Orbitcast is live blogging the full-year 2008 and fourth-quarter 2008 investor conference call. Keep hitting the refresh button to see the latest updates. Regular old introductions of "forward looking statements" David Frear is on right now talking about how the company still managed to grow despite...

GLAAD has issued a press release announcing the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. They feature that Clay Aiken will be presenting the Excellence in Media Award to Tyra Banks. Tyra Banks and Suze Orman to be Honored at 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Presented by IBM in New York The Gay & Lesbian Al...

Younger, Cell Phone-Only Households Listen to Lots More Radio: Nielsen Media Buyer Planner, MD“The findings from the Nielsen pilot underscore the urgent need to include cell-phone-only homes in radio ratings.â€� Clear Channel president and CEO John Hogan made a dig at Arbitron, Nielsen’s co...

So, we've got a Honda Element, and we have XM radio in it. It definitely has its problems, but for the most part it's a good thing. I've heard a lot of complaints from people about the post-merger XM with the DJs that came over from Sirius, but for the most part I don't mind them so much. I especial...

CNBC's Maria Bartiromo interviewed Liberty Media's president and CEO Greg Maffei yesterday to gather some insight into the decision to invest in Sirius XM Radio Inc. and to learn about the company's future prospects. Maffei sounds highly optimistic (he sort of has to after dumping $530 million into ...

Why are there radio stations aimed at kids? Dallas Morning News, TXCrunch Gear has an amusing post about plans to transform one New York radio station from a rock format to a pop format. The folks who own the radio station say the new format will provide "young adults" with a venue to "discover...

Call me a crusty skeptic, but I think it’d be hard for entertainers–some of whom are already ostentatiously wealthy–to get Washington to help them out in the best of times. So my gut is that there’s little chance that Congress will pass something called “The Performance...

In “How to Find Your Tribe in One Word” by Liz Strauss, she wrote about how it is too easy to feel separated from society by the actions often not of our choosing. Lots of folks have lots of reason for feeling we’re on the outside. It’s almost overwhelming. The world can seem to be o...

I admit it. I’m addicted. I can’t see ever going back. Life will never be the same. I’m completely hooked on satellite radio. My wife, famous for - among things - her pitch-perfect birthday gifts, bought me a Sirius subscription a few years ago. If you like radio, it’s the ab...

Recently I was lamenting the sorry state of my music affairs to my wholly sympathetic spouse... Me: I like how I have to cancel Sirius but you have an iPod and that Squeezebox thing. The Wife: I like how I have to gestate two parasites for nine months. Get an iPhone. Me: I already have a phone, why ...