Layoffs Hit Univision

The Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications will lay off almost 6 percent of its workforce — between 200 and 250 people — after it slipped into the red last quarter, the company announced Wednesday.

The Washington Post reports the layoffs, along with a planned restructuring, “are in response to difficult times, challenging times,” Isaac Lee, Univision’s digital, entertainment and news chief, told The Washington Post in his first public comments on the moves. “We need to position ourselves for the future.”

Univision had a third-quarter net loss of $30.5 million on total revenue of $735 million, down 8 percent.

As its traditional audience of Latino television watchers becomes older or cuts the cord, the company will also continue to chase what it sees as its savior: the English-language, digital, millennial audience.

Univision made a surprising move in that direction last summer when it paid $135 million for the media companies associated with Gawker, the Manhattan-based media gossip site. Gawker was forced to file for bankruptcy as a result of a crippling $140 million jury award in the Hulk Hogan sex tape suit. The suit was financed by billionaire investor Peter Thiel, in retribution for Gawker’s outing of him as gay in 2007.

Meanwhile, Univision’s private equity backers and its Mexican programming partner just ran into a roadblock, according to The NY Post.

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation strongly discouraged the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday from making major decisions until the Trump administration is in place.

Univision, expected to go public in the coming months, had asked the FCC for permission for Mexico-based Televisa, from which it buys telenovelas, to increase its stake in the Spanish-language network to 40 percent from 10 percent.

Current rules restrict foreign ownership of US television networks.

For several reasons, a Trump administration is expected to give the request a much tougher review.

Megyn Kelly Replies To Bill O'Reilly 'Look Bad' Comment

Megyn Kelly is defending her decision to include a chapter in her new book detailing sexual harassment she says she endured years ago from Roger Ailes, the Fox News CEO who was ousted earlier this year amid similar claims by multiple female Fox News employees.

Facebook Aims For More Transparency With Video Ad Data

(Reuters) -- Two months after Facebook Inc (FB.O) admitted it had inflated the average time it told advertisers that users were watching their video ads, the company is promising better data to give ad buyers a clearer picture of how they are spending their money.

The world's biggest online social network on Wednesday launched a new blog on its website called Metrics FYI, where it will share updates and corrections for its data.

“We want to ensure our clients trust and believe in the metrics that we are providing,” Carolyn Everson, Facebook's vice president of global market solutions told Reuters.

Getting advertisers to buy more video ads is key to Facebook’s continued revenue growth, as they fetch higher rates from advertisers than text or photo-based ads.

Facebook, along with Alphabet Inc's Google and other large digital companies, has been criticized for a lack of transparency in how it measures the performance of videos.

Particularly, the lack of a universally agreed method of calculating how much time people are watching online video has been a sore spot for advertisers.

Shares of Facebook were down 2.5 percent at $114.30 in premarket trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

In September, Facebook told advertisers that the average time users spent viewing online ads was artificially inflated, because it was only counting videos that were watched for at least three seconds, its benchmark for a “view.”

Facebook left out those who watched for less than three seconds, or who did not watch the video at all, which gave advertisers the impression their videos were performing better than they really were.

Since the admission and ensuing criticism from advertisers, Everson said Facebook has been in contact with clients and ad community trade groups, including the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA).

Facebook also said on Wednesday it is in the process of forming what it called a 'Measurement Council,' which will include measurement experts from clients and ad agencies.

One of Facebook's prominent advertisers, Swiss food and drink company Nestle SA (NESN.S), is already on board, Everson said, and the council should be up and running by early 2017.

The ANA, which represents Procter & Gamble Co, AT&T Inc and other major advertisers, has called on Facebook to get its metrics accredited by the Media Rating Council (MRC), an independent media measurement audit group.

While Facebook’s internal metrics are not accredited by that group, it does use MRC-accredited third-party vendors, such as Nielsen and comScore, to help advertisers verify certain data.

Hannity Urges Radio To Program For "Forgotten Listener"

Sean Hannity

Syndicated talker Sean Hannity told a packed house at at RadioInk's Forecast 2017 Wednesday morning that if the election was about the “forgotten man,” radio is dealing with the “forgotten listener,” thanks to all the deep cuts it has made over the past several years.

His advice: get back to local. And that means more advertising that you are there, more contesting, more research, more promotions, and more creativity.

“We have sliced and diced and cut budgets from these radio stations more than we can,” he said. “Now you have to connect with people and find ways to draw listeners back in. You have to get listeners on your side.”

Hannity said radio has got to go back to the fundamentals, and reminded the Forecast audience of the Randy Michaels “pyramid” from the Clear Channel days, when the listener was at the top, the talent was next, and it was management’s job to support that talent as much as possible. He said, “If we want to compete with everything we face today, radio has got to return to what we used to do.”

Springsteen, Scully Among Those To Receive Medal of Freedom

(Reuters) -- In one of his final acts in office, President Barack Obama selected key figures in sports, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, activism, academia and entertainment among the 21 people who will be awarded the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest civilian honor in the United States.

Obama will present recipients including rocker Bruce Springsteen, Motown soul singer Diana Ross, former basketball champions Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and actors Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro and Robert Redford with the medal at a White House ceremony on Nov. 22, the White House said on Wednesday.

"The Presidential Medal of Freedom is not just our nation's highest civilian honor - it's a tribute to the idea that all of us, no matter where we come from, have the opportunity to change this country for the better," Obama said in a statement.

The medal is given annually to people who have made outstanding contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

This year's roster also includes Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda for their philanthropic foundation, TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, veteran actress Cicely Tyson, architect Frank Gehry and baseball broadcaster Vin Scully.

Gotta love #VIN. Here's @WhiteHouse @PressSec calling Vin Scully to let him know he's a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. pic.twitter.com/uvoks5tAR1

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 16, 2016

Here is the entire list of honorees: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Elouise Cobell Ellen DeGeneres Robert De Niro Richard Garwin Bill and Melinda Gates Frank Gehry Margaret H. Hamilton Tom Hanks Grace Hopper Michael Jordan Maya Lin Lorne Michaels Newt Minow Eduardo Padron Robert Redford Diana Ross Vin Scully Bruce Springsteen Cicely Tyson

The group also includes several not so well known Americans, such as late Native American community leader Elouise Cobell and NASA moon landing computer scientist Margaret H. Hamilton.

Obama leaves office in January after eight years, following the election of Republican businessman Donald Trump.

Bob Dylan Won't Attend Nobel Prize Ceremony

Bob Dylan

(Reuters) -- American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature last month, has decided not to attend the award ceremony in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday.

The notoriously media-shy Dylan said three weeks ago he would accept the 8 million crown ($870,000) prize, after repeated attempts by the award-giving academy to contact him since it named him as the winner on Oct. 13.

The Academy said on its website that it had received a letter from Dylan explaining that due to "pre-existing commitments" he was unable to travel to Stockholm in December.

"We look forward to Bob Dylan's Nobel Lecture, which he must give – it is the only requirement – within six months counting from December 10," it said in a statement, adding that it would provide additional information on Friday Nov. 18.

The lecture need not be delivered in Stockholm. When British novelist Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel literature prize in 2007, she composed a lecture and sent it to her Swedish publisher, who read it out at a ceremony in the Swedish capital.

Other Nobel Prize winners who have not attended the prize ceremony include Britain's Harold Pinter and Elfriede Jelinek of Austria.

The ceremony is planned to be held on Dec. 10.

The NY Times Edits Out Fairness

The New York Times is a little less fair today, according to The NY Post.

Last week the newspaper’s executive editor and publisher famously penned a post-election letter to their readers that promised to “rededicate ourselves” to good journalism — while insisting the Times “reported on both candidates fairly during the presidential campaign.”

The Post reports the “fairly” line stood out because many readers felt news stories in the newspaper run by Executive Editor Dean Baquet and Publisher Arthur “Pinch” Sulzberger Jr. were decidedly favorable to Hillary Clinton and biased against Donald Trump.

Well, that sentence — “We believe we reported on both candidates fairly during the presidential campaign.” — has been scrubbed from the current “To Our Readers” letter on the Times’ website.

It appears to be the only line edited from the 240-word letter.

A Times spokeswoman said the paper made the decision to run the letter on the homepage because “we thought an honest dialogue on the issues raised by this election with all of our readers was important.”

“Given how broad the audience for the letter would be in that context,” she noted, “we removed the line to avoid it being interpreted as defensive.”

Prince's Label Sues Jay Z's Entertainment Company

(Reuters) -- The record label for Prince has sued rap star Jay Z's entertainment company for copyright infringement, saying it illegally offered the late musician's songs on its music streaming service, according to court records.

The lawsuit filed in the United States District Court in Minnesota on Tuesday by NPG Records, claims Jay Z's Roc Nation illegally offered such Prince hits as "If I Was Your Girlfriend" and "1999" on its subscription-based streaming service, Tidal.

"Roc Nation, through its Tidal service, is exploiting many copyrighted Prince works," according to the lawsuit.

While Tidal was authorized to offer some Prince songs to its customers, the service expanded the number around the time of the musician's death on June 7 without approval from the Prince estate trust, it claims.

Roc Nation was not immediately available for comment on the lawsuit, which seeks undisclosed damages.

A musical innovator, Prince notably blended elements of jazz, funk, R&B, disco and rock in a prolific career of more than 30 albums that have sold over 36 million copies in the United States alone since 1978. His hits included "Purple Rain," "When Doves Cry," and "Little Red Corvette."

He was also known as fiercely determined to maintain creative control over his music, famously changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol for several years during a bitter contract battle with Warner Bros.

Prince died from an accidental, self-administered overdose of the powerful painkiller fentanyl, medical officials said in June.

R.I.P.: Quad Cities Radio, TV Personality Charles King

Charles King

Television and radio personality Charles King died Nov. 15 in the Denver area.

He was 80-years-of-age, according to qconline.com.

"Charles was the picture of integrity, poise, and purpose,'' former KWQC-TV sports anchor Dan Pearson said of Mr. King. "He embraced his work, but valued every person he encountered.''

In 1961, Mr. King hit the airwaves as the news director for a Burlington, Iowa, radio station. In 1967, he landed a post at the Davenport-based radio station WOC, handling news on the radio side and occasionally doing television weather for WOC-TV.

After several years working for a variety of other radio stations locally, Mr. King landed back at KWQC-TV (formerly WOC) to kick off the station's new morning program. He became a Q-C morning staple, teaming with Jim Victor and Theresa Bryant to have the top local morning news program for 16 years.

King retired in 2005.

Mr. King, a Kansas native, attended Northwestern University where he studied drama. He also lived in New York City and Quincy, Ill. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie, and three children as well as four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

R.I.P.: NYC Radio Host, Reporter Dick Oliver Dead at 77

Dick Oliver 1993

Dick Oliver, an award-winning reporter and editor for The Daily News who became familiar to New York television audiences as a longtime correspondent for the local morning show “Good Day New York,” died on Friday in Manhattan.

He was 77, according to the NYTimes.

His death, at a hospice care facility, was caused by complications of a stroke he had in September, his wife, Kathryn McGrath Oliver, said.

Mr. Oliver appeared on local television as an interviewer and political commentator in the 1980s. In 1988 he became a roving reporter for “Good Day New York,” a popular morning show broadcast on WNYW, Channel 5, New York City’s Fox affiliate.

He was shooting a live segment for the show near City Hall when a plane struck the World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001.

His broadcast had some of the earliest video of the attacks, and he stayed on the scene to interview witnesses. His wife said his life may have been saved when a police officer prevented him from approaching the towers. Minutes later a plane struck the South Tower.

Mr. Oliver started at The Daily News as a copy boy in 1961 and spent most of the 1960s as a reporter for United Press International. He returned to The News as a reporter in 1969.

Beginning in 1978 he hosted “The Daily News Bulldog Edition,” an evening radio program that was broadcast on several consecutive New York stations, including WOR 710 AM, until 1995. He became an assistant managing editor in 1980.

He earned a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1962 and worked for U.P.I. in New York, Washington, Tennessee and Saigon before returning to The News.

November 17 Radio History

In 1970…Elton John, backed by Dee Murray and Nigel Olsson, performed at A&R Recording Studios in New York City for a live radio broadcast on WABC-FM (now WPLJ) which was later released as his "11-17-70" album.

In 1979...DJ George Michael did his last show on WABC, New York.


In 1982...announcer/actor Bill Baldwin died nine days short of his 69th birthday.  He was a highly regarded commercial announcer in network radio who transitioned easily to early TV.  He also played numerous bit parts in episodic TV, frequently portraying radio and track announcers & the like.


In 1990...Stan Z. Burns 1010 WINS NYC died.



Burns, whose clear voice was instantly recognizable to thousands of New Yorkers as a radio anchorman at the all-news station WINS-AM, died Friday in New York. He was 63. The cause of death was not disclosed. Burns began working at the station in 1944. During his 40-year career, Burns covered major news events, including the New York blackouts and transit strikes.

He went to work for WINS as a staff announcer in May 1944, when the station was known for its music and was one of the first disc jockeys in the United States to play a Beatles record when WINS was a Top40 station.

In 2003... Rush Limbaugh returned to his syndicated talk show after spending a month in rehab for addiction to prescription painkillers.

In 2007…Veteran Philadelphia disc jockey (WIBG, WDAS, WSNI/WPGR, WOGL-FM) Hy Lit, who hosted the nationally syndicated "Hy Lit Show" seen on television in 30 markets, died of kidney failure at the age of 73.

Hy Lit

Lit dominated AM radio from the late 1950s through the 1960s as one of WIBG's "Good Guys," as his Hall of Fame show drew a 71 market share (unheard of before or since.) He released several successful LP "Hall of Fame" collections of music he played on the show, the last of these when he joined WPGR in 1981. Around 1978, Lit moved to California after a brief but successful stint with the Harlem Globetrotters before once more returning to the Philadelphia area. In 1977, when WIBG went off the air forever, he was the last DJ on the air.

Lit moved to WOGL-FM in 1989, hosting the highly rated "Top 20 Countdown" on Saturday and Sunday afternoons in addition to his weekday afternoon shift.

In the mid-1990s, it was revealed that Lit was suffering from the beginnings of Parkinson's disease. Just after the death of Hy's wife Maggie (Russo) Lit in 2000, WOGL and Infinity/CBS Broadcasting management significantly reduced Lit's radio hours, along with a significant decrease in salary. In 2002, a lawsuit was filed against the media conglomerate, CBS Broadcasting, which for a second and concurrent time decided to reduce Lit's radio time and salary and this time cancel his health insurance.

In December 2005, Lit, station WOGL, and CBS Broadcasting settled the three-year health and age-discrimination lawsuit, under the condition that Hy Lit would (reluctantly) retire from the station. Lit did his last Hy Lit Hall of Fame Show radio show on December 11, 2005. However, WOGL management would not permit Lit to reveal he would be leaving the airwaves and abandoning thousands of listeners left to wonder what happened to the legendary Hy Lit.

Report: CBS Radio Moving 200 Jobs To Nashville

The radio division of CBS Corp. is on the cusp of moving 200 jobs to Nashville, according to the Nasvhille Business Journal.

On Tuesday morning, a state economic development official said an unidentified company, dubbed "Project A," is poised to make a $5 million investment to relocate that many jobs to Nashville. The state official, Jamari Brown, said those jobs would have an average annual pay of $48,000 and be stationed downtown, where the company is negotiating to lease office space.

Now, multiple sources are telling the Business Journal that CBS Radio Inc. is the company Brown referred to at a meeting of Metro's Industrial Development Board.

If CBS Radio consummates its move to Nashville, it would effectively be a back-to-back coup for the city in drawing new jobs from the entertainment and media industries.  A couple of weeks ago, giant record label Warner Music Group announced that it would add as many as 500 jobs in four years, mainly by stationing its national finance team here.

Both deals show the city and the state striving to leverage the "Music City" brand to generate jobs beyond just those rooted in the recording industry on famed Music Row.

Tennessee has reportedly offered $1 million in taxpayer incentives for the "Project A" deal, Brown told Metro's Industrial Development Board on Tuesday. It's not clear what types of jobs CBS Radio would be bringing to Nashville. Brown declined further comment.

CBS Radio owns 117 stations in 26 markets, reaching 65 million people a week in 2015. The business is poised for a major shakeup, as it is spinning out from CBS and planning to go public.

Cumulus Announces Two Programming Appointments

• Rob Roberts Moves to Washington, D.C. as Program Director of WRQX and Assumes Newly Created Role of VP/Hot AC for Cumulus Media
• Louie Diaz Heads to Atlanta as Operations Manager and Program Director of WWWQ

Louie Diaz

Cumulus Media announces that it has named Louie Diaz, current Program Director of WRQX 107.3 FM in Washington, D.C., to Operations Manager, Cumulus Media-Atlanta and Program Director of WWWQ 99.7 FM (Q100) in Atlanta, GA.

Rob Roberts, current Operations Manager, Cumulus Media-Atlanta and Program Director of WWWQ, will move to WRQX/Washington, DC as Program Director and will also assume the newly created role of Vice President/Hot AC at the corporate programming level.

Mike McVay, Senior Vice President, Content & Programming, Cumulus Media and Westwood One, said: “We’re fortunate to be able to tap the great brains inside of Cumulus programming and apply the theory of “Highest and Best Use” to their skills and match them with where they can be most effective. Rob brings a wealth of experience to our Corporate Programming platform and a fresh set of eyes for WRQX. Louie has done a great job with WRQX and his fresh vision on Q100 will provide even greater upside to an already successful station.”

WRQZ 107.3 FM (19.5 Kw) Red=Local Coverage Area

Rob Roberts

Sean Shannon, Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Media-Atlanta said: ““For 10 years Q100 has thrived under Rob’s programming leadership. He leaves Q100 in a market leading position and his shoes are definitely big ones to fill. Louie’s passion for the format and track record of success promise a bright future for Q100.”

Jake McCann, Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Media- Washington, D.C. said: “We are going to miss Louie Diaz who oversaw the triumphant return of The Jack Diamond Morning Show and Mix to Washington DC. Rob Roberts is one of the best PD’s in the business and we are excited to work with him as MIX continues its rise.”

Roberts said: “After two decades of working with Mike, he asked if I was up for more. Everyone should be so lucky. This new opportunity is a unique chance to continue forging a great path for WRQX and The Jack Diamond Morning Show while allowing me to work with other great stations in Cumulus. I am excited o join Dave Milner and Jake McCann’s team in D.C. In Atlanta, I’ve had some of the greatest experiences of my life and I will always pull for Q100 and the cluster to continue to shine brightly. But moving forward to one of the most dynamic radio stations and cities in America is a chance that has to be grabbed. We’re going to have a lot of fun.”

WWWQ 99.7 FM (100 Kw)

Diaz said: “I am excited and grateful for this opportunity. Our Atlanta cluster has legendary stations with great talent on and off air. Thank you to Mike McVay, Jeff Brown, and Sean Shannon. I am looking forward to joining the Cumulus/Atlanta team and getting to work with Q100 and our Atlanta stations.”

DC Radio: Joshua Johnson To Replace NPR's Diane Rehm Show

Diane Rehm, Joshua Johnson

As longtime public radio talk show host Diane Rehm retires, her midday slot will be filled with a new show called 1A, NPR member station WAMU 88.5 FM announced Wednesday.

The new live two-hour show — with a name reminiscent of a newspaper front page, as well as the First Amendment — will be hosted by Joshua Johnson, co-creator and host of the radio series Truth Be Told about race in America.

1A will launch at the start of the new year, with the first episode airing Monday, Jan. 2 at 10 a.m. On the radio and as a podcast, the show will seek to build on Rehm's "legacy of civil dialogue and analysis," WAMU writes.

Johnson, the incoming host of 1A, spent more than five years as the morning news host for member station KQED in San Francisco and teaches podcasting at the University of California, Berkeley, journalism school.

"My professional passions have always centered on creativity, exploration and service," he said in a press release announcing the new show. "This moment in history demands these attributes of us. It's a chance to tell stories more creatively, to explore ideas beyond our own, and to refocus on serving others."

"At this moment, our country needs a fresh voice that addresses the wonderful diversity of our nation," Rehm said in that release. "Joshua Johnson represents America's future and is the right host at the right time."

WAMU 88.5 FM (50 Kw) Red=Local Coverage Area

1A, like The Diane Rehm Show, will be produced at WAMU in Washington, D.C., but the station writes that the show will be "in touch with communities across the country."

NAB's Smith Touts Local Press Freedoms

Gordon Smith

NAB President Gordon Smith touted the importance of broadcasters’ “vital role” in American society as providing knowledge that is “the most absolute and necessary ingredient to public discoursem” report TV NewsCheck.

After quoting James Madison, Smith said that’s why today — nearly 250 years later — “the right to speak freely without fear of incrimination, the right of the press to challenge the government and root out corruption, remains one of the most important rights our founders enshrined in the Constitution.”

He said that keeping the keystone of freedom securely in place — the freedom of speech and of the press — is our highest calling.” And, he added, “broadcasters have been, and continue to be, proud stewards of these ideals in the modern media age.”

Smith spoke to the Media Institute in Washington on Tuesday, offering an endorsement of over-the-air broadcasting and spelling out many of the issues the industry is grappling with.

Following last week’s election, he said, “There has been a great deal of focus on the media’s role during and following the election. For broadcasters in particular, self-evaluation is nothing new; as part of their mission, broadcasters constantly reflect upon how they do their jobs and seek ways to better serve the public. This includes questions about the amount and type of information explored to fact-checking and evaluating what issues really matter to the American people. This is happening now, as it happens after every election.

“When Americans want ‘just the facts,’ they know they can turn to their local stations to get the news straight, without the shouting, finger-pointing and drama. When they want to find out what’s going on in their community — like what’s happening in their schools, if their favorite sports team is winning or what the weather will be — they tune into their local stations.”

Baltimore Radio: Mike Miller New PD At WZFT Z104-3

Mike Miller

iHeartMedia announced today that Mike Miller has been named Program Director and afternoon drive host for WZFT Z104.3 FM, Baltimore’s #1 Hit Music Station, effective December 12, 2016. Z 104.3 has a strong cross-platform presence and broadcasts several popular personalities including the Kane Show.

Miller will be responsible for day-to-day programming operations for Z104.3 FM. He will work closely with on-air personalities and sales to oversee the station’s on-air content, digital footprint and music programming.

Miller began his career at 16 at WLAN-FM in Lancaster, PA, and – at 18-years-old – helped launch iHeartMedia Harrisburg’s WHKF 99.3 KISS FM in 2001. He most recently served as Program Director and PM drive host for 99.3 KISS FM. Miller’s over 17 years of experience in the radio industry also includes serving as Assistant Program Director and afternoon on-air personality for KKRZ-FM in iHeartMedia’s Portland market.

“We look forward to having Mike join our Washington, D.C./Baltimore team,” said Meg Stevens, Executive Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia’s Northeast Division. “He is an exceptional on-air talent and leader, which makes him the perfect choice to lead Z 104.3.”

WZFT 104.3 FM (13 Kw) Red=Local Coverage Area

“Through the years, I’ve been lucky enough to work with some amazing people in this industry and have learned so much from them,” said Miller. “I’m ready to take all of these years of learning and growing and continue that trend in Baltimore. Being able to work with the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. team is a dream come true.”

Indy Radio: Suspect Breaks Into Car of WZPL's Host Dave Smiley

Indianapolis' WZPL-FM radio host Dave Smiley posted video on Facebook that reportedly shows his SUV being broken into outside the Benihana at the Fashion Mall at Keystone.

The surveillance video of the daylight break-in was posted to the Smiley Morning Show Facebook page.

It shows what appears to be a gray Chevrolet Malibu pull beside a red Chevrolet Tahoe. The Malibu backs into a parking space beside the Tahoe before a male subject exits the Malibu. He appears to peer in the rear side window of the Tahoe before breaking out the SUV's tailgate window and taking a laptop bag. The subject then returns to his vehicle and leaves the parking lot.