CBS calling 6.625% senior notes due 2011
CBS Corporation announced the full redemption of all of its outstanding 6.625% Senior Notes due May 15, 2011 on December 29, 2010, the redemption...
Is The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Toast?
The 24-hour "holds" on the FCC Commissioner are just political theater, say two DC comm law attorneys
Insight Into Dangers, Determination in Local Broadcast News
Those starting out in television and radio news face long hours and little pay.
Donna, Neal Boortz raise 70,000 for Wounded Warrior Project
Donna Boortz, wife of Jones Radio Networks syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz, held a fundraiser Aug. 9 at The Ravinia Club in Atlanta...
Moody's has no problem with Universal Orlando deal
The $1.05 billion deal to have NBCUniversal buy out the 50% of Universal Orlando currently owned by Blackstone Capital Partners won’t impact NBCU’s credit...
2011 ended up for Time Warner
Q4 saw revenues rise 5% to $8.2 billion for Time Warner. Adjusted operating income rose 9% to $5.9 billion, so CEO Jeff Bewkes was...
Consumers may be back in the game
The tea leaf readers at Deloitte have released their latest Consumer Spending Index, and notice that real household income is now actually in better shape than it was a year ago. If that fact
Captain Mel Berman passes
WFLA-AM Tampa reports Captain Mel Berman, who knew both Tampa Bay’s fishing spots and Tampa Bay radio like the back of his hand and...
Disney boosts its dividend
The Walt Disney Company announced after the market closed on Wednesday (12/1) that it was increasing the cash dividend on its stock. The new...
Rogers Announces Executive Leadership Appointments
The Canadian multimedia behemoth has a new Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Chief Transformation Officer, and Chief Brand and Communications Officer. Ted Woodhead, Rogers Chief Regulatory and Government Affairs Officer, will be leaving the company.
Murdoch labels Obama a rock star
News Corp. media mogul Rupert Murdoch did more than that – at a digital media conference, he said of Barack Obama, "He is a...
How much can Rupert get for fish-wrappers?
Now that Rupert Murdoch has confirmed our prediction that News Corporation would sell off the Ottaway Newspapers group after it pays over five billion...
CPB in line for budget increase
After years of battling to keep its federal funding from going to zero, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is finding the Democratic majority in...
MMTC petitions for expanded ad nondiscrimination
In the broadcasting world, the FCC has taken steps to ban the practice of no-Urban dictates, no-Hispanic dictates and other such arrangements that tend...
News Corporation posts mixed results
The cable and broadcast elements of News Corporation, which prominently include Fox News