Ex-Prez Clinton wins journalists’ release
Former President Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to North Korea Tuesday, met personally with the country’s leader, Kim Jong-Il, and came away with...
Strife between Dobbs, Media Matters
Ever since Lou Dobbs brought up the Obama birth certificate controversy, he’s been generating headaches, mostly for himself, but also for his cable network...
Clunker cash faces Senate obstacles
When the Cash for Clunkers program put the pedal to the metal and ran through $1B in just a week, the House quickly redirected...
Westwood One shareholders approve amendments
Once the wording of the proxy was corrected, it was smooth sailing for the amendments to Westwood One’s corporate charter to increase the number...
Watching the towers rust…
Seeing the audio interview with another real man of genius from iBiquity today (and he really is a smart guy to spin this magic so long and far) brings to old radio minds everywhere
Clear Channel bids to buy back debt
Clear Channel Communications has announced a tender offer to buy back a pile of its debt – at deeply discounted prices. The tender covers...
Sinclair partner gets reprieve
Cunningham Broadcasting, which owns six stations LMA’d by Sinclair Broadcast Group, has gotten an extension on its senior loan, which had been due on...
In response to Dionne Warwick
I have little sympathy for the so-called 'struggling artists' that Ms. Warwick speaks of, when the very people the Performance Royalty Act would hit...
Previewing Q2 earnings at CBS
Lots of broadcasting companies are reporting their Q2 results this week, but Wall Street is likely to focus most closely on the report Thursday by CBS Corporation, the biggest of the pure-play
Broadcasting & Cable back on the auction block
Having failed to find a buyer last year for its entire Reed Business Information (RBI) division, Reed Elsevier has now put many of the...
Media Networks least weak point for Disney
Fiscal Q3 (April-June) revenues were down in every business unit for the Walt Disney Company, so the 2% drop for the Media Networks division...
Mediabrands launches branded entertainment unit
Nick Brien, President and CEO Mediabrands, the media management unit of IPG, announced the appointment of Scott Donaton, former Entertainment Weekly Publisher, to lead...
Bonneville announces cost-cutting measures
With no public stock and a private owner with a very long horizon (The Mormon Church), Bonneville International has long been regarded as one...
Cablevision spinning off MSG
The board of directors at cable MSO Cablevision has given the thumbs-up for a spin-off of the company’s Madison Square Garden (MSG) businesses to shareholders as a separate, publicly traded
Don’t text and drive
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is one of a quartet of Democrats introducing a bill threatening to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in highway...