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Coinciding with Public Radio Music Day, public service broadcaster WYPR announced that its acquisition of WTMD became official.
Read More »WYPR acquisition of WTMD finalized on Public Radio Music Day
Don Omar sues local radio station for using likeness to promote concert
A popular Puerto Rican singer-songwriter has filed suit against a local Spanish-language radio station, alleging the station deliberately canceled his appearance at a concert last summer but still used his name and image to promote the event. Don Omar is seeking at least $9 million for breach of contract from WLZL-FM, also known as El Zol 107.9, according to the lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.
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Read More »‘Radio god’ leaves the RELM
Loyal fans know Don Geronimo is an open book and not one to bite his tongue if there were more to the story of his departure from the podcast network. Turns out there is.
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Read More »Pandora wins court battle with music publishers
LOS ANGELES — Internet radio leader Pandora has won a court battle with the music publishing society known as ASCAP that could help it lower its royalty payments. Pandora pays 4.3 percent of its revenue in songwriter royalties to groups ...
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Read More »Radio One posts loss in second quarter
Radio One Inc., of Silver Spring, the nation’s largest broadcasting company serving primarily black audiences, reported a second-quarter net loss of $14.2 million, or 29 cents per diluted share, versus net income of $42.7 million, or 85 cents per share, for the year-ago period.
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Read More »Sinclair closes on Fisher acquisition
Sinclair Broadcast Group, of Hunt Valley, an independent television broadcasting company, said Thursday that it has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Seattle-based Fisher Communications, Inc. for approximately $373.3 million, or $41 per share, less acquired working capital.
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Read More »Law blog roundup
Buying someone a drink has landed one Texas man in big trouble.
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Read More »Apple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green “felt” of its Game Center app, in what it calls the biggest update since the iPhone’s launch in ...
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Read More »Sinclair acquiring Seattle’s Fisher Broadcasting for $361M
SEATTLE — Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. said Thursday that it has agreed to buy Fisher Communications Inc. for about $361 million, expanding its coverage westward. Fisher had announced in January that it was exploring its strategic alternatives. The Seattle-based company ...
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Read More »Virginia group enters ad fray, opposes session
In what is becoming a battle of advertising dollars, a Virginia-based anti-tax group has aired the first in a new series of radio spots denouncing a possible special legislative session that could end with casino owners paying lower taxes. Taxpayers ...
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