NBC Universal sells $5.1 billion in bonds
NBC Universal has priced its four-part issue of new bonds. The cash will be used to help pay a cash distribution to General Electric...
What's Your Prediction for Post NAB-RAB Action?
Sometimes the only course of action is to guess. It's what nearly everyone in the radio industry has been doing since 1996. Early on, guessing how consolidators would pay for those high-multiples that radio stations were being bought for seemed
New leader will keep Marti news and info beaming into Cuba
The Broadcasting Board of Governors has tapped Puerto Rican business attorney Carlos A. Garcia-Perez to take the helm at Radio and TV Marti, the...
Nielsen unveils new online ad measurement
As we reported imminent last week, The Nielsen Company 9/27 announced the development of
Buffalo Hall of Famers
The Buffalo Broadcasters Association inducted seven veteran broadcasters into its Hall of Fame.Heading the class of 2010 is WGRZ-TV Sports Director Ed Kilgore, who has...
Moody
NBC Universal is raising $5.1 billion from a multi-tranche bond sale and Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a Baa2 rating to the new issues...
William O
The broadcasters of America have lost our greatest statesman.Ward Quaal was also a seminal figure in the modernization of his beloved Broadcasters Foundation of...
Ward Quaal dead at 91
Legendary broadcasting executive Ward L. Quaal died Friday (9/24) in a Chicago nursing home at age 91. Since 2008 the annual Pioneers Awards by...
FTC
If you log on to the internet and go to Admongo.gov, you’ll receive the following greeting: “Welcome to Admongo, where you'll explore, discover, and...
Lenders win Philadelphia newspaper bidding again
The winning bidder didn’t change the second time that a US Bankruptcy Court auctioned the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, but the price did....
RTDNA and SPJ nail down first joint conference plans
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) announced last year that they planned to begin holding a...
Netflix expands deal to stream NBC Universal TV shows
Some NBC Television Network shows are already available via streaming to Netflix subscribers, but that’s now being expanded and shows from NBC Universal’s cable...
Univision Interactive, NFL team for NFL.com/espanol site
Univision Interactive Media, as an expansion of its existing partnership with the NFL, announced the launch of www.NFL.com/espanol, the new official Spanish-language website of...
Disney Interactive President Wadsworth resigns
Steve Wadsworth, president of the Disney Interactive Media Group, resigned 9/23 following numerous strategy changes. Wadsworth announced his resignation in a late-night e-mail to...
Goldline sits in the Capitol Hill hot seat
Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has a bill that would require dealers in precious metals to provide information to potential customers prior to making a sale,...