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December
HD Radio: It's Just Too Complicated (Part One) - Lamenting its lack of availability in vehicles. (Dec. 27)
FCC Votes Proposed Media Ownership Changes - Allowing newspapers and broadcasters to further cross-breed is a bad idea. (Dec. 21)
What If Your Radio Station is "Occupied"? - Radio Ink has advice for broadcasters if "the crazies" come. (Dec. 16)
Colleagues Salute FCC's Copps - Fellow Commissioners and influential lobbyists praise him on his way into retirement from public service. (Dec. 13)
Loss of local radio voices subtly diminishes democracy - A look back at what 15 years of radio consolidation has wrought. (Dec. 6)
Clear Channel adds Cumulus' 570 stations to iHeartRadio - Giving the nation's largest broadcaster unfettered access to the nation's second-largest broadcaster's online programming. (Dec. 5)
Cumulus, Clear Channel Combine Digital Efforts - The nation's two largest broadcast conglomerates team up in streaming and social media bargain-hunting. (Dec. 5)
Naming contest: what to call a Clear Channel, Cumulus, Citadel merger - It's already beginning to happen online, notes Radio Survivor. (Dec. 5)
U.K. Digital Switchover Projections Slowed - Analog radio in Britain is not destined to disappear until probably 2019 at the earliest. (Dec. 5)
Love That Muddy Ether: Pirate Multi-Culturalism and Boston's Secret Soundscape - An illustration, in words and sound, of the vibrant pirate radio scene in Boston. (December)

November
Deadlines Set for Comments on Proposed HD Radio Tweak - The FCC has the FM-HD power-maintenance rules on the fast track. (Nov. 28)
Dutch Commitment to DAB+ - Public and commercial broadcasters were lukewarm to the original DAB technology; will an improved variant do the trick? (Nov. 21)
Lawyer for Pirate Cat Radio Founder Files Petition for Reconsideration of FCC Fine - The grounds are dubious, but the resistance is welcome. (Nov. 21)
Pirate Fines Are Often Tough to Collect - Radio World uses the phrase "paper tiger" to characterize the FCC's enforcement efforts. (Nov. 17)
Power Grab - The Isthmus gives preemptive love to the coming expansion of LPFM. (Nov. 17)
Underwriting and Low Power FM: why does the NAB care? - Coverage of the Prometheus Radio Project's survey of LPFM stations, as well as a look at the non-existent economic "threat" such stations pose to full-power broadcasters. (Nov. 16)
Hijacking Radio and TV Stations? - Using the right Emergency Alert System codes, it's conceivable that an entire chain of stations could be usurped. (Nov. 14)
Trends in Terrestrial Broadcasting - Paul Thurst thinks the unthinkable - AM and FM might eventually succumb to the Internet. (Nov. 11)
Two different operators want to move their FM translators to 93.5 in Detroit - The translator-mongering is heating up in a major market, pitting a religious broadcaster against a commercial one. (Nov. 11)
High Stakes for LPFMs & FM Translators - Radio World summarizes the latest comments from key constituencies in the ongoing LPFM-expansion rulemaking. (Nov. 9)
Audio of FASTROAD SFN FM HD Radio Tests Released - This is part of an iBiquity/NAB push for FCC authorization of "booster stations" for FM-HD signals. (Nov. 2)
Obama Finally Nominates Rosenworcel and Pai: Can They Get Confirmed Before the FCC Drops to 3? - Harold Feld reads the political tea-leaves. (Nov. 2)
MediaCorp to cut digital radio programmes on Dec. 1 - Bowing to the power of streaming online, Singapore ditches the DAB protocol. (Nov. 2)
Asymmetric IBOC Permission Process Could Be Eased - The FCC seems predisposed to allow FM-HD broadcasters to experiment with pumping up their digital power levels. (Nov. 1)
Clear Channel Revenue Up in Q3 - Even so, the broadcast behemoth laid off hundreds of on-air talent. (Nov. 1)
Obama's FCC picks likely to sail through - Backgrounder on the two nominees for Commissioner seats: Jessa Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai. (Nov. 1)
U.K. Minister: "The Only Future I Envisage for Radio is Digital" - Brave words in the midst of a struggling digital broadcast transition. (Nov. 1)

October
Your DJ Ain't No DJ (He Just Got Laid Off) - Spin recaps the recent mass layoffs at Clear Channel and Cumulus. (Oct. 28)
Clear Channel Cuts D.J.'s Across the Country - Major bloodletting in small to medium-sized markets. (Oct. 27)
FCC Issues $10,000 Forfeiture Order to Pirate Cat Radio Founder - The nuts and bolts of Daniel Roberts' latest dust-up with the FCC. (Oct. 26)
Uncle Sam slaps San Francisco radio pirate with $10k fine - Ars Technica reports on the career-ending blow to Monkey Man. (Oct. 26)
Shot down twice, a New York City translator used by Clear Channel tries again - And CCU accuses LPFM broadcasters of "shoehorning" stations onto a crowded FM dial.... (Oct. 24)
Despite Free Smartphone Offer, FCC Kills FM Translator - "Can't hear your favorite station over the air anymore due to interference? Listen on your phone!" Fortunately, the agency considers this a false equivalence. (Oct. 21)
Can an algorithm be wrong? Twitter Trends, the specter of censorship, and our faith in the algorithms around us - A well-researched examination of how Twitter Trends work - it's not like you think it does. (Oct. 19)
HD Radio Goes the Way of the Laserdisc Player - The Tucson Weekly writes a preemptive epitaph for the flawed technology. (Oct. 6)
Radio #OccupyWallStreet: A potential end-run around sound permits - Harnessing the power of microbroadcasting to increase the impact of the people's mic. (Oct. 3)
What We Won In ACTA - The "trade" agreement will be enacted, but it won't be as draconian as first proposed. (Oct. 3)
Clear Channel Names Pittman as Its Chief - The founder of MTV takes the reins to give the media conglomerate a new digital direction. (Oct. 2)

September
He Urges FCC to Address Satellite-Fed Translators - LPFM advocate and HD critic Chris Maxwell offers a compelling argument against "satellators." (Sept. 30)
Finding Free Radio - Freak Radio Santa Cruz takes a fall break as it scouts for a new broadcast location (the station has since returned to the air). (Sept. 28)
Inside the Russian Short Wave Radio Enigma - The strange tale of UVB-76 and its cryptic broadcasts. (Sept. 27)
A Pocket Guide To What Happens Now That Network Neutrality Rules Are Officially Published - Harold Feld explains the real-world implications of the FCC's milquetoast efforts on the data discrimination front. (Sept. 23)
The Relentless Drive to Consolidation - How continued cost-cutting in the radio industry is affecting the technical integrity of broadcast stations. (Sept. 23)
Can FCC Open LPFM Window by Summer 2012? - It's anyone's guess, really, but proponents and the agency would like to make it so. (Sept. 21)
List of Comments Filed in MM 99-25 LCRA Section 5 Implementation NPRM - REC Networks' handy summary of comments filed regarding LPFM's expansion. (Sept. 20)
Push Intensifies for Stations to Implement Artist Experience - HD Radio's latest last gasp: broadcasting album artwork, plus an effort to get FM-HD receiver chips implemented into smartphones. (Sept. 20)
NRSC Updates IBOC Standards - To make room for the FM-HD power increase and new datacasting features. (Sept. 16)
Ford begs Broadcasters: "Please install our wonderful HD Radio product." - The last thing drivers need to be doing behind the wheel is looking at album art. (Sept. 14)
Is HD Radio the Answer to Radio's Dashboard Challenge? - Mark Ramsey says no. (Sept. 12)
LPFM Donated to Illinois State for Use by College Station - As other colleges shed their student-run stations, this one's going in the opposite direction. (Sept. 12)
NAB thinks Translators offer more value than LPFM - This broadcast engineer would beg to differ. (Sept. 12)
Free Radio Santa Cruz looking for new home - After being displaced when the FCC warned its transmitter-host (it has since found a new broadcast location). (Sept. 9)
Good News/Bad News for FM Translator Licensees - The FCC signals that "hopping" a translator station large distances to provide a rimshot signal into major markets is now frowned upon. (Sept. 5)
Listeners give digital radio a poor reception - DAB is effectively panned in Australia. (Sept. 4)
New Policy on FM Translator Moves - But will this have any effect on the backdoor expansion of translator use by AM and FM-HD broadcasters? (Sept. 2)

August
AT&T/T-Mobile - Susan Crawford provides an eloquent argument as to why the merger should not be allowed. (Aug. 31)
DoJ Says "No" To Ma Cell: Here's What Happens Next (and Why it's All Over But The AT&T Screaming) - Harold Feld explains why an antitrust merger review is the first kiss od death to the corporate marriage of AT&T and T-Mobile. (Aug. 31)
No Rules, No Community - Radio World editor Paul McLane gets on his misguided high horse to pooh-pooh pirate radio. (Aug. 31)
Shortwave Pirate Broadcasting - A broadcast engineer questions whether the work/reward ratio is worth it. (Aug. 27)
The Netherlands plans a pirate radio crackdown - The Dutch government floats a proposal to streamline enforcement activity; a sort of Project Etherflits redux. (Aug. 23)
Radio Valencia in the Mission inside Chez Poulet - A profile of San Francisco's newest microbroadcaster. (Aug. 21)
New York State makes pirate broadcasting a misdemeanor - For what good it'll do, all it has to do is ask Florida and New Jersey. (Aug. 10)
LPFM: A Dream that Never Died - Hannah Sassaman pens a paean to the service and its hopeful expansion. (Aug. 8)
Uses of FM Translators Morph Quickly - Radio World explores the increasing use of FM translators - a secondary broadcast service - as primary stations. (Aug. 4)
HD Radio Alliance's Advertising Presence On Radio Fading - What happens to radio's digital future if its primary proponents stop promoting it on their own stations? (Aug. 3)
iBiquity Disputes Report That Radio Shack Is Exiting the HD Radio Business - Yet there is no evidence to disprove the Shack's reluctance to keep selling HD receivers. (Aug. 3)
Independent media flourishes in Benghazi - And the people's radio stations lead the way. (Aug. 3)
Does Pirate Radio Create Jobs? - Radio World does not think so, and it falls back on the "bad actor" stereotype to make its case. (Aug. 2)
NAB Fastroad Shares Results of iBiquity Study of Single Frequency Networks - A very limited test, involving only two transmitters, and it found that SFNs increase digital-to-analog interference the closer a receiver gets to an HD booster site. (Aug. 2)
Nationwide DAB System Takes to Air Across Germany - It's the second go-round for digital radio in Deutschland. (Aug. 2)
Performance of FM HD Boosters Varies - They may cause more interference than they're worth. (Aug. 2)

July
August 29 Deadline for Comments on LPFM and FM Translator Processing - Broadcast Law Blog provides the basic details. (Jul. 29)
Radio revolution threatened as analogue sets outsell DABs three to one - The U.K.'s long infatuation with digital radio is not being felt among the country's listenership. (Jul. 29)
Clear Channel Christianity - More coverage of the unholy alliance between the nation's largest commercial and religious broadcasters. (Jul. 26)
FCC plan could give LPFM apps an edge over FM translators - Public radio stations are of mixed minds about the idea. (Jul. 25)
Countries Using Digital Radio Technologies - Handy map shows which protocols are in use where around the world. (Jul. 21)
Back door "radio" stations on TV channel 6 to go silent in 2015 - It was a nice loophole while it lasted.... (Jul. 20)
South Korea Tests FM Digital Platforms - It is one of the only countries in the world to do a comparative analysis of all digital broadcast technologies. (Jul. 15)
SPAIN: DAB digital radio switched off in most of the country - Broadcasters and regulators simply don't see the need. (Jul. 15)
LPFM Supporters Split on Tiered Market Proposal - It all depends on how the political realities unfold. (Jul. 13)
New LPFMs: Will It Be Thousands or Hundreds? - The jury is still out, and it depends on your perspective. (Jul. 13)
FCC Adopts Rule Making to Chart a Path to the Licensing of New LPFM Stations - Broadcast Law Blog breaks down the new NPRM. (Jul. 12)
LPFM v. FM Translator: The FCC Moves to End the Stalemate - CommLawBlog questions just when a new LPFM filing window might be allowed. (Jul. 12)
PORTUGAL: DAB digital radio switched off - Budgetary constraints and a lack of affordable receivers killed the service. (Jul. 12)
REC Networks Statement on LPFM NPRM - As always, the devil is in the details. (Jul. 12)
Chairman Genachowski Implementation of the Local Community Radio Act - NAB-sponsored members of Congress do not like the idea of LPFM stations being favored over FM translators, and signal they'll be watching the FCC's actions carefully. (Jul. 11)
Ofcom Mulls FM Frequency for Rural Broadband - The U.K. becomes the first country to seriously consider refarming the FM dial for a use other than broadcasting. (Jul. 8)
Report: pirate radio generates over half billion dollars for US workers in jobs - A back-of-the-envelope calculation, but actually no worse than industry-sponsored studies which regularly manipulate numbers. (Jul. 6)
12 Tech Revolutions That Fizzled - HD Radio makes the list at #10. (Jul. 3)
Small Town Radio Station Fights Back - KDRP-LP struggles to silence a translator that's harming its coverage area. (Jul. 1)

June
New York State passes Anti Pirate Radio Law - Paul Thurst does not think it will make much of an impact. (Jun. 24)
Lybian rebels broadcast free radio to the cities of Misurata and Benghazi - "Who controls the media, controls the country." (Jun. 23)
Turn Out the Lights - Industry sentiment is increasingly bearish on the future of HD Radio. (Jun. 22)
Public Radio and the Role of Federal Funding - Government Accountability Office Report on where CPB money actually goes, and how much NPR actually relies on it. (Jun. 21)
Florida pirate raided and shut down by the FCC - A rare invocation of the state's anti-pirate law shuts down a station in Pompano Beach. (Jun. 20)
Mexico Approves HD Radio Country-wide - It remains to be seen whether broadcasters will make the investment necessary to adopt the technology, though. (Jun. 16)
Think Again: The FCC's New 'Local' Focus: Too Little, Too Late? - Criticism of the FCC's Future of Media Report, which did not actually tell us much of what we didn't already know. (Jun. 16)
iBiquity Establishes Cash Award for Salespeople - Another desperate attempt to entice stations to sell HD Radio's multicast functionality. (Jun. 15)
Nautel Releases NPR Labs Asymmetrical HD Transmission Report - Moving digital power to one side of a channel may improve HD signal reception, but much more work needs to be done before the FCC authorizes the practice on a blanket basis. (Jun. 15)
Pandora shares leap to over $20 in market debut - This makes the company the "third-most-valuable radio broadcast group," at least momentarily. (Jun. 15)
The Bumpy Road of Using FM Translators to Rebroadcast AM Stations or HD-2 Channels - Even the Broadcast Law Blog finds these nascent practices a little hinky. (Jun. 15)
Mutiny Radio - Mutiny in Heaven - Finally, someone involved with the old Pirate Cat "collective" speaks out about the station's resurrection, post-Monkey. (Jun. 13)
Talk like a pirate - Multi-perspective report on the implications of New York's new anti-pirate law. (Jun. 10)
Clear Channel Extends Reach of Iconic Radio Brands via XM Satellite Radio - Simulcasting terrestrial broadcasters on satellite? I thought satellite was supposed to provide alternatives to traditional radio.... (Jun. 8)
HD Radio: Is It Worth The Effort? - Guy Wire lambasts the technology's "naysayers" but ends on a telling note: "I’m comfortable letting future generations of station owners deal with that entire issue." (Jun. 8)
Boston pirate bust is a lesson in the slow grind of bureaucracy - Radio Survivor debunks the notion that one high-profile station takedown represents a renewed FCC vigor to hunt pirates. (Jun. 1)
Pirate Cat Radio Relaunches Today as Mutiny Radio - It's been a long, strange trip for the station, but it's finally jettisoned the bad apple. (Jun. 1)

May
What You Don't Know About Copyright, but Should - A lawyer-librarian attempts to demystify the growing complications of U.S. copyright law. (May 29)
Radio Equipment Seized From Pirate Radio Station - U.S. Department of Justice news release about the bust of Datz Hits Radio in Boston. (May 25)
Citadel and Cumulus want to merge into Son-of-Clear-Channel - To create the second-largest commercial radio conglomerate in the United States. (May 18)
FCC Commissioner's Comcast Dash Triggers a Wave of Disgust - Meredith Atwell Baker cashes in, and exemplifies a major problem with communications policymaking today. (May 14)
Dude, Where's My Car Radio? - The battle for the dashboard is growing in intensity, and terrestrial broadcasters are finding themselves on the short end of the stick. (May 12)
FCC revolving door keeps turning - Former Commissioner Meredith Atwell Baker's employment by Comcast is just the latest in a long line of regulators who've banked on their industry connections. (May 12)
DRM+ Gets High-Power Test - The FM version of Digital Radio Mondiale takes to the air in Scotland. (May 11)
LPFM Impact Inquiry Initiated - CommLawBlog breaks down a Congressionally-mandated study exploring LPFM stations' economic impact on full-power stations. (May 11)
FCC to Study Economic Impact of LPFM on Full-Power FM - But Not the Economic Impact of Any Interference that May Be Caused - As if the latter issue actually mattered in the real world.... (May 10)
Never Mind the 'Vast Wasteland,' Minow Has More to Say - The former FCC Commissioner looks back on his 1961 indictment of television. (May 7)
Is It Time for the Public File to Go? - According to the radio industry, the answer is an emphatic yes. (May 6)
San Jose Pirate 'Threatened to Shoot' - Scare-mongering from Radio World. (May 6)
Powell Gets FCC Welcome - One of the most destructive FCC chairmen of the last decade returns to the agency as a lobbyist for the cable industry - and is welcomed with open arms. (May 4)
LPFM Cheerleader to FCC: Let Translators Originate - CommLawBlog's critique of the Amherst Alliance's plans to harmonize the distiction between FM translators and LPFM stations. (May 2)
Revised 'Net censorship bill requires search engines to block sites, too - All in the name of "protecting intellectual property," which can mean whatever Big Content wants it to mean. (May)

April
In-Car Streaming Radio: The Future is Now - Media analysts predict mobile stream-listening is hitting a critical growth stride. (Apr. 29)
Usage Caps Will Now Apply to 56% Of Broadband Users - The days of metered billing are reality. (Apr. 29)
Lost in Translation - Covering the proliferation of analog HD-2 channels masquerading as "new stations," thereby allowing radio conglomerates to laugh at ownership caps. (Apr. 27)
Why Verizon should acquire Sprint (or at least try) - Forcing a duopoly may call the bluff on the pending oligopoly. (Apr. 26)
Radio Free Record Store Day at Numero Group's WTNG - Radio Survivor documents the impromptu event microbroadcaster. (Apr. 18)
Public Inspection File Rule: FCC Asks If It's Really Necessary - CommLawBlog says it's outmoded and burdensome. Really? (Apr. 17)
The Mystery of the Changing FCC Seal - The agency's logo has an apparent wiring short. (Apr. 16)
Broadcasters Passionate About HD; Not All of it is Positive Passion - Radio Ink finds FCC Audio Chief Peter Doyle "disappointed" with the stagnation of HD Radio. (Apr. 15)
The Death of HD Radio - Round 2 - A survey of just how seriously radio stations are taking HD promotional efforts. (Apr. 15)
FCC Chairman Holds Private Meeting With State Broadcasters - They got a special briefing on the agency's pending plan to reclaim DTV spectrum. (Apr. 13)
Otawa teen convicted of threatening DJ with death, running pirate radio station - An unbalanced kid gives all Canadian pirates a black eye. (Apr. 7)
DAB Radio Downgrade? The new masterplan to deliver DAB radio reception worse than FM - U.K. radio regulators go back to the future. (Apr. 11)
The rise and uncertain future of "pirate" radio in Boston - The Boston Phoenix surveys the vibrancy of the scene in the wake of the Local Community Radio Act's passage. (Apr. 7)
Can AM radio survive by serving niche markets? - Several broadcasters around the country are making a go of it. (Apr. 4)
Free Radio Burque: 1997 Rebel Radio story unearthed - A retrospective on this New Mexican microbroadcaster. (Apr. 2)
America's Most Wanted Pirate Broadcaster - Radio World conducts a retrospective on "Col." Steve Anderson, a militia shortwave broadcaster. (April)
Doyle: HD Adoption Rate 'Mixed' - Just 16 percent of U.S. broadcast stations have adopted HD Radio, 10 years on. (April)
Should FCC Let Translators Originate Programming? - The Amherst Alliance says "yes," according to Radio World. (April)

March
Rebel Radio - Looking back on playing cat-and-mouse with the FCC in the mid-1990s. (Mar. 31)
What Will Derail AT&T's Political Calculus on T-Mobile? - Public Knowledge breaks down the saviness of AT&T's lobbying army, and its implications on data discrimination. (Mar. 26)
Microsoft cancels Zune HD leaving one last portable HD radio on the market - This does not portend good things for HD receiver penetration. (Mar. 17)
White House on Copyright: PRA, Yes! Illegal Streaming, No! - CommLawBlog summarizes the wish-list of the U.S.' newly-appointed Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. (Mar. 17)
Proposed CPB De-funding would Hurt HD Radio - NPR Labs has been the primary innovator in the HD technology sphere: what happens if it has to close shop? (Mar. 16)
Obama "IP czar" wants felony charges for illegal Web streaming - Will we really criminalize unauthorized digital content? Is this a felony-size problem? (Mar. 15)
In Latin America, the Future of Digital Radio Is a Murky One - Not many countries seem in a rush to digitize their radio services. (Mar. 11)
Son of ACTA: meet the next secret copyright treaty - Ars Technica has the scoop on the Trans Pacific Partnership, which contains the same draconian provisions as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. (Mar. 11)
Pirate Cat Radio Founder Speaks about Station's Future - Daniel Roberts tells Radio Survivor his side of the station ownership controversy. (Mar. 5)
EU czar stomps into digital radio - The Register gives a critical perspective on the continental crisis of DAB. (Mar. 3)
Questions Raised at Pirate Cat Radio and KPDO after Leader Leaves the Country - Monkey Man leaves one licensed and one unlicensed radio station in the lurch. (Mar. 3)
To Serve Broadcasters* - Industry communications attorneys in D.C. are unhappy with the FCC's plan to reclaim unused DTV spectrum. (Mar. 1)
Alliance Freshens HD Radio Website - Old pig, meet new lipstick. (March)

February
Reports and tweets say Libyan protesters are taking over radio stations - Radio Survivor taps the pulse of social media for a glimpse at the state of radio in Libya. (Feb. 21)
Free Radio Benghazi broadcasts Libyan protesters to the world - Revolutionaries have commandeered a radio station to make their case heard. (Feb. 20)
LPFM: So What Happens Now? - Good question: the FCC has much administrative work to do before it can implement the Local Community Radio Act. (Feb. 14)
Live Transmission - An excellent Pitchfork piece on the history of LPFM activism. (Feb. 7)
NY State to Regulate Radio - The Empire State seeks to be the third to criminalize unlicensed broadcasting. (Feb. 7)
Norway Sets 2017 Sunset for Analog FM - There are many caveats, however, which will likely push this turnoff to a later date. (Feb. 4)
Norway Switches Off FM - An overly-optimistic take on the country's 2017 analog radio sunset date. (Feb. 4)
FCC Adopts New Ex Parte Rules Setting Out What Must Be Disclosed By Parties Lobbying the FCC - Attempting to advance transparency over what has typically been a backstage process. (Feb. 3)
FCC Releases Ex Parte Report & Order - A good synopsis on the changes to backroom lobbying at the agency. (Feb. 3)
The history of British underground music through cassettes of pirate stations - Radio Survivor's profile of archivist Michael Finch. (Feb. 3)
Community radio isn't just for pirates anymore - Profiling the potential of an LPFM expansion, from the perspective of some who hope to take to the air. (Feb. 1)

January
A Fistful of Dollars - Looking at the depressed state of radio industry revenue, which prognostications on its impact to public broadcasting. (Jan. 29)
DAB radio receiver sales in 2010: what was the actual number? - According to Grant Goddard, it's a lot lower than U.K. digital radio proponents would like you to believe. (Jan. 18)
Radio at CES: Not much new under the sun - Radio Survivor notes the conspicuous lack of HD products at the nation's largest electronics show. (Jan. 11)
New, Old and Forgotten Frames in the Network Neutrality Debate - It's about the last mile, stupid! (Jan. 6)
Local Community Radio Act - It's The Law! - CommLawBlog attempts when a future expansion of LFPM may actually occur. (Jan. 5)
Law Breakers, to Law Makers! And Now to Mischief Maker Again: Pete Tridish signs off - The Prometheus Radio Project's announcement announcing the departure of its founder. (January)
Poll: HD Radio tipping point is years away - Considering the source is a Clear Channel-owned trade publication, this is not good news for HD proponents. (January)