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Today's Headlines January 21, 2011 |
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In Strata's quarterly survey of ad agencies, the company reports a "surprise rebirth" for radio, with 15.6 percent of agencies surveyed saying it's the medium they're most focused on. That's up 75 percent from the Q3 2010 survey. Television is still the leader -- it's the main focus of 44 percent of agencies -- followed by digital, at 21.1 percent. |
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Google releases its Q4 and full-year results, with revenue up 26 percent in the quarter, to $8.44 billion. For the full year, Google brought in $29.3 billion, up from $23.7 billion in 2009. With the results, Google announces that co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO in April from Eric Schmidt, who'll become executive chairman. Co-founder Sergey Brin will focus on strategy and new products. |
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Clear Channel Radio launches community-engagement campaigns in support of Musicians on Call and the United Negro College Fund. The campaigns include PSAs, online sources for information and to make donations, and, in the case of UNCF, a 30-minute public service program. |
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Hundreds of people gathered in San Francisco Wednesday to protest the decision by the University of San Francisco to sell noncommercial KUSF to the University of Southern California. USC flipped the station to Classical, taking the KDFC calls, while KUSF's programming moved online. |
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The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint accusing Sean Hannity of illegally raising money for a Republican candidate for Congress, Politico reports. The FEC said an e-mail asking for donations fell under a "media exemption" to the rule against corporate contributions in federal elections. |
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The FCC has adopted a protective order on confidential information provided by Tribune Co. in its bankruptcy proceeding, saying the order will help facilitate the resolution of issues raised by Free Press, the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and other groups that have filed petitions to deny license transfers in the proceeding. |
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Radio Ink is seeking input on who should be included on this year's annual list of the Most Influential African Americans in Radio. And this year we'd like to highlight not only the industry leaders today, but the leaders of the future. |
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Check out the bottom right of our homepage for the new Radio Ink Social Hub, powered by CellSpin. This widget feeds all the industry news from Radio Ink and radio-related posts from Twitter (with more feeds to come) -- and you can contribute too. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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February 7: Focus on Formats, talking respected consultants including McVay Media's Mike McVay
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