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Franken As rumored, Air America has filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
The network, which offers 19 hours of programming daily with Al Franken as headliner, has said that the filing will allow it to continue operations while it deals with creditors, according to Radio Ink.
Air America changed its flagship station from WLIB to WWRL-AM owned by Access 1 in New York in September. The network has now had its assets seized by a creditor, which forced the network to file.
The network debuted two years ago without owning any stations for distribution. Still, it has managed to clear more than 90 affiliates and both satellite radio services, the article points out.
The Spanish Radio Association says Arbitron still has not addressed its concerns and research questions regarding the PPM and how “Hispanics are recruited and represented, and how the PPM panel is maintained.”
The SRA has been working with Arbitron in…
The Chicago Tribune’s new design will launch on Sept. 29, Tribune Co. chief operating officer Randy Michaels says. No details on the redesign have been released; the paper has already been decreasing its editorial pages to create a more even split…
Teens are not the best demo to target with cell phone advertising, according to a new study from comScore. Though they are cell phone-savvy, most of them - 70 percent - have their phones paid for by parents, which means…
CNN won its second night of coverage of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday. The network averaged 3.41 million viewers in the 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. time slot, despite the fact that Fox drew nearly even for the night.
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Generation Y is the most self-indulgent, Generation X is the most innovative, and Boomers are the most productive, while the “Silent Generation” and the “Greatest Generation” are the most admired, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive, writes MarketingCharts.
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To encourage shoppers to buy more back-to-school items, retailers often implement “loss leader” strategies: that is, selling items at a loss or even giving them away in hopes that the reductions will attract shoppers who will then buy other, more…
