Piers Morgan: no phone hacking under my watch
Piers Morgan, the former UK editor turned CNN personality, told an inquiry by the British government into journalism ethics that hacking into the phones of...
WorldNow adds first newspaper group
WorldNow is well known in the television industry for its online Content Management System (CMS), serving over 400 local media sites, primarily associated with...
Cox Media Group invests in Skyword
Online content production company Skyword announced it has closed a $6 million round of financing with Cox Media Group (CMG) as the sole investor. As a new investor, CMG joins early stage investors including Allen & Company,
Travel web says vacation trips will increase in 2012
Significant number of consumers are a sure bet to increase their level of leisure travel in 2012, and almost all consumers will be looking for opportunities to fit more travel into their plans.
New York Times may sell regional newspapers
The New York Times Company says it is in
Hearst, Baltimore Ravens sign for five more years
The Baltimore Ravens and Hearst Broadcasting announced a new deal that will keep the NFL team on its radio and television stations. The agreement...
Saudi media investor buys stake in Twitter
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud is already the largest non-Murdoch shareholder in News Corporation and he has numerous other media investments in the Arab world and elsewhere. Now his Kingdom Holding Company
Communications lawyer Vincent Pepper has died
Veteran Washington communications attorney Vince Pepper, founder of Pepper & Corazzini, which later merged with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, passed away on Friday...
Spectrum auctions dropped as a deal is cut on Capitol Hill
The billions and billions of dollars dreamed of by lawmakers will never materialize. The House and Senate (and the FCC) are wasting a lot of time and energy on a pipe dream.
Verizon Wireless buying more spectrum
Spectrum shortage? Verizon seems to be finding quite a bit that is lying fallow. Verizon Wireless bought $3.6 billion worth of spectrum from a partnership of three cable companies. Now it
Golf Channel Mobile 3.0 launches
Golf Channel has launched Golf Channel Mobile 3.0, its redesigned mobile app now available for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. It’s based on the...
Big tower M&A deal
Crown Castle International announced a $1 billion deal to acquire NextG Networks Inc. Towers will continue to be valuable real estate as wireless demand continues to grow.
Fisher Plaza sale has closed
Fisher Communications has completed the sale of Fisher Plaza for $160 million. The Fisher corporate offices and its Seattle TV and radio stations are...
Les Moonves bullish on multi-platform local future
Local business for broadcasting
Death of print newspapers predicted to come quickly
Media consumption is moving to digital at rapid rate. Based on 10 years of studies by the University of Southern California Annenberg Center for...