Media General prices bond offering
Media General sold a private offering of senior unsecured notes, due 2017. The offering of $300 million was smaller than the proposed offering announced...
Different verdicts on best Super Bowl ad
Which was the best ad in Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast on CBS? The Ad Meter panel at USA Today picked the Snickers ad with...
PwC: M&A insights for Entertainment & Media looking up
PricewaterhouseCoopers Transaction Services released its 2010 M&A Insights report on the US Entertainment & Media industry. Though economic and financing challenges still exist, positive pipeline
Borrell sees $4B+ in 2010 political
Researcher Borrell Associates is expecting politicians and those weighing in on one issue or another to drop over $4B for political ads this election cycle. And the good news for broadcasters is
Candidates positioning for 2010 Senate runs
In Nevada, Republicans are tripping over one another to run against politically-damaged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV); in Indiana
ABC.com sees 580,000 episode starts of Lost
Following last Tuesday’s premiere on ABC where it ranked as the night’s No. 1 scripted TV show and was watched by over 12.1 million...
Stern confirms interest in “Idol” job
Howard Stern told his satellite radio listeners Monday that yes, he is talking to the producers of “American Idol” about becoming a judge. And...
It was to be a 'Super Bowl Day' not a 'Politics Day'
Watching CBS network basically filling time with anything that they tossed against the wall is just part of the build up to kick off, the 'Half Time Show' with
Dave Letterman, Oprah and Jay Leno surprise Super Bowl (video)
DAVE AND OPRAH WATCH THE BIG GAME TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN – THIS TIME WITH JAY LENO. This is funny and good sportsmanship.Letterman, Winfrey and...
In Memory: Frank N. Magid
Frank N. Magid, the chairman and founder of Frank N. Magid Associates, Inc., died in Santa Barbara, California, on Friday, February 5, 2010, after...
Loving the biz
For many of us in the industry, we remember the exact day and time we fell in love with radio and for nearly all of us we remember the matchmaker. You know that individual that
Captain Mel Berman passes
WFLA-AM Tampa reports Captain Mel Berman, who knew both Tampa Bay’s fishing spots and Tampa Bay radio like the back of his hand and...
Americans deliver their State of Union: 84.5% Recession Not Over
Seems the research on Americans speaking out can predict what will happen before it does like Wall Street and the market dropping Americans back...
Agency trying to restore marketing sanity
"StopTheAdness" is a project from Baltimore-based Carton Donofrio Partners that starts with the premise that advertising has reached a saturation point and is therefore...
“Idol” producers want Stern to replace Cowell?
Could Howard Stern replace Simon Cowell on the judging panel at Fox’s “American Idol”? The New York Post reports that Idol’s producers have made a pitch to the “King of All Media.”