Families express financial optimism, practice frugality
If the economic collapse has done one thing, it has made the average consumer much more careful with spending habits. Against that backdrop, a...
LIN bonds listed for public trading
To buy the 8 3/8% senior notes that LIN Media’s LIN Television Corporation sold back in April you had to be a big institutional...
CBS News launches app for iPad
It’s now available for free in the App Store. The CBS News iPad app is the latest product in an expanding line of CBS...
Canadian conglomerate strikes major media merger
Bell Canada holds 15% of key multimedia Canadian group CTV, worth $200M. It has a deal to acquire the remaining 85% for $1.3B, and with assumed debt added in, the total value of the deal balloons to $3.2B. The deal will bring CTV
MediaDisasterPrep.com is live
Howard Price, CBCP, Dir., Business Continuity & Crisis Management, ABC News, has just put up MediaDisasterPrep.com (www.mediadisasterprep.com), his free website dedicated to the exchange...
Watchdog Common Cause elects Robert Reich
Robert B. Reich, who served during the administration of Bill Clinton as Secretary of Labor, is the new Chairman of the Common Cause National...
Univision cooking on all burners with multi-platform
Univision Communications has cooked up a deal with celebrity chef Ingrid Hoffmann to bring her and the popular “Delicioso” (Delicious) brand to the company’s...
Employee job-switching confidence pointing up
Another glimmer of hope that we may be beginning to exit a condition of persistent recession is gradual improvement in the number of employees...
John Kluge dead at 95
Billionaire broadcaster, entrepreneur, dealmaker and philanthropist John Kluge died peacefully Tuesday (9/7) night. He was 95 and missed turning 96 later this month (9/21).Kluge...
CBS Mobile launches NCIS game
"NCIS: The Game from the TV Show" is the official mobile game based on the CBS series, NCIS. NCIS follows a fictional team of...
Awaken Broadcasters on PRA
Millions already sit in the Sound Exchange bank and if they can't find the artists they keep the money which then goes to three offshore record companies that are making US Law which should be a NO NO. Performers can join the American
Another cautiously optimistic economic forecast
Huntington Bank senior economist George Mokrzan says we cannot rule out the possibility of a double dip recession, particularly if the globe is hit...
GroupM updated worldwide forecasts shows 3.6% growth
GroupM has issued its annual outlook for the global growth of media: "This Year Next Year: Worldwide Media and Marketing Forecasts." The summer 2010...
Don Liebentritt to head Tribune Co. restructuring effort
Don Liebentritt, who had been General Counsel of Tribune Company, has been named the company’s Chief Restructuring Officer. His deputy, David Eldersveld, has been...
NPR activates ARGO Network
NPR, in collaboration with 12 NPR member stations, announced the launch of 12 topic-focused news sites, marking the debut of NPR’s ARGO Network –...