Monthly Archives: September 2009

Howard Kurtz (“Mr Reliable Sources”) has been asleep for the last decade. He seems unaware that ABC TV (owned by Disney) and ABC Radio (owned by Citadel) are entirely separate news operations. ABC radio covering the rally is not a … Continue reading →

President of ACORN is not very smart. When given the opportunity on CSPAN to “say something to Glenn Beck”, she could have said “I would like to thank him for bringing this problem to my attention, and we’re working hard … Continue reading →

“The Media” is freaking out about Glenn Beck. The Washington Post is flailing its useless arms at Fox News for saying that the other networks ignored the story (Hey, ABC mentioned it on their web site!)… In trying to make … Continue reading →

NAB picks new President – the NAB has been leaderless during the “Performance Tax” debate in Congress, and they have hired former Republican Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon. While in the U.S. Senate, he sat on the committee that oversees … Continue reading →

Google Maps uses DirectX inside your web browser… really advanced stuff…. however, if you’re using a remote control program like LogMeIn to control the computer, DirectX activity isn’t captured, so it appears on the remote computer like the program is … Continue reading →

Iphone/Blackberry streaming – that’s what I’m working on today – finding news/talk stations with mp3 streams not currently in the database. If you know of some (and they’re not pirate streams), let me know :)

Server lockups were due to the growth in activity, and the “show stats for the past week” SQL statements making bad choices on how to add up the totals. Hopefully, that should stop now :)

Mary Travers of Peter Paul & Mary has died at age 72

PPM and radio personalities – Sarah McBride of the Wall Street Journal (Article (requires subscription) writes about how Ryan Seacrest and others in the radio business are becoming slaves to the results of data from the PPM devices that are … Continue reading →

Vince McMahon’s wife (of WWE Wrestling fame) says she wants to run for the US Senate as a Republican to challenge Chris Dodd to a winner take all match.

Richard Parsons – CEO of Citigroup is going to work part time for Providence Equity Partners – they are a private equity firm funded at least in part by Citigroup – and have a major stake in Univision. Mr Parsons … Continue reading →

Republican backbone – some signs of hope… they are writing legislation to force the US government to set up a commission to sell off its investments using TARP funds (AIG, GM, Chrysler, BofA, Citigroup) by late 2011 (just in time … Continue reading →

Rockefeller CEO “commits apparent suicide” – Story here Someone call Alex Jones. James McDonald not only ran the company that manages the Rockefeller fortune, he was briefly on the CIT board of directors and was on the board of the … Continue reading →

Recession is over – so says Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. I wonder if he thinks saying that will stop Congress demanding an audit of the Fed?

Ando Media has been sold – those of you who test and pay attention to details may have already noticed them. Their niche is counting streaming sessions and selecting appropriate ads based on the demographics of the visitor. A Private … Continue reading →