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The following text SNIPPET is a quote: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-10-1084A1.pdf PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12thSt., S.W. Washington, D.C.20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 10-1084 Released: June 16, 2010 MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF REQUESTS FOR QUOTATION FOR MEDIA OWNERSHIP STUDIES AND SEEKS SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STUDIES IN MEDIA OWNERSHIP PROCEEDING MB Docket No. 09-182 Suggestions for Additional Studies Deadline:July 7, 2010 Requests for Quotation for Media Ownership Studies. As part of the Commission’s 2010 Quadrennial Media Ownership proceeding,1the Commission is commissioning nine economic studies to evaluate the current marketplace and the state of...

The always-interesting results of the biennial news consumption survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press were released Sunday afternoon. Findings on TV news and online-only news produced a few surprises (follow to come), but on the newspaper front the indications were mainly negative, especially on the print front, but also in some aspects of newspapers on the Web. Namely: while more young people are indeed reading newspapers online, their total readership, print and Web combined, has not grown in two years. This survey was conducted by telephone from April 30 to June 1 among 3,612...

Traditional radio news services like ABC and CBS might want to take a word of advice from CNN and MSNBC: Don't underestimate upstart Fox News Radio. One year after launching its five-minute hourly news service on June 1, the network (which also offers a one-minute component, crisis coverage and one-on-ones with its anchors) has increased the number of affiliates from 58 to more than 330, including 24 of the top 25 markets. “It’s been a very successful 12 months,” said Kraig Kitchin, president and CEO of Premiere Radio Networks, which sold out 95 percent of the network’s inventory to advertisers...

Fox Will Become Main News Source For Clear Channel By JOE FLINT Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL December 6, 2004; Page B4 News Corp.'s Fox News has reached an agreement to become the primary news provider to radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. The pact stands to greatly boost the radio presence of Fox News, which rolled out its service last year, as it looks to compete with the much more entrenched CBS Radio, a unit of Viacom Inc., and Walt Disney Co.'s ABC Radio. Under the terms of the five-year deal, which starts next year, as many...

ELEANOR HALL: In the United States, the campaign of the Democrat Presidential challenger, Senator John Kerry, is undergoing a transformation with the challenger now going after President George W. Bush. The Kerry campaign is in trouble and is running out of time, with the President well ahead in the polls. And while President Bush's lead has come back slightly from his post convention high, many states critical to a Kerry win are now turning toward the Republicans. From Washington, John Shovelan reports. JOHN SHOVELAN: Out on the stump Senator Kerry is getting tough. JOHN KERRY: President Bush's desk isn't where...