Univision launches all novela network

Univision Communications flipped the switch March 1st on tlnovelas, its new network dedicated to telenovelas. The new net is the first to launch under...
Marci Ryvicker

Analyzing super-sized Clear Channel bond sale

Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) boosted its bond offering by nearly a billion bucks, so Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker has had to go...
Colleen Brown

Plaza sale and political made Q4 numbers complicated at Fisher

Q4 revenues were down 19% to $46.4 million for Fisher Communications, largely due to the lack of political advertising. But the company reported a huge increase in net income due to closing the sale of Fisher Plaza.

Snowe may rain on Republican Senate parade

Olympia Snowe (R-ME), one of the nation’s apparently dwindling supply of elected moderate Republicans, has decided to hang up her legislative spikes, a move...

Noncom dealing in Alabama, Ohio

$3K WQLS-FM Camden AL; and WTBT-FM CP Dozier AL from Alabama Christian Radio Inc. (Jimmy Jarrell) to Townsend Broadcasting Enterprise (Timothy Townsend). Cash. WQLS-FM...

Religious noncom picks up a pair of FMs

The two stations are coming for a total cash outlay of less than $7K.

House panel may emancipate FCC nominees

FCC nominees may be inching closer to claiming the jobs for which they earned overwhelming Senate Commerce Committee approval.

NAB wants sports blackout policy to remain in place

NAB says that MVPD blackout request is not to benefit fans, it's to benefit MVPDs.

Failure to power down at sundown costs Florida AM

First there was an equipment malfuncion, then an owner malfunction.
Clear Channel

Clear Channel cash haul even bigger than planned

Clear Channel Outdoor has priced its sale of senior subordinated notes and the Wall Street reception was so good that the size of the offering was boosted from $1.25 billion to $2.2 billion.

Big Ben sinks the market

Wall Street ended February with a loss for the day after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress that "the job market is far from...

WDBO’s Mel Robbins moving to middays

It won’t actually be completely local--Robbins’ show will originate from her home in rural Massachusetts outside of Boston.

Ron Paul campaign details Super Tuesday ads (video)

The 30-second spot ‘Plan’ is lighter and centers squarely on Paul’s same balanced budget proposal.

Upfront just beginning

Things will be a little different this year. Google/YouTube, Yahoo, Hulu, AOL and Microsoft are planning a two-week upfront.
NBA Digital

NBA Digital breaks record for NBA All-Star 2012

NBA.com received a record of more than 114 million video streams and 209 million page views.