Performance Tax questioned
While attending the Academy of Country Music Awards program in Las Vegas last month, I noticed that around half of the performers who accepted their awards were very grateful to "radio" for their good fortune and obvious exposure. How many times do you hear this at awards shows?
Digital side channels still face hurdles
The distribution of crystal clear high definition programming, whether it’s video or audio, is supposed to be the driving force behind the move to...
Young receives another Nasdaq notice
Young Broadcasting, which had already been warned of a potential delisting by Nasdaq because its stock price was below a buck. Now it has...
XM/Sirius asking for something extraordinary
That’s what FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said on CNBC, explaining why the FCC has taken some time to consider the proposed merger between the two satellite audio services.
MTV hit with 255K indecency fine
But the 255K is assessed in pounds, not dollars, and the national initials are UK, not US. Several MTV/Viacom related channels operating in Great...
Meredith cutting 120 positions
Most of the cuts are in the book division, where the company has been cutting back on children’s books an other non-core titles to...
On the FCC using billboards for DTV transition notices
There must have been an advertising agency involved.As you know, billboards can be great for things like "Wendy's - Next Exit", or even for...
Early read on presidential battlegrounds
In an election year, location is everything. If your state is hopelessly in the corner of one or the other major party presidential candidate,...
Discovery on Wall Street
Discovery Holding Company announced a deal with Advance/Newhouse Programming Partnership to make Discovery Communications a fully publicly traded company. As it stands now, Discovery...
Johnson still pushing Clinton candidacy
Now BET founder Bob Johnson is pushing for the VP slot for Hillary Clinton (D-NY) under presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barrack Obama (D-IL). Johnson...
FCC DTV full court press
The Federal Communications Commission is giving every appearance of taking the DTV transition seriously. For starters, it has PSAs available on the topic –...
WorldSpace defers debt payments
WorldSpace Satellite Radio, which is US-based but operates only overseas, announced a deal with holders of its bridge loan notes and convertible notes to...
Drug deal for Nielsen
The Nielsen Company announced a renewal through 2013 of its agreement to provide marketing information to Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain. Nielsen will...
The Tennessean: Why not let XM/Sirius go through?
Sure – they compete with every audio service imaginable – including those speakers in elevators pumping 101 Strings versions of old Herman’s Hermits tunes into your protesting ears.
Press gets company during McClellan’s media merry-go-round
The press has been taking somewhat of a pounding for playing the role of stenographer to the administration, and the spotlight on former White...