Most Clicked NAB SmartBrief Stories
1. Dallas' KKDA fires most of its on-air staff
NAB SmartBrief | May 24, 2012
Most of the on-air personalities were fired at Dallas' KKDA-AM, leaving only morning host Willis Johnson, as station owner Hyman Childs looks to automate most of the programming. "Ain't the best day of my life," said former station stalwart Bobby Patterson. Dallas Morning News (free content), The (05/23)
2. CBS takes ratings crown for 9th season out of 10
NAB SmartBrief | May 24, 2012
CBS scored the widest lead in viewership in more than 20 years as it claimed the title of most viewed network for the ninth year out of the past 10. The network averaged 12 million viewers a week over the just-concluded season, topping second-place Fox by 3 million. NBC had the single most-watched program with "NBC Sunday Night Football." Washington Post, The (05/23)
3. Why Facebook is destined for failure
NAB SmartBrief | May 23, 2012
Facebook's $100 billion valuation is based on the mistaken idea that an ad-supported Internet provides a more efficient vehicle for marketers and is therefore a better value than traditional media, Michael Wolff writes. He believes a "crash" of Internet-only media is inevitable and that "Facebook -- that putative transformer of worlds, which is, in reality, only an ad-driven site -- will fall with everybody else." MIT Technology Review online (05/22)
4. Cable companies concerned as FCC reconsiders online video
NAB SmartBrief | May 23, 2012
Cable and satellite TV companies are opposing any move by the Federal Communications Commission to redefine online video distributors such as Hulu and YouTube as multichannel video programming distributors, a move that would open up bundled content for over-the-top access by consumers. The FCC is considering such a decision during its current period of public comment on the subject, raising questions about the perils of such accelerated change in a media industry already in flux. New York Times (tiered subscription model), The (05/22)
5. Networks take DISH to court over ad-skipping service
NAB SmartBrief | May 25, 2012
Three of the Big Four networks have filed separate lawsuits challenging DISH Network's new automatic ad-skipping service. Fox, NBC and CBS say the DVR-based playback service violates copyrights and retrans agreements. DISH, meanwhile, filed suit against the Big Four, saying that potential litigation is stifling its right to innovate. Broadcasting & Cable (05/24) New York Times (tiered subscription model), The (05/24)
6. General manager at Meredith Atlanta TV outlet is gone
NAB SmartBrief | May 23, 2012
Broadcasting & Cable (05/22)
7. Starcom punishes DISH over ad-skipping DVR
NAB SmartBrief | May 24, 2012
Starcom MediaVest Group Exchange has cut short talks with DISH Network over a TV addressable advertising deal in light of DISH's new commercial-skipping DVR service. "We can't support that kind of thinking. They are basically trashing the ad model," said John Muszynski, chief investment officer of Starcom Media Group Exchange. MediaPost Communications (05/23)
8. Expert: DISH ad-skipping feature threatens broadcast TV model
NAB SmartBrief | May 23, 2012
DISH Network's Auto Hop tool that allows subscribers to completely skip TV ads during DVR playback is "too big a game changer" that undermines the TV business model, said Jack Myers, publisher of industry newsletter The Myers Report. "It brings to question DISH's understanding of the fundamentals of broadcast television," Myers said. Washington Post, The (05/22)
9. 30 Nassau stations going to Binnie's Carlisle Capital
NAB SmartBrief | May 23, 2012
Bill Binnie's Carlisle Capital will pay $12.5 million for 30 Nassau stations. The sale is part of a bankruptcy court proceeding stemming from Nassau's involuntary entry into bankruptcy last year. Radio Ink (05/22)
10. New Orleans paper, 3 in Ala. scale back print publication
NAB SmartBrief | May 25, 2012
The New Orleans Times-Picayune and three major newspapers in Alabama are joining the list of newspapers owned by Advance Publications moving away from daily print publication. The Times-Picayune will appear in print on the three days that are most valuable for advertisers in a move that may prove disruptive for readers of the print edition, which still accounts for the vast majority of newspaper revenues. Washington Post, The (05/24)
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