Air America Radio, the upstart liberal talk show network that has been plagued by management troubles, is seeking to raise new money in efforts to pay off debts and steer the business back toward profitability.

Even with CD players and iPods, America's teens still listen to the radio. And they tune in even more when the DJs are their own age.

Fox will present a schedule this morning that blunts the impact of the traditional fall season opening with three major waves of new programming - in the summer, November after baseball and in January.

It didn't take long for former "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer to find a new role to play on television. One week after Grammer shed his 20-year TV persona as neurotic psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the finale of his NBC sitcom, the Fox network said on Wednesday it has picked up a new sketch comedy co-produced and hosted by Grammer for next season.

The alleged link between the advertising of junk food and rising levels of childhood obesity in the UK has never been completely proven, but the growing body of evidence to support claims of a direct correlation appears to have been enough to win support for an advertising ban at the highest level.

Recently, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), the Chairman of the Senate tax writing committee, introduced a bill that would allow for the reimportation of prescription drugs in the hope that it would lower drug costs for senior citizens. To get drug companies to comply with reimportation, he would take away the tax deduction of advertising expenses from any company that took action to impede reimportation. Companies that do not take actions to impede reimportation would get a tax credit on research and development (R & D) expenses.

The right to vote isn't at issue with "American Idol." It's the fight to vote that counts. After Fantasia, Diana and Jasmine sang their hearts out Tuesday night, tens of millions of fans seeking to decide the Fox TV talent contest's two finalists rushed to call in votes.

During the 1990s, presidential campaigns lavished attention on soccer moms, the suburban swing voters who had the power to make (Bill Clinton) or break (Bob Dole) candidacies. Then, in 2000, Nascar dads took center stage as politicians shifted focus to the critical Southern Man block. Now, it appears a new breed of voter is piquing interest in campaign circles: Howard Stern listeners.

Angry shareholders vented their wrath yesterday at the annual meeting of the Interpublic Group of Companies, complaining about the poor performance of its stock and the rich bonuses awarded to executives.

The Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday led a protest at Nielsen Media Research's offices and charged the TV ratings company with setting up a phony task force to look at a controversial new viewer-measuring system.