Sunday, May 10, 2026

TV overcomes Greece spill

The spillage involved stock values in the US, far away from the troubled nation of Greece. As a group, television stocks we follow actually...

US stocks end lower; Dow rises

US Stocks fell Friday but the Dow posted their biggest weekly percentage gain in two years.  Both radio and TV followed the Dow's example...

Twitter reports slowing user growth

Twitter reported new user growth that slowed more than expected, underscoring ongoing concerns, but the social media company said it sees a return to...

Broadcast has mixed day on Wall Street

Apparently traders were thinking about oil and Greece Wednesday and lowered the markets. Radio as a group was down a bit (and mixed intramurally),...

Greece helps grease the wheels for good trading day

The new leftist government in Greece was able to soothe its friends and neighbors in Europe in regard to its approach to debt problems,...

TV up, radio down as February bows in

After a rough and tumble January on Wall Street, stocks got off to a generally good start. Television companies partook of the black ink,...

Broadcasters drop with the general market

It was a bad month, a bad week and a bad day, as far as the stock trading market is concerned, and broadcasters were...

U.S. stocks rose alongside oil prices Thursday

U.S. stocks rose alongside oil prices Thursday, as upbeat corporate earnings reports helped spur consumer shares higher.  Radio followed suit, with TV dipping slightly. The...

Polar plunge for broadcast stocks

The northeast was in the grip of a blizzard and broadcast stocks were in the grip of a freefall when the stock markets closed...

The blue chips fall where they may

The headline writers on Wall Street were in Chicken Little mood, watching for dropping items due to disappointing blue chip earnings reports. But broadcasters...

Choppy trading day leaves broadcast results mixed

Radio was up – barely – and TV was down, a little, after an up and down day on Wall Street. The biggest gainer...

Few tears to dry for broadcasters on Friday

Kimberly Clark may have needed some tissues after reporting both disappointing results and outlook, but broadcasters kept their losses to a bare minimum on...

Wall Street shouts “Yay for Europe”

The decision by the ECB to try to jumpstart the Eurozone was met with approval in the US markets, and broadcasters were quite happy...

Europeans stimulate US stocks

That’s right – the ECB is using stimulus tactics, and on top of that, oil prices rose, and US markets approved. But broadcasters got...

Broadcast down in “choppy” market

That’s what Wall Street Journal called it: “Choppy.” There were other words bandied about, like volatile – but for broadcasters, down suffices, but not...