Retail spending grew in January
Retail Industry Leaders Association says that the December holiday spending season was strong, and that means that a very small month-over-month increase in spending...
Mario Gabelli touts break-up value of Fisher Communications (video)
As the largest investor in Fisher Communications, Mario Gabelli has stayed officially neutral on the bid by Huntingdon REIT to buy him out and all
Newspaper still a drag as broadcast grows Journal Communications
Q4 revenues grew 7.8% to $103.7 million at Journal Communications, but it was all due to broadcast, with revenues up 22.1% to $56.3 million....
Commissioners booked for first 2011 Hill visit
The topic: Network neutrality. Two House panels have put it on this week’s schedule. Judiciary will go first, with a session scheduled for 2/15/11,...
EchoStar makes $2 billion satellite broadband acquisition
Charlie Ergen is making big moves to try to erase the advantage that terrestrial cable MSOs have over satellite TV: broadband delivery. Just a few days after Dish Network cut a $1 billion deal
CBS earnings report on tap this week
The biggest pure-play broadcasting company, CBS Corporation, reports its earnings Wednesday (2/16) after the market closes. Based on its strong ratings and ad sales...
Creditor votes favor Tribune reorganization plan
The votes are in and Tribune Company reports that the overwhelming majority of the company’s creditors favor the Chapter 11 reorganization plan backed by...
Nearly all broadcasting stocks gaining on Friday
An announcement that Hosni Mubarak had resigned as President of Egypt, putting the army in charge, was greeted with relief on Wall Street. Stock...
Next FCC meeting delves into retransmission consent
The contentious and often highly-publicized battle over retransmission consent pits broadcasters and MVPDs against one another. Consumers get stuck in the middle, and that...
Bob Sillerman's new stock is shooting sky-high
No one even knows what the business is yet, but Wall Street is going crazy over the penny-stock company that Bob Sillerman is buying control of for his next big thing. Actually, it
News Corporation raises $2.5 billion
The News America Inc. subsidiary of News Corporation announced a private placement of $2.5 billion of new debt in two issues. Moody
Clear Channel Outdoor bumped to world's #2
Paris-based JCDecaux has declared itself
LBI Media says Q4 revenues rose 19%
Spanish specialist LBI Media has given Wall Street an early peek at its Q4 results, reporting that revenues were up 19% to approximately $30.7...
Consumer group steps into corn sweetener naming debate
As any successful broadcaster knows, branding is a key element of the advertising business, and advertising is a key element of the broadcasting business....
Council for Research Excellence issues RFP on digital measurement
It’s more than just the lack of standardization of currency and metrics out there for digital measurement, it’s about merging panel-based and server-based measurement....