News Corp. chief operating officer Chase Carey said the company is about to get a windfall of retransmission-consent revenue that could be one element in fixing the currently broken economic model for broadcasting, Multichannel News reports. Carey told investors that…
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Communications Subcommittee, wants a constitutional amendment to say that corporations don’t have the free speech rights of individuals when it comes to political ads, as the Supreme Court recently ruled, B&C reports….
The two haven’t had complimentary things to say about each other before, but Jon Stewart, the host of “The Daily Show,” will be a guest of Bill O’Reilly’s on Fox News, for two nights beginning tonight, The New York Times…
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is thinking of expanding the annual March Madness NCAA basketball playoffs from 65 teams to 96 teams, and if they do that Turner Sports would likely make a joint bid with the incumbent TV rights…
First the cast of MTV’s "Jersey Shore" leveraged their success to get raises; now one of the principals cast members, is cashing in on a body part. In the first for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Michael Sorrentino, who dubbed his…
Cablevision Systems has named Charles R. Schueler executive VP of communications and community relations, a new position. Schueler will continue to serve as Cablevision’s chief communications officer and strategist as well as primary spokesperson, responsible for all the company’s communications, media…