Moody's gives CBS Corporation an upgrade
It was just a few days ago that Moody
DC political committees funding for 2012
The books have been closed on another month of fund-raising by the six national strategic political committees. The RNC, DNC and the four congressional...
News Corp. says it knows who ordered phone hack
News Corp. officials have identified the person from the weekly tabloid's staff who commissioned a private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, to target murdered Millie Dowler's phone. This all adds up to an acknowledgment that the tabloid targeted her phone
Rock radio is not dying
Last week, in the wake of the CBS flip of WYSP to Sports, you ran a story essentially declaring that rock radio was in...
There is an upside to falling stock prices
Investors certainly want to see the prices of the stocks they own go up. But while potential growth is the main reason to invest in a stock, there
Disney prices bond offerings
The Walt Disney Company didn
Job switcheroo at Warner Music Group
New owner Len Blavatnik has rearranged the executive suite at Warner Music Group. Edgar Bronfman Jr. is no longer CEO, but is now Chairman....
Groupon to use customer location info
Daily deal site Groupon has revealed details of its plan to offer location-based offers through smartphones, responding on 8/18 to Congress on questions about...
Disney tapping the bond market
The recent stock market turmoil has sent lots of cash into the bond market seeking a safe refuge. The Walt Disney Company is set...
Stocks falling again
Wall Street screens are a sea of red again today, with worldwide economic worries pressuring stock prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged from...
Nielsen and GfK MRI invest in cross-media research venture
The Media Behavior Institute (MBI), which is preparing to launch its USA TouchPoints cross-media research service, announced that it has gotten investments from The Nielsen Company and GfK MRI. Each of the two research
CBS may get a credit upgrade
Moody's Investors Service seems to like the latest financial results from CBS Corporation. It has put the company’s credit ratings under review for a...
McGraw-Hill may be moving toward split
It may not just be some investors who think it would be a good idea to split McGraw-Hill Companies in two. The Wall Street Journal reports that the