Tribune buyout
The report of US Bankruptcy Court appointed examiner Kenneth Klee is in and it seems to contain something about the Tribune Company bankruptcy
MMTC renews call for relaxed foreign broadcast investment rules
Arguing that access to capital remains one of the biggest stumbling blocks keeping socially-disadvantaged businesses out of broadcast ownership, the Minority and Media Telecommunications
Sirius XM back above a buck
It looks like Sirius XM is back in compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price rule. The satellite radio company’s stock price closed Monday, July...
MFM elects new officers and directors
The Media Financial Management Association (MFM) has announced the election of its new officers and Board of Directors for the 2010-2011 term. The new...
UK broadcaster sold to porn entrepreneur
Richard Desmond made his fortune with skin mags and adult pay-TV channels. But lately he’s turned legit, buying the Express Newspapers, OK! magazine and...
Democrats confirm defensive strategy in US House races
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has reserved $28M in advertising time for the weeks leading up to Election Day in the 2010 midterms –...
General Electric raises its dividend
Wall Street cheered Friday as the board of directors at General Electric announced a 20% increase in the company’s quarterly dividend to 12 cents...
Tower duo sold in Santa Barbara
Publicly traded SBA Communications is the new owner of The Santa Barbara Tower Complex. The two towers completed in 2001 are 150 feet tall...
The dark inky mystery that is PPM
There’s a certain irony that Arbitron would roll out PPM 360, Arbitron’s “sleeker, smarter audience measurement solution,” almost exactly a year after the FCC...
A thank-you message to RBR-TVBR
Dear RBR-TVBR: An extremely long overdue "Thank You" message to express our continuing gratitude to you for your daily RBR-TVBR reports, stories, articles, updates...
AOL unveils new mobile portal, Android apps
AOL is unveiling a new smartphone portal, m.aol.com, that takes the best of AOL and optimizes it for any mobile device. In addition, the...
Daniel Schorr dead at 93
NPR reports the death of broadcast journalist Daniel Schorr Friday (7/23) at age 93. Prior to his 25 years as Senior News Analyst for...
Producers bid goodbye to Hollywood
A study by the Milken Institute finds that California has lost more than 10,600 entertainment industry jobs since 1997. Film and TV production has...
CNN launches international news app
Following the launch of CNN’s app for the iPhone and iPod touch in the US last year, CNN now offers an international version of...
Entravision prices bond offering
Entravision Communications announced pricing on its previously disclosed offering of senior secured first lien notes due 2017. The offering was boosted a bit to...