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...
US and Russian journalists to swap places
The International Center for Journalists is opening applications next month for an exchange program which will have two dozen young journalists from the US...
Another blas
‘tis the season to put out a holiday spending prognostication, and most of the reports we’ve seen are on the Grinchy side. The latest,...
Life in the slow lane
Generally speaking I tend to get myself in trouble whenever I assert my opinion that radio runs a pretty slow lap these days. In...
Golf tourney raised $150K for Broadcasters Foundation
More than $150,000 was raised to help broadcasters in need at the 2011 Broadcasters Foundation of America Celebrity Golf Tournament, held last Monday (9/26)...
Non-commissioned offices: Short-handed on FCC 8th Floor
There is room at the top of the Federal Communications Commission for five commissioners
One less broadcast analyst on Wall Street
The already thin ranks of Wall Street analysts covering radio and TV companies are being thinned again. After 18 years as a sell-side analyst, Jim Boyle
Function(x) acquires Watchpoints
Bob Sillerman’s Function(x) announced that it has purchased the Watchpoints business of Mobile Messaging Solutions Inc. The Watchpoints website describes its product as “a...