Time Warner raising some cash
For a company the size of Time Warner Inc. a public offering of $1 billion in debt is not much more than a trip...
NBA work stoppage impacts local radio, regional cable
The total value of broadcast rights to the NBA is said to be $930M for all of its broadcast partners combined. Local radio is part of the media mix wherever there is an NBA team. Television in all NBA markets includes a local or regional cable sports channel.
Hank Williams Jr. wraps "Fox & Friends," ESPN song
Freshly ticked off from his Fox & Friends interview that led to ESPN pulling his "Are you ready for some football?" theme song from Monday Night Football, Williams' has cut a new song, "Keep the Change," calling out "Fox & Friends" and ESPN
NBA sacrifices 100 games to impasse
The work stoppage associated with the negotiation of a new employment contract for the players of the National Basketball Association will now be felt...
News Corporation fires back at advisory services
In response to ISS and Glass Lewis advising institutional investor clients to vote against re-election of certain directors, the board of directors at News Corporation has send shareholders a note urging support for the entire slate. It also calls for
House Republicans outline food marketing concerns
Numerous Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are looking into the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children, which was...
ISS advises shareholders to vote against News Corp. directors
Institutional investor advisor ISS has told clients they should vote against the re-election of Rupert Murdoch, his two sons and 10 other News Corporation...
Netflix now won't split DVDs from streaming
Netflix, reacting to customer anger, has reversed its decision to split its mail-order DVD service from its Internet streaming and will continue to run both from a single website. On 7/12, Netflix said people who want streaming and DVDs would
New President and CEO for Harris Corporation
Electronics giant Harris Corporation has hired William A. Brown as its new President and CEO, effective November 1st. Brown comes to Harris from United...
SBS stock price on a slippery slope
When a public company does a reverse split to prop up its stock price, the worst thing that can happen is that, rather than stabilizing, the price just heads back toward the pre-split level. That is exactly what has
Howie Long-Terry Bradshaw on Al Davis: We Lost a Titan
Analyst Howie Long, who played 13 season with the Raiders, on the Hall of Fame owner Al Davis: "Back in 1980 as a senior...
Oakland Raiders Al Davis had died
Legendary owner of the Oakland Raiders, Al Davis, has died at the age of 82. Davis and his Raiders own three Super Bowls who...
Iger sets transition out of Disney CEO chair
Bob Iger has signed a new employment agreement to keep him at the Walt Disney Company through June 2016. But by then he won’t...
Rudy Vallee to be honored in native Vermont
The late Rudy Vallee is among four people to be inducted into the Vermont Association of Broadcasters (VAB) Hall of Fame. Also to be...
Marketing food to kids on House subcommittee agenda
It walks again – the Washington DC zombie issue of selling food that kids love to eat but which doesn’t get much love in...