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...
Nils Larsen now CEO of Tribune Broadcasting
New Tribune Company CEO Eddy Hartenstein is putting his executive staff in place, with Nils Larsen named CEO of the broadcasting division. Gone is...
Smartphone users really use their smartphone
A Prosper Mobile Insights survey of people who carry and use smartphones shows that in most cases, the devices are fully integrated into the user
RBR-TVBR analysis: Let the FCC regulate retransmission
MVPDs are dead set on getting what they think will be a helping hand from the government when it comes to negotiating a fair price to retransmit
Assessing the associations: RAB, TVB & NAB
Ever wonder where and what your dues are going for at the trade associations? Are you getting the value for your money? Are you getting the leadership
Former Myspace CTO to launch Facebook competitor
Dmitry Shapiro has raised about $1 million in funding from investors including Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Myspace founder Tom Anderson to launch a privacy-conscious alternative to Facebook named
PTC wants a Supreme effort on indecency
The FCC has asked the Supreme Court to review its loss at the circuit court level on the matter of fleeting indecency, and the...
Financing sources returning to broadcasting
Kristin Allen, Managing Director, Credit Suisse. She sees bank and bond leverage together being able to go to six, six and a quarter or six and a half times
Vacation scammers preying on Hispanics sued by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against companies that used Hispanic radio and television advertising to make their victims believe they had won...