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
News Corp. letters contradicting James Murdoch testimony
The News Corp. investigation got more complicated 8/16 from written evidence submitted to the U.K. Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee suggesting voice-mail...
Dingell blasts FCC for broadband secrecy
Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) is hopping mad that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has refused to send to Capitol Hill the Commission
Mixed quarter for LBI Media
LBI Media (Liberman Broadcasting) had a big growth quarter in Q2 for its TV division, with the still-new EstrellaTV network. Radio, meanwhile, was down...
NABJ Black Press Task Force hosts reception in Philly
DC-based National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Black Press Task Force--committed to bridging the gap between the Black press and Black journalists in mainstream...
RTDNA survey shows sharp rise in TV, radio news salaries
The Radio Television Digital News Association, a.k.a. the Radio and Television News Directors Association, reports both TV news staffing and salaries went up noticeably this past year. The latest RTDNA/Hofstra
American Voters are paying close attention to Washington
The Iowa debate has concluded which to many marks the starting gate to the political season for the race to the White House. Republican's
Radio down, TV up for SBS
Spanish Broadcasting System is growing its still-young TV business, but the much larger radio segment was down in Q2. All in all, revenues were...
Urban radio personalities – they don't get it
Sadly, I listened to Steve Harvey's rant and tirade against Tavis Smiley today (8/12) and yesterday (8/11). Harvey's rant was sad because he didn't...