Nielsen modifies $2 billion IPO
Despite what you may have read elsewhere, The Nielsen Company is still out to raise $2 billion in its long-pending IPO. It has, however, slightly modified the mix of securities to be offered. In its latest
Journal divests a print business
Journal Communications announced that it had sold its IPC Print Services business to Walsworth Publishing Company. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
“Finding a...
Total Traffic Network enters Mexico City
We’ve all heard about how bad traffic in Mexico City can be. Now there’s a bit of data to help motorists, along with the...
Mike Pence possibly positioning for 2012
One of the members of the House of Representatives who has significant broadcast paragraphs on his resume is Mike Pence (R-IN). He passed on...
Americans' time online now equals television viewing
Americans now spend as much time on the Internet as they do watching TV. So says a new study released by Forrester Research. It detailed that people now spend 121% more time online than they did only five years ago. Of course much of the
Focus 360 opens San Francisco office
The rep firm has opened an office in San Francisco to be run by Bill Horton, who joins the company as account executive. Horton...
Dayton place: Cox building houses triple-threat media cluster
Cox Media Group has the bases covered in Dayton OH, and it has now brought them all into one facility, consolidating the real estate of a daily
GE gives shareholders another dividend increase
For the second time this year the board of directors at General Electric – still the parent of NBC Universal – has raised the...
Approval of advertising sexual content highly variable
A survey from AdweekMedia/Harris Poll found that there is too much sex in advertising, and that there is not too much sex in advertising....
Tribune's ChicagoShopping.com partners with Groupon
Coupon shopping sites are linking up in a big way these days with local media sites. Groupon is the largest, but there is also...
Outdoor Channel doles out cash to shareholders
Outdoor Channel Holdings does not pay a regular cash dividend on its stock. However, the company has announced a special one-time cash distribution to...
AE Television Networks taking show merchandise to Facebook
Fans of AETN’s History and A&E Network original series can now buy items from shows directly on Facebook and will soon be able to...
Electronic cigarettes poised for full-fledged marketing
The FDA’s attempts to keep a thumb firmly down on electronic cigarettes were hurt by Congress in 2009, and by a federal court just...
CBS Interactive Unit President Ashe to step down
Neil Ashe, president of CBS Corp.’s interactive unit CBS Interactive, is stepping down in sometime in 2011 (no date has been set) after two...
Tribune's 435 Digital and Local Business
Tribune not long ago launched 435 Digital; a social media and web-focused subsidiary of the Chicago based company. Forward-thinking media companies