THR, KFWB partner for on-air report

One-minute spots to cover breaking news and updates

Staff report
The Hollywood Reporter and CBS Radio's KFWB-AM have partnered to produce "The THR Hollywood Business Report," a weekday entertainment feature that airs on the station and provides an insider's perspective on the business of entertainment.

"The THR Hollywood Business Report" consists of one-minute segments covering breaking news and updates. It airs each weekday morning on the Los Angeles-based station at 5:37 a.m. and 7:37 a.m.

Produced by KFWB and delivered by THR reporters and editors, the report will make KFWB listeners among the first to hear the morning's latest entertainment news in a convenient format.

Deputy film editor Carl DiOrio is the lead journalist for THR on the initiative.

"We are thrilled to be partnering with KFWB to bring 'The THR Hollywood Business Report' to a radio audience," THR editor Elizabeth Guider said. "This partnership is just one more example of how the new Reporter is looking to serve the entertainment industry."

Said KFWB general manager Dan Weiner: "Southern Californians have trusted KFWB News 980 for more than 40 years to keep them informed and on time. Partnering with THR to bring daily updates and breaking entertainment news to our listeners furthers our goal to deliver what our audience and L.A. want most."

THR, KFWB partner for on-air report

One-minute spots to cover breaking news and updates

Staff report
The Hollywood Reporter and CBS Radio's KFWB-AM have partnered to produce "The THR Hollywood Business Report," a weekday entertainment feature that airs on the station and provides an insider's perspective on the business of entertainment.

"The THR Hollywood Business Report" consists of one-minute segments covering breaking news and updates. It airs each weekday morning on the Los Angeles-based station at 5:37 a.m. and 7:37 a.m.

Produced by KFWB and delivered by THR reporters and editors, the report will make KFWB listeners among the first to hear the morning's latest entertainment news in a convenient format.

Deputy film editor Carl DiOrio is the lead journalist for THR on the initiative.

"We are thrilled to be partnering with KFWB to bring 'The THR Hollywood Business Report' to a radio audience," THR editor Elizabeth Guider said. "This partnership is just one more example of how the new Reporter is looking to serve the entertainment industry."

Said KFWB general manager Dan Weiner: "Southern Californians have trusted KFWB News 980 for more than 40 years to keep them informed and on time. Partnering with THR to bring daily updates and breaking entertainment news to our listeners furthers our goal to deliver what our audience and L.A. want most."

Financials Minimize


On The Web Minimize

DENVER -- New figures from NPD Group suggest that the Amazon DRM-free digital music service is doing more to grow the overall digital music market as opposed to simply stealing customers from iTunes.

The research group says only 10% of Amazon customers had previously bought music from Apple's iTunes service. While many tagged the Amazon service as an "iTunes killer" when it first launched, the music industry's hope all along was never to cannibalize iTunes sales but rather encourage new digital buyers. NPD's data suggest exactly that is happening.

"The fact that Amazon's early growth does not appear to be at the expense of Apple iTunes is a healthy indication that the digital music customer pool can expand into new consumer groups who have not yet joined the iTunes community," said NPD analyst Russ Crupnick in a statement.

NPD says Amazon is now second only to iTunes in the a la carte digital download category (for those keeping score). The company did not disclose how many users Amazon has attracted in total, however it did say iTunes volume is 10 times that of Amazon.

Some interesting demographic breakdown has emerged between the two services as well. NPD says 84% of Amazon customers are male, compared to 44% of iTunes, but only 3% of Amazon customers were teens, compared to iTunes' 18% (the latter attributed primarily to the popularity of iTunes gift cards.)

NPD says Amazon's growth is likely more due to existing Amazon customers adopting the new service rather than due its lower pricing or DRM-free policies.

Subscribe

Subscribe to The Hollywood Reporter and see the entertainment industry from its best angle: the inside looking out. Complete access to real-time news and exclusive analysis that goes behind the scenes from film to television, home video to digital media.
Find out more.

Daily News Brief by Email

Spotlights the day's top stories, reviews, columns, breaking news bulletins, and highlights of our online-only content from blogs to podcasts. Sign up now.