Watchdog wants pledge: No commissioners sidling over to AT&T
Proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile
SEC probing American Tower accounting
Not only do lots of broadcasters use facilities owned by American Tower Corporation, but some RBR-TVBR readers may still own stock in the
Stock prices tumbling on dismal jobs report
The latest jobs report from the US Labor Department showed a slowdown in hiring and the national unemployment rate moved up a tenth of...
USA Network takes "Covert Affairs" social
The Covert Affairs Tweetcast: Mission Budapest is an interactive, multiplatform digital narrative designed to enrich the Covert Affairs audience experience and offer fans an...
Pennsylvania girl wins Scripps National Spelling Bee
One of the more unusual duties of being CEO of the E.W. Scripps Company is presenting the trophy to the winner of the Scripps...
Genachowski says Baker departure to Comcast on the up and up
Eyebrows were raised and watchdogs howled when news broke that FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker was leaving the Commission to join Comcast/NBCU, just months after...
Cox Enterprises donating $800,000 for storm victims
It’s a combined cash and in-kind donation of $800,000 to assist the relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts of the communities affected by tornadoes in...
Groupon files $750 million IPO
Groupon is the latest hot Internet company to line up on Wall Street for an IPO. The online couponing company filed Thursday (6/2) to sell three quarters of a billion dollars in stock to the public. In the first public disclosure of its finances Groupon reported that it had
Another economic metric on the wrong side of mediocre
Dow Jones has a unique way to measure the economic sentiment of America at a given moment – it measures how stories on the...
WDAY-TV back on-air; WDAY-AM internet stream available
After Memorial Day storms brought programming to a halt for Forum Communications’ WDAY TV 6 (ABC) and WDAY-AM in Fargo, ND, engineers are still assessing...
Q1 revenues fell for US newspapers
After nine quarters of double-digit percentage revenue declines during the worst of the recession, US newspapers have now posted five
Cox borrowing $100 million to buy VinSolutions
AutoTrader.com, owned by Cox Enterprises, announced a deal last month to buy VinSolutions. All of the companies involved are private, but we’ve now learned...
Consumer confidence slipped in May
One of the most closely-watched economic health stats is the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, and it is in line with most of the...
Bill Hoffman leading Cox Media Group operations
Cox Media Group (CMG) has promoted Bill Hoffman to Executive Vice President, overseeing the company’s radio, television and newspaper operations. Hoffman was previously VP/GM...
Governors races expected to heat up in 2012
The battle for Capitol Hill takes up a lot of space in the inside-the-Beltway news outlets, but there is also a lot of interest...