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All-Christmas music stations make money. Lots of it

Dec 10, 2014
Sick of hearing Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" yet? You will be.

If I tweet at you, will you come?

May 21, 2014
"Audience development" and an existential question about the future of journalism.

Univision dumps El Piolin

Jul 23, 2013
Spanish-language media was rocked by news that Univision cancelled its popular radio show "El Piolin por la Manana."

Local newspapers are dead; long live local TV

Jul 1, 2013
The Tribune Co. has agreed to pay $2.7 billion for 19 local TV stations.
Pedestrians walk by the Tribune Tower, headquarters of the Tribune Company on June 7, 2012 in Chicago, Ill.
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Why Pandora bought a radio station in South Dakota

Jun 12, 2013
The music-streaming company Pandora has bought a small radio station in South Dakota. Owning a radio station could allow Pandora to pay smaller royalties that apply to... radio stations.

How to bring high-speed Internet to America

Mar 7, 2013
ERF Wireless uses radio waves hopscotched over short to medium distances to bring high-speed wireless Internet to places that wires or fiber optic cables can’t reach.

For public good, not for profit.

For radio, the digital disruption is delayed

Apr 24, 2012
Business models for the music, movie and newspaper industries are under attack. So what about radio?

Mike Huckabee's new show takes on Rush Limbaugh

Apr 9, 2012
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee launches his syndicated radio show today, in the same timeslot as Rush Limbaugh. The new competition comes at a time when Limbaugh's ratings have been falling quickly.

Rush Limbaugh loses advertisers over comments

Mar 5, 2012
Over the weekend, conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh publicly apologized for the language he's been using to attack a Georgetown law student.