Saturday, July 25, 2026

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