Disney reveals the actual vote tally for directors
Numerous press reports last week said Apple CEO Steve Jobs survived an organized campaign by some shareholders of The Walt Disney
Dawson "Tack" Nail dead at 82
It seems everyone in broadcasting, and particularly in the broadcasting trade press, knew Tack Nail. And certainly every FCC commissioner since the 1950s knew...
Anti-CPB watchdog wants equal airtime on public stations
It has not gone unnoticed by staffers at Americans for Limited Government that public broadcasting stations are using the time between programs to contact Congress in support of the service. ALG would like equal time to present the
Women broadcasters meeting in DC to look at ownership issue
It’s not just minorities that are concerned about the lack of broadcast licenses held by members of their particular population demographic. Female ownership of...
An insider's perspective on discriminatory advertising
The FCC recently released an eagerly awaited order on how it will enforce the FCC order on discriminatory advertising practices in the broadcast sector
Analysts bullish on Disney
Barclays Capital analysts Anthony DiClemente and Bo Tang have a
Nielsen, comScore in legal battle over online measurement patents
The two online measurement companies are locked in a patent infringement legal battle royale. Nielsen filed first on 3/16 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, claiming comScore
Copps supports FCC action on political ad disclosure
Media Access Project has petitioned the FCC to build on its current authority regarding advertising sponsorship identification in order to ferret out the people paying to put political messages
Fisher Plaza put up for sale
As the board of directors at Fisher Communications battles against a dissident shareholder group that wants to sell the entire company, the board has...
More on Joe Uva leaving Univision
RBR-TVBR had heard Texas Pacific Group (TPG), a major shareholder of Univision, had Uva fired. TPG has reportedly been a strong critic of Uva since he joined and has finally convinced the board not to
FrontFour fires back in Fisher proxy fight
Dissident shareholder FrontFour Capital is preparing to mail out its own proxy urging election of its four candidates. It is White vs. Green in this
Another Tribune Company exit
Chicago Tribune media columnist Phil Rosenthal reports that Don Meek, who had been Executive Vice President of Tribune Digital since November, is leaving the company. The division is being rolled into Tribune Technology, under Executive Vice
Watchdog demands disclosure of political ad sponsors
A company that airs an ad for a good or a service must identify itself, according to FCC rules, and Media Access Project says that the same logic should apply to those buying time to promote a political message. And that means changing the rules
Walmart now exclusive retailer for WWE Studios' films
WWE and Vivendi Entertainment have re-upped their partnership, and as part of the deal, Walmart will be the exclusive retailer for WWE Studios’ films....
Fisher Communications showdown set for May 11
Preliminary proxy document has been filed with the SEC with a tentative indication that the materials will be mailed out to shareholders on April 4