7 posts and columns on stations

Former AOL Media Boss Bill Wilson Rounds Up the Old Gang

in Media on December 13, 2010 at 4:55 am PT

Ten former AOLers get new gigs at a radio station chain and start to building. Up first: 30 new local sites plus Taste of Country, which is dedicated to…well, you can guess.

How to Watch Free, Live Broadcast TV on Your iPad, Right Now

in Media on November 5, 2010 at 9:27 am PT

The broadcast networks only put their stuff on the Web under very specific conditions. So this is exactly what they don’t want: Free, live streams of their stuff delivered to your iPad, via the browser.

News Corp.: Conan’s Not Coming to Fox Just Yet; Amazon’s Ready to Bend on E-Book Pricing

in Media on February 2, 2010 at 2:41 pm PT

Amazon caved to Macmillan’s demands on e-book pricing, and now the online retailer is set to give News Corp.’s HarperCollins a new deal too, says Rupert Murdoch. Meanwhile, don’t hold your breath waiting for Conan O’Brien on Fox.

Reaching for the Height of Radio

in The Digital Solution on January 26, 2010 at 2:21 pm PT

HD Radio offers better sound quality and more channels than regular radio–if you don’t mind a slight delay, says Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution.

Comcast Pitches NBC Deal to Investors: Check Out Our “Wow Chart”!

in Media on December 3, 2009 at 5:35 am PT

Comcast investors have been upset with the company ever since its plans to acquire control of NBC Universal from GE appeared in September. Now’s the time for the company to start wooing them back (at least publicly).

The New York Times Gets Out of the Radio Business, Collects $45 Million

in Media on July 14, 2009 at 11:34 am PT

The New York Times is getting out of the radio business. Did you know the New York Times was in the radio business? Exactly. Anyway, now it’s not. The cash-strapped publisher has sold WQXR-FM for $45 million, carving up the asset into two packages for different buyers–local NPR affiliate WNYC and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Radio. The money will go to paying down the paper’s debt: Not much, but more than the company may get for the Boston Globe.
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Tuning Out: Last.fm Founders Leave Two Years After Selling to CBS

in Media on June 10, 2009 at 8:43 am PT

The founders of Last.fm, the London-based Web music start-up CBS snapped up for $280 million two years ago, are leaving the company. No word yet on whom CBS will appoint to replace the founding trio of Felix Miller, Richard Jones and Martin Stiksel, or what any of the men intend to do next. Miller announced the deal in a short blog post today. More shortly….