Fleet of Univision-affiliated LPTVs sold
Silver Point Capital’s SP Television is selling four LPTV stations in three DMAs, including two major league cities. Buyer Media Vista Group will get...
Retail organization blames Washington for modest holiday sales
Officials in Washington spent the month of December playing politics with the fiscal cliff, and according to the National Retail Federation, that put a...
Oxygen cuts off air supply for “All My Baby’s Mamas”
A planned new entry into the reality TV genre from basic cable’s Oxygen has been scrapped after its subject matter sparked pushback from a...
Comcast may accelerate acquisition of NBCU
General Electric is ready to exit the media business, and improving conditions in the media business may inspire Comcast to speed up
Seller will maintain a presence on Wisconsin FM
Allen J. Johnson is selling WSRG-FM Sturgeon Bay WI into a duopoly with WLGE-FM in nearby Bailey’s Harbor WI, but the transaction contract contains...
Global ad spend up 4.3% in Q3 2012
The global advertising market saw healthy growth during the third quarter of 2012, according to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report. Spending was up...
Cox settles Todd Schnitt defamation suit; jury seated
Cox Media Group has settled the suit brought by Compass Media Networks talker Todd Schnitt against the broadcaster and host Bubba
Stocks end mostly higher
Stocks finished mostly higher on Tuesday, but further losses for Apple weighed on the tech sector and the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones Industrial...
NBC: Golden Globes ties #1 for the week
NBC has delivered year-to-year increases during the primetime week of January 7-13, gaining versus the same week last year by 10 percent in adults...
House Democrats name Communications panelists
The Democratic side of the House Subcommittee on Communications has been named, a task the Republican side completed over a month earlier. Although Ranking...
Unusual item included in sale of Monroe AM
Jim Wootton’s WOO2 Communications has a deal to acquire KLIC-AM Richwood LA, a station serving the Monroe LA market. And along with the usual...
New NRA cable show set to debut
Gun control has been a hot button issue of late, but the premiere of a new NRA program – “NRANEWS Cam & Co.” on...
UK analyst looks at three audio services
StockCall.com, a London-based financial analyst, looked at a satellite audio company, an internet company and an over-the-air company, and said that prospects looked good...
WSJ Radio cancels “The Daily Wrap”
The Wall Street Journal Radio Network’s “The Daily Wrap” has been canceled and will go off the air at the end of Q1. The...
Savage: Don’t trust feds on flu shot
Asking listeners to put aside his political orientation for a moment, Cumulus Media Networks talker Michael Savage questioned the federal government’s recommendation that citizens...