Ouch! Oaktree Capital IPO busted at the opening bell
The IPO of Oaktree Capital Group LLC priced at the low end of its projected range – and the news just got worse from...
Marketron details Mediascape growth: year one
Marketron, provider of business software solutions and services for the media industry, announced that a year since its launch in April 2011, Mediascape (its...
Broadcast, reporting among America’s worst jobs
The 2012 CareerCast.com Jobs Rated Report is out, ranking 200 jobs in the US, and it has found that members of the journalism and...
Yellow pages worth less and less green
AT&T announced a deal to sell a majority stake in its yellow pages directories unit to Cerebus Capital. Once again, the deal shows a...
Effective coaching helps “Push” business success
Put Me in, Coach! I’m Ready to Play: If you’re not getting better, you’re falling behind. In today’s multi-media world, you need to “take...
Oaktree Capital IPO ready to price
UPDATE: Both Bloomberg and the New York Times Dealbook reported Wednesday evening that the Oaktree IPO priced at the low end of its projected...
Moody’s acts on Media General credit ratings
The waiting is over. A few weeks ago Moody’s Investors Service said it was still reviewing its credit ratings for Media General after the...
Rick Santorum ceases presidential campaign
It has been increasingly obvious to most observers that Mitt Romney has amassed a big enough lead in the Republican primary that catching him...
Major split in network radio
RBR-TVBR Exclusive: One publicly-traded company and a major radio network are going to end their relationship…we’ve got the details--and the quotes from the players....
Why commercial broadcasters may want to support non-profits
For quite some time, some politicians in Washington DC have wanted to zero-out public broadcasting from the federal budget. CPB, PBS and NPR are...
Consumers believe now is the time for home purchase
Sentiment among American consumers is that both home prices and rental fees are about to go up. At the same time, according to a...
Worries about Fox sports net said to be overblown
Reports that News Corporation is planning a rival to ESPN have some investors worried. But is it really that big of a deal?
“It is...
Who should hire Keith Olbermann next?
After being fired from MSNBC and most recently from Current, does liberal pit bull Keith Olbermann still have career options? Absolutely. And based on...
PAC attack seeks to send Sen. Dick Lugar into retirement
Richard Mourdock, the treasurer for the state of Indiana, is a Republican who is trying to unhorse veteran US Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and...
Maine legislature restores public broadcasting funding
Efforts by Republican Governor Paul LePage to zero-out funding for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) ran into bi-partisan