The IRS is suing Clear Channel co-founder Billy Joe "Red" McCombs for $45 million in back taxes, saying he did not report long-term capital gains in 2002 and 2003 from the sale of 11.3 million Clear Channel shares. |
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Mexico City-based Grupo Radio Centro's Q2 net income was 3.1 million Pesos, or $245,000, compared to a Q2 2009 net loss 28.3 million Pesos, thanks in part to 17% higher broadcasting revenue. |
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ADVERTISEMENT -- REALTORS® spend $1 billion annually to market their services and 30% are ready to buy radio! See the video from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Annual Conference. Read more. |
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Beasley Business Talk WWDB/Philadelphia will flip to 24-hour Spanish-language sports radio network ESPN Deportes Radio on Aug. 2. |
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Julie Anderson rises from VP to Sr. VP/Content & Integration at Tribune Interactive, overseeing both the representation team and the market services group. |
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Crystal Cardenas will soon be the new Director/Marketing & Promotion for CBS Radio/Phoenix, comprising Country KMLE, Classic Hits KOOL and Rhythmic KZON. |
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Curtis Media Group in North Carolina names Alex McTighe Group NSM, effective Aug. 9. McTighe was most recently an AE for McGavren Guild Media. |
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Five years from now, Frost & Sullivan expects an addressable market size of more than 5 million cars in North America that will use smartphones to connect to the Internet. |
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A new survey of smartphone users, conducted by MarketTools Zoomerang and sponsored by Kineto Wireless, found that 78% of respondents would be interested in using a Wi-Fi application to improve their cell-phone coverage. |
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The FCC has launched a new online Consumer Help Center where users can find information, file complaints and comment on rulemakings, among other functions. |
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Does your station have a successful and long-running (at least three or four years) local event or promotion? Are you making money with a concert, selling CDs, or with an original event or activity that gets people talking in your market? We want to hear about it! Send us a brief description of your event or activity and how advertisers and sponsors are involved, and your station or group may be featured in an upcoming issue of Radio Ink. |
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Andrew Ross Sorkin joins the lineup at Radio Ink's Forecast 2011, set for December 7, 2010 at the Harvard Club in New York. Sorkin is the chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for the New York Times and the best-selling author of the recent Too Big to Fail, and he's as well connected in the financial world as anyone in radio. The thrice-daily "Business Brief With Andrew Ross Sorkin" is produced and distributed by United Stations Radio Networks. Click the headlne for Forecast information and registration. |
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