Insider trading charge for another Disney staffer boyfriend
You may remember that a former Disney employee and her boyfriend were sentenced recently in an insider trading scheme discovered in 2010. Now the...
Deloitte sees improvement in consumer spending profile
Despite the recent turmoil surrounding the national debt debate and instability on Wall Street, the Deloitte Consumer Spending Index for July has shown improvement. Deloitte says that it
The Weather Channel integrating Twitter into programming
The Weather Channel is turning Twitter users into field reporters, ready to be put into the spotlight and featured on air whenever severe weather...
Word-of-mouthers back honesty in online advertising standards
Online advertising can be like the wild wild West
NNN Hispanic Network launches
The Newspaper National Network, the largest ad network for newspapers in the nation, has launched The NNN Hispanic Network targeting Hispanic consumers through Spanish-language...
Gray prefers to buy back preferred shares
Gray Television announced that it had completed the buyback of some of its preferred stock in a private transaction. The seller was not identified.
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Murdoch vows to "put things right" in wake of News Corp. scandal
News Corporation reported a strong gain in fiscal Q4 (April-June) operating income, led by its television and cable networks operations. But a
YouTube provides another option for video viewers
Mammoth video website YouTube has access to new programming that will give consumers one more reason to go somewhere besides their television set to...
Dial Global signs Cover Media web content service
Dial Global has partnered with MultiBrand Media International’s David Pearlman and Bill Pasha for distribution and affiliation of Cover Media here in the states....
Broadcasting revenues down in up quarter for Disney
Cable networks, ESPN in particular, had a growth quarter for The Walt Disney Company, but television revenues were down, although operating income was up....
Consumer confidence plummeting in wake of debt crisis
The Consumer Reports Index for August showed a weakening of overall consumer sentiment compared to the previous month, and in fact, it has to...
Stocks bounced back on Tuesday
Bargain hunters jumped in Tuesday after Monday
TV up, newspapers down for Scripps
The advertising recovery has not been universal, so companies with newspaper properties are still finding it tough going. E.W. Scripps reported that its TV...
Tribune developing an Android tablet?
One solution to the decline in traditional newspaper delivery: Tribune is working on a touchscreen tablet that it plans to offer to subscribers, according...