Broadcast TV brought in lion's share for Pres. Obama's speech
More numbers are in: According to TVB’s analysis of Nielsen Company data, more than 70% of the 57.9 million people who watched President Obama’s...
Retailer colored glasses losing their rosiness
A study of retail expectations from BIGresearch for April/May yielded mixed results, but more than a few were expecting an “almost certain increase” in...
Last major US record label is sold
Russian billionaire Len Blavatnik has agreed to buy Warner Music Group for $3.3 billion. The deal means that every one of the big four record label groups will be foreign owned. Technically, Blavatnik
Q1 down for Washington Post Company
Revenues were essentially flat in Q1 for the newspaper and cable TV divisions of the Washington Post Company and down for television and the...
Fisher board keeps firing at FrontFour
The support of Fisher Communications’ largest shareholder, Mario Gabelli, for three of the four board candidates on a dissident slate hasn’t persuaded Fisher’s current...
Retrans drove Q1 growth for Entravision
Revenues increased 2% to $44 million in Q1 for Entravision Communications. That was all on the TV side – and primarily due to retransmission...
Texas tops business-friendly state list, California is last
According to the latest study of state business climates from Chief Executive magazine, the letters ABC mean “anywhere but California.” It is once again...
CBS Corporation sued for copyright infringement
Remember Alki David, the Internet entrepreneur whose broadcast TV streaming business was shut down by a federal judge after all of the networks sued his company, FilmOn.com, for
Political spending continues with multimedia tax message
The National Taxpayers Unions thinks that the imposition of new energy taxes is a bad idea and is spending $1.25M to makes its point...
Marketron unveils MyMarketron
Marketron, provider of business software solutions, announced MyMarketron, an opt-in client portal designed to improve communication and collaboration for Marketron clients. MyMarketron will offer...
Analysts up estimates for CBS Corporation
Q1 results were well ahead of expectations, so Wall Street analysts are reworking their estimates for CBS Corporation. A couple of them have already boosted their revenue and earnings estimates for the rest of this year
Fisher dissident keeps up the attack
Despite having its board nominees for Fisher rejected by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), FrontFour Capital is finding some solace in certain parts of the ISS report.
Gabelli to support some FrontFour nominees
The largest shareholder at Fisher Communications, the investment fund group managed by Mario Gabelli, has picked sides in the battle for control
Earnings rise, dividend doubled at CBS
Revenues were essentially flat in Q1, despite the lack of the Super Bowl this year, but profits shot skyward for CBS Corporation. The company
Dish raises two billion bucks
Wall Street likes the satellite TV business. Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network had no trouble raising $2 billion with a new offering of 10-year senior...