Stocks jump on stimulus extension likelihood
Stocks rose sharply on Tuesday, with thinking disappointing jobs growth in September would prolong central-bank stimulus lifting the S&P 500 to another record. Hitting...
ALCS drives strong week for Fox
Last week, the MLB ALCS Games 4, 5 and 6 hit a line-drive for FOX and led the network to a second-place finish among...
FTC settles another deceptive ad case
If a company is going to claim that its wares are made in the USA, it had better be able to back up that claim – and the claim better refer not just to the finished products, but to all of the components of the finished product.
Watchdog slams TV sidecar companies
Free Press is upset not only about the wave of deal-making in the television business this year, but the method of consolidation and the FCC’s complicity in allowing it to happen. The key Free Press objection is the use of shell companies and LMAs to create otherwise illegal local station combinations.
Flat-panel TV sales in decline
Shipments of flat-panel televisions here in the states are set to decline by 7% in the second half of the year as the holiday season delivers little reprieve from the long-term slowdown in domestic demand.
EMF buys on Florida’s Gulf coast
The latest acquisition for frequent buyer Educational Media Foundation gives it an outlet on the Gulf of Mexico and brings it access to citizens in two Florida markets.
TeshMedia shores up “Intelligence for Your Life” TV strip
The TeshMedia Group has now completed the final development phase of its fall 2014 strip “Intelligence for Your Life,” the new half hour daily,...
NBC wins the week in 18-49
NBC is #1 for week 4 of the 2013-14 season in adults 18-49 and has won the opening four weeks of the season for...
Gov. Jon Huntsman launching on SiriusXM
Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah and former Ambassador to China, will launch “No Labels Radio with Jon Huntsman,” a weekly, one-hour show in...
CBS wins fourth week in total viewers
CBS had the #1 comedy, #1 drama, #1 new series and #1 news program, culminating in the Network's fourth consecutive weekly win in viewers,...
ABC up 6% for the week
Overall: During the week 10/14/13, ABC grew 6% week to week in Adults 18-49. The Net aired 5 of the Top 15 non-sports TV...
The Voice carries NBC to Monday win
Add in a 3rd-hour 18-49 win for The Blacklist and NBC took Monday wire-to-wire. CBS was the best of the rest, followed by ABC,...
Stephens Family buys in Tulsa
$8.5M KMYZ-FM & KTSO-FM Tulsa OK (Pryor, Glenpool OK) from Shamrock Communications Inc. (Robert J. Lynett) to KXOJ Inc., a subsidiary of Stephens Family...
Optimism in small business sector
The contrary nature of economic sentiment measurement is demonstrated yet again – although we’re starting to see creeping pessimism among consumers, small businesses are said to be optimistic about their 2014 prospects. However, small business optimism is not robust.
ACA proposes middle road MPVD menu model
The arguments have been out there for a long time – consumers should not have cable channels thrust upon them whether they want them or not, but at the same time, a la carte menus would be more expensive than one might think. American Cable Association Vice Chair Robert Gessner has a compromise: a la bundle.