usually seems to prefer as hands-off a stance as...
All units down at Journal
Journal Communications reports that May revenues were down 4.1% for its radio group and 5.9% for its TV group. That actually looks good compared...
CBC not interested in XM/Sirius crumbs
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus saw the 4% set-aside for women and minorities mentioned in the XM/Sirius merger package sanctioned by FCC Chairman...
Stand up and deliver or stand up and be posted?
The subject of posting radio seems to the topic dujour of late in the industry. Personally I have gotten a little tired of reading why radio can’t
Martin repeals law of competition?
That’s what many will be saying on news that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is prepared to give thumbs up to the long-pending proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.
You can’t be serious about XM/Sirius
At least the writers of a new OpEd in the Tennessean have proven not be actual musicians. That perhaps partly explains why Tim DuBois and Butch Spyridon of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau
Organizations back FCC on profanity
It will come as no surprise to veterans of the 21st Century indecency wars to learn that the Parents Television Council has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court supporting
Struble timeline: What's old is new
RBR found a fascinating Q&A with Bob Struble, the CEO of Ibiquity. In case you don’t know, Ibiquity is the company responsible for HD Radio. I say “fascinating” because the interview is almost two years old and, yet, it reads like it could have happened yesterday.