Transaction outlook for 2011
While large-cap public companies are beginning to find their way to making acquisitions, privately-held companies, especially those in the media business, are finding it...
Gabelli may hold the key to Fisher's future
When it comes to media investors, few can compare to Mario Gabelli. And if this is a game of poker, he may be holding the hand that decides what
Deborah Norville to host Alan Frank salute
Emmy-award-winning journalist Deborah Norville will host the 2011 Golden Mike Award gala in New York on February 28th as the Broadcasters Foundation of America...
Meredith raising dividend and buying stock
Business is good for magazine/TV company Meredith Corporation. Its board of directors has approved an increase in its dividend and also reinstated its stock...
Daves of our lives: Squabble in UK over trademark
Dr. Seuss, in what amounts to that esteemed author’s short story collection “Sneetches and Other Stories,” is a tale entitled “Too Many Daves.” It...
Gannett TV soars as newspapers drag
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Netflix readying to do its own net neutrality enforcement
Netflix has been using the US Mail to compete with MVPDs in the entertainment distribution business, but increasingly it’s been offering the content it...
FTC shuts down internet schemer
A company, or as it became, a number of companies that used internet advertising to offer consumers access to government grants and the like, then started helping themselves to money via their bank and credit cards
Sentencing in Disney insider trading case
One of the two defendants arrested last May for allegedly trying to sell inside information from The Walt Disney Company has now been sentenced....
Battle underway for control of Fisher Communications
Having been rebuffed in its attempt to buy out other shareholders of Fisher Communications, the hedge fund behind Huntingdon REIT
Thoughts on wasteful and misguided FCC policy
Time for a short trip down memory lane: First with TV’s commercial birth, the FCC had just VHF TV assignments. Then after the early...
Newspapers dragging as Media General enjoys TV growth
The final quarter of 2010 saw broadcast revenues grow nearly 29% at Media General, but the companywide growth was only 7.2%, with the double-digit TV growth being countered by an 8.4% decline
Tribune Company reports improvement in 2010
Tribune Company continues its long stint in Chapter 11 reorganization, but it has provided some limited insight into how it performed financially in 2010
Another survey finds returning confidence as 2011 kicks into gear
A lot of research firms keep their fingers on the wrists of various groups to guage whether or not their view of the direction...