Just Radio Only: Jan. 13: Talk & Tucson; Judith Gross joins Ink; Economy=news; NPR fires bac

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Today's Headlines January 13, 2011

Polls: Most Don't Link Politics, Tucson Shootings

A new Rasmussen survey finds that 58 percent of adults say the shootings in Tucson were not politically motivated, but a random act by an unstable person. That follows a CBS News poll in which nearly 60 percent said political speech is not to blame for the shooting, in which Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others were wounded and six people were killed.

Industry

Radio Ink Names Judith Gross Tech Editor

Judith Gross joins Radio Ink as Technology Editor, managing Tech Ink, the standalone monthly section focusing on technology issues in broadcast and new media. Gross is a journalist and broadcast veteran who's written for such publications as Broadcast Week and served as editor-in-chief of Radio World. She'll also host Radio Ink's annual Tech Summit, set for May 16-17, just ahead of Convergence 2011.

Krasinksi Joins Arbitron As SVP

Paul Krasinski, formerly COO at Ando Media, joins Arbitron in the newly created post of SVP/digital media and analytics, leading Arbitron's service development in the digital space.

CBS Names Communications Dirs. In Boston, S.F.

CBS Local Media -- which includes CBS Radio -- names Ro Dooley-Webster market communications director for Boston, while Akilah Bolden-Monifa takes the same post in San Francisco. Dooley-Webster is communications director for CBS's WBZ-TV, while Bolden-Monifa has headed communications for CBS's KPIX-TV and KBCW-TV since 2002.

Research

Economy, Elections Dominate News In '10

Though such stories as the earthquake in Haiti and the BP oil spill dominated the news for weeks at a time last year, the state of the U.S. economy and the 2010 elections were the year's top stories, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Washington

NPR Fires Back Over Defunding Bills

NPR in an e-mail to political publication The Hill called bills that would end federal funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting "an intrusion into the programming decisionmaking of America's public radio stations."

MetroPCS Plan Draws Net Neutrality Complaints

Groups including Free Press and Media Access Project have written to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to complain that new MetroPCS broadband service plans violate FCC net neutrality rules by charging extra for additional "data access," a term the groups contend includes such services as Skype and Netflix. MetroPCS responds that its plans comply with open Internet rules.

Radio Ink

Mighty Red II: New Features Never Before On ANY Radio

Radio Ink debuts the Mighty Red II, bringing back the little HD radio with mighty HD sound. New features on the Mighty Red II include Artist Experience -- cover art, artist info, and more -- onscreen ads that can be synced with audio, Live Pause, and song and ad Bookmarking. It's a great gift for clients to show them what's really possible with HD Radio. Click the headline to order now.

Get The PastBlast iPad App

PastBlast, the new iPad app from Radio Ink is available now in the Apple App Store. Historical audio, photos, and more from every era of radio's history, with navigation through a beautiful, fully equipped retro radio studio. Click the headline to see it, or get it here.

Radio Pros Available

The economy is slowly turning around, and broadcasters are beginning to hire again. Put your name in front of the industry with a free listing in Radio Pros Available. And we'll be happy to post your aircheck or demo, or a link to your website. Click the headline to learn more.

January 17: Small-Market Heroes: A roundtable of top small-market execs, feauring Riverbend President/GM Jim Burgoyne
Guide to Syndicated Music Programming
Deborah Parenti talks with Broadcast Architecture's Allen Kepler, MannGroup Radio's Ed Mann, and Envision Radio Networks' Danno Wolkoff

**Coming up in Radio Ink:
February 7: America's Top Formats and Format Trends
February 21: Focus on Country -- the annual CRS issue
March 7:** The Urban Radio Issue

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