Wide Orbit and ScottENCO
With the recent entry of Wide Orbit into radio Automation, and the recent departure of Google from same, there have been a number of self-serving releases from both parties, and while that is to be expected, what hasn’t been expected was
Fisher Q2 Television down 26%; Radio down 49%
Fisher Communications’ Q2 revenue was $32.0 million, compared to $45.7 million in Q2 2008, a decrease of $13.7 million, or 30%. Television revenue was...
News Corp. closes the books on a down year
A year of reduced operating income is a rare thing for News Corporation and the company is predicting future growth after seeing operating income...
Entravision sinks with everyone else
Q2 net revenue shrunk -23% at Hispanic radio and television group Entravision, mirroring results seen lately at mainstream broadcast companies. The decline was based...
Tap TARP to weather economic storm
Inner City Broadcasting head Pierre Sutton took to the pages of the New York Daily News recently to ask for presidential intervention in favor of troubled minority broadcasters. Hit by
Clunkers appears on track for transfusion
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said there would be a vote on an extra $2B for Cash for Clunkers, a sentiment echoed by...
Ad revenues down for Outdoor Channel
Q2 saw total revenues rise 47.3% to $19.2 million for Outdoor Channel Holdings, but that was all due to an acquisition and increased subscriber...
Cable, radio put health care on top
Newspapers, online news sources and network TV thought both the health care and economic crisis stories were important, with the economy on top, but...
VSS sees communications growth ahead – but not for everyone
Look for US communications industry spending to grow to $1 trillion by 2013, says Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) in its annual Communications Industry
Obama presses to refuel Clunkers
Birthday celebrant Barack Obama had 57 of his favorite healthy Democratic senators over for lunch, and it was said beforehand that one of his...
Health care cash continues to flow
Watchdog MoveOn.org is planning to use radio to go after Blue Dog Democrats who are balking at supporting full scale health care reform, and...
Update: US journalists released
North Korea has pardoned US journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling. Their release was announced after former US President Bill Clinton met with North...
Grey launches iPhone 3-D app for LongHorn Steakhouse
LongHorn Steakhouse is taking its new "Discover the West in You" campaign into the digital age with the launch of its first-ever Apple iPhone...
GE settles with SEC for $50 million
General Electric is paying $50 million to settle allegation that it misled investors with its financial statements in 2002 and 2003. The company notes
Journal Sentinel cutting 92 jobs
The daily newspaper flagship of Journal Communications, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, announced a 6.2% workforce reduction. The job losses include both voluntary and involuntary...