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...
Craig Dubow resigns from Gannett
A few weeks after taking a second medical leave of absence; Craig Dubow has resigned as Chairman and CEO of Gannett Company to focus on his health. President and COO Gracia Martore has been promoted to President and CEO
Employment plans still lurching along
We are not seeing another major rash of job cuts, according to a new survey from CareerBuilders – but neither is there any great...
Tributes stream in for Steve Jobs (video)
The father of the Mac computer, iPhone and iPad had a large impact beyond Apple Inc. Tributes to Steve Jobs, who died of cancer...
Magnaglobal issues latest Media Access Quarterly
Magnaglobal "On-Demand Quarterly" report is now called “Media Access Quarterly.” It continues to track Multichannel Video Subscriber, Internet Access, and DVR trends but they...
The history of the future
I was recently having a friendly and spirited discussion with some product experts in the Urban marketplace. Music became a topic and I suggested...
Steve Jobs dead at 56
Apple Inc. announced Wednesday evening that company founder and former CEO Steve Jobs had died. He had resigned in August while on his third...
Tribune bankruptcy could be nearing end
US Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey has indicated that he is nearing a decision on a reorganization plan for Tribune Company, which has been in...
Foundation spending to increase news literacy
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation believes that the internet has ushered in an explosion of news-related content, but at the same time it hasn’t...