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Viacom resumes dividend, buying back stock
While spun-off CBS Corporation has continued to pay cash dividends to its shareholders, Viacom called a halt in early 2009. Now the company is...
Rasmussen: Few want government to add newspaper taxes
74% of those surveyed in a recent Rasmussen poll said they are opposed to the notion recently unearthed in an FTC navel-gazing study of the media under which they proposed taxing the
Sam Zell bids to buy a Network
This has nothing to do with broadcasting, but Tribune Company Chairman Sam Zell’s private equity company has submitting a non-binding letter of interest to...
Union workers at odds with Cablevision
Having paid $650 million to buy Newsday two years ago, Cablevision is now finding it hard to stem the flow of red ink at...
12 broadcast groups form steering committee for Mobile Content Venture
Mobile Content Venture (MCV), the recently-announced mobile content joint venture comprised of 12 major broadcast groups, announced that Erik Moreno, SVP of Corporate Development...
A drawback of social media: divorce
Television has famously created football widows during the fall months, and many Americans heard Tammy Wynette address the topic of “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” over the radio,...
Honoring Estefan and Bustos
Two people well known to broadcasters were to be honored Tuesday night by the Merage Foundation for the American Dream at a dinner in...
House video hearing books witnesses
Four major communications associations will be present at the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet session on “H.R. 3101, the Twenty-First Century...
TargetSpot, Aha Mobile sign ad deal
TargetSpot, an Internet and mobile radio ad network, announced a partnership with Aha Mobile to deliver audio advertising to the free Aha Radio mobile...
CC Radio expands Total Traffic Network with predictive content
Clear Channel Radio’s Total Traffic Network and INRIX announced the first traffic broadcast to include predictive traffic info. The companies also announced they’ve extended...
Battleground in the making in Hawaii
The failure of feuding Democrats in Hawaii’s first US Congressional District to limit themselves to one bona fide candidate in the recent free-for-all election...
Tribune Company cleared to solicit reorg support
A federal bankruptcy judge has given Tribune Company the green light to solicit support from creditors for its plan to emerge from Chapter 11....
Last.fm debuts personalized festivals feature
Last.fm has launched Last.fm Festivals, a new feature dedicated to giving users personalized recommendations on all things surrounding the much anticipated summer music season. ...
Helen Thomas retires under fire (video)
Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas announced Monday (6/7) that she is retiring, effective immediately. The move was announced by her current employer, Hearst News Service, following controversial remarks she made last week