Union says no; Globe still publishing
The New York Times Company is playing hardball with the biggest union at the Boston Globe. Members of the Boston Newspaper Guild voted down...
Standing together and getting through it all
Carnegie observation: I picked up our observation from the report we did last week when Nielsen closed the doors on R&R to make the business point that
CBS bonds heading toward junk
Shares of CBS Corporation fell on Monday after Standard & Poor’s cut its bond ratings to one step above junk bond status – with a “negative” outlook indicating that another downgrade is likely
US journalists face 12 years of hard labor
That’s the sentence handed down by the North Korean regime to two American women accused of entering the country illegally while shooting a documentary...
Lenders may take control at Tribune
Negotiations for Tribune Company to emerge from Chapter 11 are said to be focusing on a plan which would hand over control to banks...
New name for Ottaway
Having failed to find a buyer for the Ottaway Newspapers chain it acquired with Dow Jones & Co., News Corporation is now giving it...
Supreme Court justice delays Chrysler sale
U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has granted a request to put the sale of bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC to a group led...
Why stop with LPFM?
So now we have a reserved band for non-commercials and we have LPFMs reserved for non-commercials, and we have non-commercials all over the “commercial”...
Some signs of economic moderation
According to one report, local television advertising is starting to show signs of life, in part because price reductions are making it a more attractive option. And the Conference Board thinks bad vibes on the
Drunk junk under fire Down Under
If you think the advertising climate is bad now, imagine it without being able to accept business from manufacturers of alcoholic beverages and junk food. That’s what the media is looking at right now
Harris poll sees consumers loosening up
Are consumers still intent on hunkering down and hanging on to their cash? Well, yes. But the good news is that this thrifty, cautious...
New record label launched in Music City
Monte Lipman, President and CEO of Universal Republic and Scott Borchetta, President and CEO of Big Machine Records LLC, announced the formation of a new label partnership – Republic
On Arbitron…
Arbitron is forcing PPM down the throats of hundreds of broadcasters, jacking up rates 60% during a recession, and apparently that's ok as long as the government stays out of the matter
Morris selling some Arbitron stock
Now that’s he’s left the board of Arbitron, former CEO Steve Morris is also selling some of his stock. He’s established a stock selling plan under SEC Rule 10b5-1. “Morris established this plan in order to
Moody’s sees newspaper biz as out of whack
The ratings agency sees more shutdowns or recapitalizations if newspapers can’t cut overhead and monetize digital outlets. However, Moody’s doesn’t think very many newspapers