Thursday, July 23, 2026

CBS

CBS grows but station results spring a leak

Radio was flat and television was down slightly for media giant CBS, but network revenues soared and
Journal Communications

Journal Q2 was healthy, excluding political

For the quarter, revenue of $101.2 million increased 6.0% and operating earnings of $13.1 million
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Back to school plans of optimistic yet frugal consumers

Deloitte sees major improvement in consumer sentiment year-over-year, with an increasing number of families coming to believe they stand on “solid ground.” However, the hard-learned lessons of thriftiness and careful household financial management will still rule the day during the upcoming back-to-school shopping season.
US Congress

Senate panel advances Wheeler, violence study

There are still questions about the fitness of Tom Wheeler to take the chair at the Federal Communications Commission, but nevertheless his nomination has...

SBE announces national awards winners

The Society of Broadcast Engineers announces the recipients of the 2013 SBE National Awards. The awards recognize excellence and achievement by individual members, SBE...
Shopping

Back-to-school spending prospects looking up

Consumers are expected to continue exercise discretion and practicality when they hit the stores for
Univision Communications, Inc.

Univision enjoys successful Q2

Hispanic giant Univision posted double digit Q2 gains in both net revenue and OIBDA year-over-year. The net revenue gains came on
Kelley Blue Book

Car sale fireworks during July 2013

Kelley Blue Book is projecting double-digit improvement in the sale of new vehicles
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Consumer indicators slump in July

According to Prosper Insights and Analytics, consumer confidence slipped a bit in July compared to the previous month, and the focus on pragmatic spending...
iPad

Subscription video users prefer TV shows over movies

Subscribers to major subscription video services watch four times as many TV shows as movies – and they are just as likely to gravitate...
Tablets

What’s important to multiscreen viewers

An independent study conducted by Ovum and commissioned by Avid, surveyed more than 3,000 consumers globally and revealed that quality content remains the strongest...
Townsquare Media Group

Townsquare adds six digital properties

Townsquare Media Group added six exclusive partnerships to its portfolio of music and entertainment-focused digital properties. The sites will join Townsquare’s national digital biz...
Marci Ryvicker

Local advertising OK in Q2 and trending up

Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker noted that broadcast operators were getting satisfactory results on the
Gannett

Broadcast helps Gannett to positive Q2

Revenue from newspaper advertising is still shrinking at multimedia Gannett, but it did manage to increase its circulation numbers and its television assets were...

Employment continues slow expansion

According to CareerBuilder, using commissioned stats from Harris Interactive, there will be a modest increase in employment. Unfortunately, the biggest gains will be in...