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The NAB, continuing to whine about an XM-Sirius Satellite Radio merger, has asked the FCC to adopt a rule that will block the satellite radio companies from offering local content.
In a filing to the FCC, the NAB said that, as a combined company, the satcasters may have “a heightened desire to offer locally oriented programming, including local advertising,” writes Radio Ink. If the FCC adopted final repeater rules, it would block the companies from offering local content on their repeater networks.
The NAB suggests specific language for the FCC to adopt that reads: “SDARS repeaters are restricted to the simultaneous retransmission of the complete programming, and only that programming, transmitted by the satellite directly to the SDARS subscribers’ receivers, and may not be used to distribute any information not also transmitted to all subscribers’ receivers.”
Clear Channel’s operating results for the first quarter were flat, reflecting a continued weak demand for radio advertising. Outdoor advertising performed better than radio in the quarter for the second quarter in a row, with revenue gains of 12 percent.…
Among the near-constant doom and gloom reporting about the newspaper industry, every now and then comes a story that points out how smaller, community newspapers are bucking the trend.
Small town newspapers are faring better than most of their regional…
Busy moms apparently aren’t willing to waste their “me time” watching television commercials.
According to new research from MindShare that focused on American mothers, reading, surfing the web and watching television were the top me-time - or personal down-time -…
Ryan Seacrest is in talks with CNN to replace Larry King, according to sources close to Seacrest.
The source, however, also says, “I don’t think it’s going to happen,” writes Fishbowl LA.
Seacrest is currently host of E! News, American Idol…
Editors at Hachette’s digital operation will do well to have their digital skill sets firmly behind them. The company has reportedly chopped 15 editorial jobs from a staff of about 100 in its digital operation; those positions will eventually be…
Most CMOs with more than 10 years of experience describe themselves as “extremely loyal” to specific brands, according to a survey of marketing officers at Fortune 100 companies conducted by LoyalTV.com, a video sharing website.
92 percent of CMOs with…
