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Thursday, August 24, 2023

Cable TV Ratings: Fox News PrimeTime Line-Up Gaining Traction

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Fox News Channel’s revamped primetime lineup of Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity and Greg Gutfeld has grown the network’s audienc...

Edison: On-Demand Audio Passes Time with Linear Audio

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Edison Research has been tracking all forms of “linear” audio (radio over the air, radio streams, Pandora’s free radio service, satellite ra...

Nexstar Facing License Challenge To 14- Stations

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A former television company is challenging Nexstar Media Group’s application to renew broadcast licenses for more than a dozen stations over...

Report: BMI May Sell to Private Equity Firm for $1.7B

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BMI is considering an offer to sell to New Mountain Capital, a private equity firm that has been quietly looking at music assets over the la...

CNN To Try Streaming Again

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Warner Bros. Discovery is creating a CNN-branded live news service for its Max platform that will carry a significant amount of original pro...

Nielsen OKs Using Amazon Data For Thursday Night Football

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Nielsen is planning to incorporate viewing data from streaming services for live programming, a move that will likely boost the ratings for ...

8/24 WAKE-UP CALL: It Was The No Don Debate

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The large field of GOP presidential hopefuls gave Donald Trump what he wanted in their first debate: two hours of infighting and bickering a...

FCC To Release Public Comments On WTXF License Renewal

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The FCC in an unusual move on Wednesday said it would publicly release comments on a bid by an advocacy group to deny the renewal of a licen...

Ex-Fox Broadcasting President Slams Fox at FCC

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The challenge to Fox's Philadelphia TV-station license is drawing a crowd, including founding president of Fox Broadcasting Jamie Kellne...

Report: Mark Thompson Leading Candidate For Top CNN Job

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The former New York Times and BBC chief Mark Thompson is a leading candidate to lead CNN, according to people familiar with the conversation...

Columbia SC Radio: Heath Cline Exits 107.5 The Game

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Heath Cline — a longtime host on WNTK107.5 The Game — is no longer with the radio station, he announced Wednesday on the afternoon show and ...

Report: Apple May Have Interest In Acquiring ESPN

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Given the massive effect Lionel Messi had on Apple's broadcasting service, CEO Tim Cook is finally getting to realize how much revenue l...

Global Ad Spend To Top $1 Trillion For First Time Next Year

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Global advertising spend is on course to grow 4.4% this year to a total of $963.5bn In 2024 global ad spend is forecast to grow a further 8....

Canada, Tech Companies Spar Over Online News

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As Meta Platforms Inc. has started blocking news in Canada, one expert said an agreement between the federal government and the social media...

NYC Radio: Suzy Waldman Hot Mic Comments Yankees Game 'Boring'

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Many Fans Would Say The Comment Was Correct In the midst of New York's ninth consecutive loss, a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Washingt...

Richmond Radio: After Commanders Football, The Fan to Air 'Gutcheck'

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Audacy has announced a new Washington Commanders two-hour postgame show on SportsRadio 910 The Fan (WRNL-AM) in Richmond. “The Postgame Gut...

Greenville SC Radio: Salem Media Sells Cluster Assets

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Salem Media Group, Inc. has announced Wednesday that it entered into an agreement to transfer the ownership of its Greenville-Spartanburg st...

Radio History: August 24

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➦In 1911 ...Durward Kirby born (Died at age 88 – March 15, 2000).  He was a radio, TV announcer/host, best remembered for The Garry Moore Sh...