Tribune Company seeks OK to pay bonuses to managers
With its journey through Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization approaching its third anniversary this December, the Tribune Company has asked US Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey...
Facebook readying music services
It may have investors worried about Pandora: Facebook is prepping changes to accommodate online music streaming services Spotify and Rdio. The moves are designed...
20th down quarter in a row for newspapers
Q2 of 2011 was yet another quarter of revenue declines for US newspapers
Copper thefts plague telecom giant Verizon
Broadcasters aren’t the only ones to suffer thefts of cable and equipment by criminals after the copper. Verizon has been hit so hard in...
Bottom dropping out of consumer confidence
The August monthly consumer confidence temperature as taken by The Conference Board is markedly chillier than it was in July
Redstone Foundation donates to fight poverty and polio
The Global Poverty Project announced that the Sumner M. Redstone Foundation has donated $1.5 million to further its mission of eradicating extreme poverty. Redstone,...
No disclosure for journalists who ordered phone hacks?
We'll see, but for now several News of the World journalists who ordered a private detective to hack into mobile phones of six public...
DG buying EyeWonder
DG, digital media distributor for the advertising, entertainment and broadcasters, announced a deal to acquire Limelight Networks EyeWonder video and rich media advertising unit...
Carl Icahn folds his hand at Lionsgate
The largest and most troublesome shareholder of Lionsgate Entertainment, Carl Icahn, has agreed to sell nearly all of his stock in the
Goodnight, Irene–Hello Lessons Learned
Full disclosure: I work for a major television network that devoted significant resources and airtime to the coverage of Hurricane – later Tropical Storm...
AFTRA and SAG continue merger talks
There are dissenters in both unions, but the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) remain on...
CWA uses FAA dispute to go to bat for unions
After the congressional battle over the debt ceiling was resolved, another funding battle cropped up over the Federal Aviation Administration
Rupert, James Murdoch to be questioned under oath
As the phone hacking scandal at News Corp. intensifies, Rupert Murdoch and his son, James, are to be questioned about the phone hacking scandal under oath in the High Court
RBR-TVBR News Analysis: Taking a ride on Irene
RBR-TVBR Sr. Editor Dave Seyler and family rode out Irene in Kill Devil Hills NC. Dave has a first had look and observation of Irene and how the locals communicated along with what local media did in the hurricane coverage. NOTE: Seyler used Facebook to get truly pertinent information from other OBX residents
FCC recommends, NAB praises broadcasting during Irene
Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the FCC, offered comments on the state of electronic communications in regard to Hurricane Irene, and the NAB's Gordon Smith applauded...