Consumer confidence slips in October
Despite the fact that more and more business execs and watchdogs seem to be seeing signs of an economic recovery, the much-watched Conference Board...
Under new management, Chicago Cubs and Sun-Times
They’ve dotted the Is and crossed the Ts on a pair of transactions involving the media in America’s #3 market.The Sun-Times Media Group Inc.,...
WideOrbit expands into Asia Pacific
WideOrbit, provider of business management software for media companies, has expanded operations into the Asia Pacific region with the opening of a new office...
Sprint, Clearwire adding WiMax to 7 markets
Clearwire Communications and Sprint announced plans to launch their respective 4G mobile Internet services in additional cities in Q4. Each of the companies will...
Old media hold ground Down Under
While traditional advertising venues in many parts of the world are feeling the pinch of expanding digital business, in Australia two of four are actually picking up share, and one of the others is by far
CityVoter expands partnership with Raycom
CityVoter.com, a social media platform for the insider's scoop on the best of every city, has expanded its partnership with Raycom. CityVoter.com helped Raycom’s...
Newspapers continue to bleed readers
In the six months ranging from April 2009 through September 2009, newspaper circulation dropped -10.6%, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, accelerating the pace from the previous
Economy, Government Spending Top American Concerns
A majority of Americans (55.5%) think the #1 issue that the President and Congress should be focusing their attention on is the economy, according...
More on "Fox vs. Obama"
The recent letter from a media consultant denigrating Fox News is but one more attempt by the left to confine our information to the CNN’s of this world. If not for Fox News the ACORN abuses would have gone unreported. Even after
AWRT forms two new student chapters
American Women in Radio and Television has added two student chapters: the AWRT Georgia State University Chapter and AWRT Penn State University Chapter. These...
Three-way battle in NY23
The House seat for New York’s 23rd district opened up when John McHugh (R-NY) left to join the Obama administration. The Republicans and Democrats...
Shareholder vote set on DirecTV-Liberty merger
Shareholders of DirecTV will vote November 19th on the proposed transactions to merge the satellite TV company with Liberty Entertainment, which is being spun...
More CommComm commentary on neutrality
The Senate Commerce Committee contains both supporters and opponents of network neutrality, at least as broadly and generally defined. Three members weighed in on...
Non-profit news experiment in Chicago
Operating under the umbrella of tax-exempt WTTW-TV (PBS) Chicago, the Chicago News Cooperative (CNC) has announced its first client. Beginning November 20th, it will...
Product placement under attack
A coalition of watchdogs is full of people who don’t like when a product is on the sly, and would like the FCC to...