Darden is object lesson in corporate governance

Forget about the board, and think instead about the plank

Broadcast stocks come up for air

According to the scribes who try to explain market behavior every day, Wall Street rallied then tumbled. But from the broadcast perspective, it looks...
FTC / Federal Trade Commission

Associations cannot restrict member competition

Advertising was implicated in an FTC final order addressing just what associations can and cannot do with their members
Barack Obama

Watchdog: President, Chairman at odds on neutrality

Obama is not sure Wheeler is headed in the right direction

Tribune buys $400M of itself

Tribune Media President/CEO thinks his company’s stock is grotesquely undervalued
Towers

Radio group used auction process to grow

DMC Broadcasting will be adding to its collection of radio stations the old-fashioned way. It’s building them from scratch.
Rentrak

Rentrak inks Fox Network Group

Rentrak is keeping its name in the news via client signings and acquisitions of late

False alarm on Radio Disney NY sale

According to the broker handling the sale of the Radio Disney group, there is no deal as yet.

NBC wins Monday again

In a repeat of last week, NBC’s The Voice easily overcame the early lead CBS had in the Nielsen ratings battle courtesy of a...
Deal

Forever grows in Altoona with its own properties

Two subsidiaries of the long-standing radio group frequently known to use the Forever brand are coming together
Chart

Corporate M&A prospects looking up

The vast majority of US execs believe the market for mergers and acquisitions will pick up
Sold

Dallas LPTV going to religious licensee

DFW Broadcasting is planning to sell its KZPW-LP, and in fact has already turned it over to the prospective buyer

On the Street, if it isn’t one thing it’s another

Traders are said to be hunkering down in anticipation of the next round of corporate quarterly results reports, and that is said to have...
LPTV

More praise for FCC’s LPTV action

A second organization has joined with the LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition in commending the FCC’s move.

SBE broadens its scope

SBE is adding those who work on the technical aspects of broadcast and media companies