Broadcasting Stocks

Investors looking for a good investment in the media sector better shed any preconceived notions that the radio broadcasting industry is simply "boring." That's because Wall Street observer SeekingAlpha has piggybacked on recent comments from CNBC stock-swayer Jim Cramer by gushing over the opportunities that await from buying Entercom Communications shares today.

Losses among big tech stocks were largely responsible for the overall dips on Wall Street, as Twitter fell 3.6%, on word that disgraced former New York House Member Anthony Wiener was sentenced today to 21 months in Federal prison for "sexting" a 15-year-old girl. Snap Inc. and Amazon were also down. But, AI pioneer Veritone Inc. sailed to another record high, and iHeartRadio shares rebounded.

While the overall markets were mixed on Friday, AI technology company Veritone Inc. soared to another new record high, leaping nearly 5% on word that Quantum Corp.'s aiWARE for Xcellis, a cloud-based version of the artificial intelligence platform from Veritone, earned a "Best of Show Award" at IBC2017 in Amsterdam. Award criteria included innovation, feature set, ease of use, versatility and value/ROI.

U.S. financial markets moved downward on Thursday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.24% to 22,359.23. The Nasdaq composite index lost 0.52%, ending the day’s trading session at 6,422.69.

U.S. financial markets experienced mixed trading Wednesday on Wall Street, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 41.79, to 22,412.59. The Nasdaq composite index dipped 5.28, to 6,456.04. Among the key movers for media companies were Saga Communications and TEGNA.

With today's close on Wall Street, the AI-focused tech company's stock has soared an incredible 487% in just one month. Today's leap comes following a successful appearance at the important IBC2017 conference in Amsterdam.

U.S. financial markets started the week on an up note, with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq composite index gaining ground on Monday. Among the star performers once again is Veritone, which jumped to another record high.

U.S. financial markets were ending the week on an up-note in overall trading in mid-afternoon trading on Friday. However, two big radio broadcasting companies saw their stocks slump: Urban One and Cumulus Media.

Artificial intelligence as a tool for broadcast media's sales teams is gaining attention not only from the C-Suites of TV and radio companies, but from Wall Street. Thanks to some positive press and key partnerships, Veritone stock has dramatically soared in just the last five days. With company executives in Amsterdam for IBC2017, their return to the U.S. should be a giddy one. They can thank Dalet, Barron's, and financial house Jeffries.

Publicly traded broadcast TV companies experienced a tough session on Wall Street today. Is CBS Corp. Chairman/CEO Les Moonves to blame? Moonves appeared on CNBC, and also at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference in New York, and touted CBS Sports' delivery methods, focus on scores and news, and NFL football. The result? CBS shares slid, as did those for other big TV players.

With a declaration that he's not concerned about ratings for 2017-18 National Football League telecasts, CBS Corp. Chairman/CEO Les Moonves doubled down on his company's sports delivery mission by saying his network will focus on news and scores and not on analyst discussion and debate with the launch of a sports-focused OTT service. Investors yawned, and sold off their CBS shares.

Saga Communications today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend that's quite sizable, continuing a healthy give-back trend for the newly pure-play media company. The declaration came a day after Salem Media Group announced a quarterly cash distribution that's much smaller in value.

It's been a banner September on Wall Street for Newport Beach, Calif., based Veritone Inc., which is bringing radio and TV broadcasters the power of using artificial intelligence to expand advertising opportunities through audio and visual cognition software. On Tuesday things got even bigger, thanks to a partnership with Wazee Digital on media asset management tools.

U.S. financial markets moved ahead on Monday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.15% to 22,057.44. The Nasdaq composite index gained 1.13%, ending the day’s trading session at 6,432.26.

As of 5pm Eastern on Aug. 16, an aggregate amount of approximately $45.5 million of Existing Notes — representing approximately 0.6% of outstanding Existing Notes — had been tendered into the Exchange Offers. That paltry percentage hadn’t budged for weeks, and it looks like little movement has been seen since.