How Our Street-Smart Skills Would Save iHeart IHeartMedia filed two things with the SEC on the same day this week. In one filing, the company explained that they’d decided not to make about $60 million in interest payments to its…
When a pair of Democratic legislators first accused Ajit Pai of championing certain rule changes to benefit his friends at Sinclair, we were skeptical. Chairman Pai is smart and ambitious, but I don’t believe he’s duplicitous. As so many words…
The base rate for a commercial in the Super Bowl is North of $5 million. The cost to produce an ad can easily top $1 million. What do you get for your six mil? Pretty good reach—the U.S. audience for…
It’s no secret that I have been stumping very hard for the reinstatement of the net neutrality rules, and how much I disagree with the FCC chairman on this issue. However, the revelation that this highly-controversial issue has subjected Mr.…
At this rate, it won’t be streamed, either It was a sad day last Tuesday for freedom of choice when the FCC unwound the net neutrality rules established by the previous administration. Basically, by removing all regulation, it leaves providers…
So a couple of Congressmen have accused FCC Chairman Pai of conspiring to make sweeping regulatory changes to benefit just one television company. Never mind that many of the changes have nothing to do with television. Never mind that these changes…
I want to commend Entercom CEO David Field and his executive team for understanding that with great power comes great responsibility. As his company prepares to take over CBS Radio, it has announced a number of best practices initiatives to…
It took him a while, and I’m sure the myriad discussions with his staff lasted long into the wee hours, but ultimately the FCC chief issued a well-crafted comment on what his boss said the week before about yanking a…
So there’s a patent on “automatically organizing computer files and folders”? I don’t know whether to laugh or cry over the amount of time and money being wasted on nonsense like this, and it’s all really the fault of the…
This past week we experienced another troubling assault on the freedom of the press in general, but more specifically, the ability for each of us to operate a licensed business honestly and ethically without fear of capricious reprisal. I am…