Firefighters working to save Mt. Wilson
At last word, it looked like numerous FM and TV transmitters at towers on Mt. Wilson might escape the massive wildfires consuming large sections...
S&P downgrades Belo
Standard and Poor’s, in an action announced on Friday, lowered its corporate credit rating for TV group owner Belo Corporation to “B+” from “BB-.”...
Marvel-ous acquisition for Disney
Spider-Man is moving into the Mouse House. The Walt Disney Company has a cash and stock deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. The deal doesn’t appear to have any immediate implications
S&P gives Clear Channel an upgrade
The tender offer for some of its bonds that Clear Channel completed last week is paying off. Standard & Poors has now raised the...
CBS Interactive and Sports Illustrated link up
A partnership with The Sports Illustrated Group will have CSBSports.com and MaxPreps.com sharing and distributing content with SI. The deal covers various digital and...
Virginia governor race heats up
It appears that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds has unlocked his campaign warchest and is ready to start investing heavily in broadcast advertising as...
Breaking: Disney buying Marvel for $4B
In a move to add yet another historic brand to the Disney stable, the Walt Disney Company on Monday announced a deal to acquire...
Ebb and flow effect for Beck
It seems that as fast advertisers continue to shun the Glenn Beck’s Fox News Channel program, more viewers are tuning in. The number of...
Lucrative Consumers Concerned about Government Spending
Cautious About Their OwnConsumers with a household income of $100K+ aren’t immune to the happenings in Washington. From an ailing economy to the proposed...
Shoppers Say Legislation Costs Too Much
Slow Down and Get it Done RightKohl’s shoppers (48.1%) are most likely to disapprove of the proposed healthcare reform legislation, according to a new...
Slowdown, Fix the Economy First Then Healthcare
Townhall meeting reaction to healthcare reform as seen on TV newscasts appears to be grounded in grass roots feelings that people have lost their...
SBE election results
This just in to election central. The votes have been counted and the new officers and national directors of the Society of Broadcast Engineers...
Dismal numbers for newspapers
The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) reports that revenues for the nation’s newspapers fell 29% in Q2. It was the 10th straight quarterly decline....
Clear Channel completes bond buyback
The CC Finco subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications has completed the bond buyback tenders it announced at the beginning of the month. The bottom line is that it has been
Arbitron still paying a dividend
Many of its broadcaster clients have cut or suspended dividend payments, but Arbitron is still sending cash out to its shareholders. The ratings company...