Report: FM Radio Profits Up In Canada (AM Radio Down)

“The federal broadcast regulator said there were 513 FM stations in Canada, up 17 from the previous year, that brought in a total of $1.24 billion in revenue, up from $1.2 billion in 2009. The number of AM stations fell by nine to 141 for the year, while total revenue were relatively unchanged at $307.3 million, up 0.4 per cent from the previous year.”

Fantasy Book Defies Conventional E-Book Wisdom, Boosts Bookstore Sales

It “temporarily upended the conventional wisdom in the book business that devoted readers of genre fiction — whether romance, sci-fi or fantasy — have begun to prefer reading in e-book format over print. According to first-day sales collected by Random House, more than 170,000 print copies and 110,000 e-book copies sold on Tuesday, the largest opening for a Random House book in 2011.”