S&P 500, Dow reach closing highs
Stocks closed higher Tuesday, rallying back from weak consumer confidence data and a nearly one-hour outage on the Nasdaq, to set closing highs on...
NBC: “Blacklist” matches highest rating since week 2
For the Week: NBC has finished #2 for week 5 of the 2013-14 season in adults 18-49 behind only World Series-boosted Fox, which aired...
CBS scores top two of the week
CBS had the week's top two programs - NCIS and THE BIG BANG THEORY – and the top seven scripted broadcasts in viewers –...
ABC scores 4 of top 10 in non-sports
Overall: During the week of 10/21/13, ABC delivered 4 of the Top 10 non-sports broadcast programs in Adults 18-49: Modern Family - #4, Scandal...
Supremes put Aereo on the dance card
Case number 13-461 features a match-up between ABC and friends against internet video distributor Aereo. We have the key dates in the proceeding which...
PTC warms up to new Comcast offer
The latest programming package from cable giant Comcast would give consumers a very limited selection, essentially cutting basic cable entirely out of the picture. Parents Television Council thinks it’s a great idea.
Fox and NBC play to a tie
There would have been extra innings if a tie was the result of Fox's World Series broadcast, but in Nielsen's world it settled for...
99 Jamz launches Listener Driven Radio
Following the success of its Alternative 97X WSUN-FM Tampa, Cox Media Group Miami is also adding Listener Driven Radio (LDR)’s
Salisbury educational FMs handed off
N/A WSCL-FM & WSDL-FM Salisbury-Ocean City MD (Salisbury, Ocean City MD) from Salisbury University Foundation Inc. (Charles Capute) to Salisbury University (Janet Dudley-Eschback et...
Details on three Nexstar deals
$35.5M WOI-DT Des Moines IA (Ames IA) from Capital Communications Company Inc., related to Citadel Communications Company LP (Philip J. Lombardo) to Nexstar Broadcasting...
Absenteeism: Sick excuses of healthy AWOLs
Members of the media may be less susceptible to unwarranted absenteeism than many other industries, if for no other reason than the famous “the show must go on” ethic engrained in the workforce. But for your own edification and for possible on-air discussion material, here’s a look at the issue from CareerBuilder.
Tribune financial moves rated
Television and newspaper company Tribune has a dual purpose for a proposed $3.8B loan and smaller revolver – it wants to finance a buy and a refi. Moody’s Investors Service sees much to like in Tribune’s moves and no basis for an overall status change.
Santa Barbara Classical outlet in jeopardy
KDB-FM is a hybrid operation – it’s owned and operated by a non-profit organization, but one of its income streams is based on the sale of traditional advertising. But it’s been running in the red and it’s going on the block.
Cumulus riding along with radio renaissance
Income was up for radio’s #2 giant Cumulus, but so were expenses, and like most radio companies,
Tribune pursuing $4.1 billion in loans
So says a Bloomberg story: JPMorgan Chase & Co. is arranging a $3.8 billion seven-year term loan and a $300 million five-year revolving credit line to finance its acquisition of TV stations and to refinance debt, sources told the news outlet. The bank is hosting a meeting with lenders on 10/31.