October 4th, 2009 Ray Interviewed on Local TV Now: Episode 26 - 74% of People Still Get Their News from TV
In this episode, we talk to the pollster behind a new study that finds that people still watch a lot of TV and still get news from TV regularly despite projections by some that TV news is in permanent decline. Plus, we talk about NBC’s local news ratings which are down double digits in major markets following Leno. And lots of talk about syndication including MyNetwork TV’s move to be a syndicator instead of a network.
September 22, 2009 Greater Boston residents still rely heavily on traditional media
BOSTON – Traditional media outlets remain an important force for distributing news in the Greater Boston market, according to a new poll conducted over the summer for Fisher College and Howell Communications. About 74 percent of the respondents said they received news regularly from TV, while 50 percent said they received news regularly from newspapers. About 44 percent said they regularly get news from the Internet, and 34 percent say they regularly get news from the radio.
December 15, 2008 Howell Communications in story about charitable giving on WBZ NewsRadio 1030
October 2, 2008 Ray Howell interviewed on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 on VP Debate
April 4, 2008 New Foundation Honors Sullivan
BOSTON - When the late Paul Sullivan was on the air, holding down the weeknight 8 to midnight shift on WBZ-AM (1030), his listeners were well aware of his humor. The Lowell native, who died of cancer at 50 this past September, didn't suffer fools gladly, and listeners who tuned into "The Paul Sullivan Show" enjoyed his common-sense-driven jibes at bad drivers and selfish politicians.
March 27, 2008 Media Today: DAVE's BLOG
MEDIA TODAY: CEOs want the 4-1-1 on what Generation Y thinks is hot online - and a Boston public relations firm is giving them just that.
March 17, 2008 Ray Howell interviewed on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 on communications challenge facing Obama
February 27, 2007 Patrick's budget chief knows the pain of cuts
Leslie Kirwan is no stranger to financial challenges or the anguish they cause. Now she's looking at a projected $1.3 billion gap. After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Leslie Kirwan marshaled her shaken staff at the Massachusetts Port Authority to assess the financial damage.
January 3, 2007 Does 'Together We Can' include media?
BOSTON- When Devel Patrick, fresh from his gubernatorial victory, decided to lecture the media for its “cynicism” a little over a month ago, some members of the media shook their heads, other just shrugged their shoulders.
October 13 - 19, 2006, Boston Business Journal Still Dumb After Watergate
Patricia Dunn should have met Bob Woodward. Dunn is the former Hewlett-Packard Co. chairwoman who was forced to resign and later indicted because of her role in a company investigation of media leaks by other board members.