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  • Wheeler spinning media stocks

    FCC chair nominee Tom Wheeler has a strong background in communications, and now he has a strong communications stock portfolio. But he has promised to cash out any stocks that might pose a conflict of interest in his upcoming job. According to Hillicon Valley, chief among the holdings are interests in AT&T and Verizon. But that is hardly the end of it. In all, Wheeler is said to have some ...

  • Foundation buys Williamsport FM

    $125K WPTC-FM Williamsport PA from Pennsylvania College of Technology (Davie Jane Gilmour) to Williamsport Lycoming Broadcast Foundation (Todd Bartley). $12.5K earnest money, balance in cash at closing. [FCC file date 5/10/13] $20K KWEI-AM Boise ID (Notus ID) from Media Enterprises LLC (Milton Erhart) to Treasure Valley Broadcasting Company (Randal A. Williamson, Helen Williamson). Cash, ...

  • MMTC takes aim at McCain’s a la carte bill

    David Honig of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Counsel says that as appealing as a la carte sounds in terms of being a boon to consumers, it actually would not beneficial and would decimate diversity on the channel menu. Honig said that a tier system of programming makes room for many special-interest and niche program services in an MVPD's program guide. That gives them the ...

  • High FCC hurdle for tailor-made market analyses

    An attempt to block a non-Arbitron market multi-station deal using an analysis that ignores the contour overlap methodology used by the FCC for analyzing local cap compliance has been turned down. The stations are KRAO-FM, KCLX-AM, KMAX-AM Colfax WA and KZZL-FM Pullman WA. The stations were sold by Palouse Country Inc. to Inland Northwest Broadcasting LLC. The objection came fro Radio Palouse ...

  • Deb Turness is new NBC News President

    Deborah Turness, former editor of ITV News, the UK's most-watched commercial network news service, has been named President of NBC News. Turness joins CNBC President Mark Hoffman and MSNBC President Phil Griffin as part of the NBCUniversal News Group leadership team reporting to Fili-Krushel, Chairman, NBCUniversal News Group. Turness will be based at the NBC News HQ at 30 Rock and starts ...


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And Everything Is Going Fine [Blu-Ray]

Spalding Gray made his living talking about his own life, so it is only appropriate that And Everything Is Going Fine, Steven Soderberghs documentary about/tribute to the late actor/writer/monologuist, allows Gray to speak of his life and its signific ... ...

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  • Fired WROD GM sued by station owner

    Kevin Geddings, a terminated GM at Volusia Broadcasting's Oldies WROD-A/FM Daytona Beach is being sued by station owner Joe Hopkins for misappropriation of ...

  • CAB Cable Shows Tops in Multiscreen Usage

    In a pre-upfront research report, the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau spells out increases in consumption of cable content and brands across multiple screens. According to the report, consumers spend more than 85 hours per month with cable content on TV and the Internet, beating the 34 hours consumers spend with broadcast content and the 24 hours consumers spend with Facebook and the ...

  • Support Grows for NTD Television to Keep Broadcasting Into China

    A screenshot of NTD Television Asia Pacific's website. The broadcaster hopes to negotiate a new satellite contract with Chunghwa Telecom, but the latter has remained silent; many suspect the Chinese regime's influence. (Screenshot via The Epoch ...

  • Yahoo board approves $1.1-billion purchase of Tumblr report

    The Yahoo Inc. board has approved the $1.1-billion (U.S.) acquisition of Tumblr, a New York-based blogging service, according to The Wall Street Journal.The purchase was a foregone conclusion, said the website AllThingsD.com, citing sources close to the tech giant's board.The deal is just the latest effort by Yahoo to cultivate a hipper image since the arrival of CEO Marissa Mayer last ...

  • Judge Judy scores syndie ratings win

    During the week beginning 4/29/13, Judge Judy beat back both The Big Bang Theory and Wheel of Fortune to win the household ratings derby a comfortable margin. Bang and Wheel were still one-two respectively in terms of total ...

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