Nickelodeon greenlights 14
Nickelodeon has greenlit over a dozen new live-action, animation and TV movie projects that will begin rolling out this fall and into 2013. The...
Radio-Info merges with Talkers
Diana and Rick Fleming, who funded and O&O’d Radio-Info.com as a tribute to their late son, are merging with online-only radio trade pub...
Concerns about Europe sway Wall Street again
The European Central Bank echoed the Fed a day later by taking a wait-and-see approach to the world financial situation, and traders echoed their...
CBS posts increases despite revenue decline
The $3.48B CBS raked during Q2 2012 may sound like a lot, but it isn’t when compared to the $3.59B recorded a year prior....
Leno tops Letterman during July sweep
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – August 2, 2012 – NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” have delivered their...
ABC scores during late night sweeps
During the 2012 July Sweep, ABC grew its overall audience in late-night over the year-ago sweep by 6% to deliver its most-watched July ever....
Fox sticks with reruns Wednesday v. Olympics
Airing an encore SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (0.7/2) against the Olympics, FOX ranked fourth last night among Adults 18-49 and third in...
Univision gains ground during Q2
Net revenues moved forward by 3.8% for multimedia Hispanic giant Univision. With strong ratings, a steady stream of retransmission consent payments and new initiatives,...
Justice Scalia digs in against camera in court
Can Supreme Court justices filibuster one another? We don’t think so, but if it was within the powers of Justice Antonin Scalia to do...
Radio deals in Texas, Tennessee
$673K KRZS-FM Hunt TX from Tom, Rick and Harley Broadcasting LLC (Richman Phipps) to Munbille Kerrville Ltd., a subsidiary of Munbilla Broadcasting Corporation (B....
Britain’s Financial Times leans digital
There are 599K subscribers to the UK daily Financial Times, and the makeup of that subscriber base is now tilted toward the internet –...
Inside Sinclair’s San Antonio Newport dealing
Sinclair Broadcast Group is buying a Newport Television station in the San Antonio DMA, but it already has two stations there. That’s where acquisition...
Super PACs will pour high octane cash into TV
There are two differences between political advertising from candidates and political action committees. Candidates have limits on fund-raising, and they are guaranteed lowest unit...
Arkansas cluster expands into Missouri
A collection of radio stations in the extreme northern portion of Arkansas has filed to acquire an FM sister in the extreme southern portion...
Emmis battle with disgruntled investors kicked forward
The holders of certain Emmis preferred stocks believe they are owed hefty dividends; Emmis says they are not. A court is considering the matter,...