Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Gray Television

Gray joins blockbuster parade with Hoak buy

All told, $342.5M will change hands in a deal that involves five different companies – but the core of the
Shopping / Christmas / Holiday

Holiday winners and losers identified

Up until new, most of the prognosticators have been expecting modest increases in holiday
Thumbs Down

“Quinn and Rose” loss at WPGB gets big response

Conservative talkers Jim Quinn and Rose Tennent (“The War Room with Quinn and Rose”) recently ended
Mancow

Mancow rants on Chicago; moves to the ‘burbs

The Talk Radio Network-syndicated morning man told the Chicago Tribune that his city had become
No!

State broadcasters blast Congressional ad tax plans

The deductibility of advertising expense has been a cornerstone of America’s business regulation for
CEA / Consumer Electronics Association

What they’ll be talking about at the next CES

The Consumer Electronics Association will be holding the 2014 International CES from January 7
Chart

Online to accelerate local media growth

BIA/Kelsey has reviewed its predictions for local media revenue and says the sector will do better
MIB Sports Radio

Major sports go to bat for TV v. Aereo

The National Football League and Major League Baseball filed a brief with the Supreme Court strongly

Serial, surround-sound campaign puts CDW in national spotlight

Today’s IT professionals must do much more than implement and manage technology
Jeff Smulyan

Smulyan leveraging technology to secure radio’s future

According to Emmis chief Jeff Smulyan, radio doesn’t have an effectiveness problem, it has a
FXX

FXX gets cable rights to “The Simpsons”

21st Century Fox’s new FXX network has scored both cable and online streaming rights to reruns of Fox’s "The Simpsons" in what is billed as one of the most expensive syndication deals in television history, FXX said. The animated show is the longest running comedy series yet and so far only been syndicated on local broadcast affiliates.
Nielsen

Nielsen to lay off a total of 333 in Columbia, MD

While it’s obvious they are not waiting until January to lay off many former Arbitron workers in
Media General

Media General, DISH strike retransmission deal

After going dark on DISH in October in a dispute that went so far that the FCC was called in to mediate
Alec Baldwin / Photo: Georges Biard

Alec Baldwin suspended by MSNBC

Alec Baldwin’s MSNBC show “Up Late With Alec Baldwin” has been suspended for eight days
Les Moonves

Moonves willing to negotiate with Dish on Auto Hop

Deadline.com says CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves is taking Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen seriously