ABC wins the week
Overall: ABC won the week (w/o 02/18/13) by strong margins over its nearest competition in Total Viewers (+18% - CBS) and Adults 18-49 (+62%...
Mobile devices to be a key driver of consumer electronics spend
The synergy between the consumer shopping behavior of showrooming and internet product research, as well as digital advertising and online purchasing, is becoming increasingly...
Political fuels big quarter, year for Scripps
Revenues were up at The E.W. Scripps Company in part because it had the benefit of income from four television stations acquired at the...
Aereo expands regional coverage
Barry Diller’s Aereo, a service that lets users watch live broadcast TV on their iPhones, tablets and
Warren Buffett adds Tulsa newspaper
The Tulsa World, which usually focuses on reporting the news, was the news – it reported its own move from family ownership to the...
Sinclair picks up Cox stations in four markets
Cox Media has been pruning its portfolio, and the latest move is to send a quartet of television stations to Sinclair Broadcast Group. In...
Karmazin adds FM in West Palm Beach
WUUB-FM, a station that was an overstock item in the earlier deal between CBS Radio and Palm Beach Radio, is going to Craig Karmazin’s...
Arbitron Q4, full year revenue up
Arbitron is getting ready to blend into the welcoming arms of Nielsen, regulatory-powers-that-be willing, and it will no doubt be good news to the...
Stocks sink on political concerns
Stocks fell sharply on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average slammed the hardest since Nov. 7, as political issues, both domestically and abroad,...
Hooters launches “Step Into Awesome”
Hooters of America announced the launch of a new campaign and has selected Skiver Advertising as its new AOR. Skiver's first effort was to...
Family stations deals hit the finish line
Noncom religious group Family Stations has been in spin mode of late, and now two of its recent deals are closed. In the hands...
Hubbard doubles in Albany NY
Hubbard Broadcasting, the Minnesota-based group with both broadcast and television interests, is adding a second television station in New York’s capital market, Albany-Schenectady-Troy. It...
“Dateline NBC” grows 13%
Sunday Results: From 7-8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Dateline NBC" reported a 0.8/2 in 18-49 and 4.1 million viewers overall. From its...
American Forces Network adds Laura Ingraham
Courtside Entertainment Group announced The Laura Ingraham Show is now heard by more than one million U.S. service members and their families via American...
Salem enjoys healthy Q4 2012
According to religious radio/internet specialist Salem Communications, its space in the business world as a whole enjoyed a 4.3% revenue gain during the final...