Cox finds another newspaper buyer
Who says there are no buyers for newspapers? Cox Enterprises has announced yet another sale from the portfolio of newspapers it put up for...
Radio industry needs to keep promoting itself to gain advertisers and listeners
The Radio Industry as a medium for news, information and entertainment should en-mass expand their current on-air messages
Big bucks tied to health care battle
Even those completely happy with health care in the US and utterly opposed to any changes whatsoever seem resigned to the idea that change...
Tributes abound for Walter Cronkite
Legendary CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite has died at age 92. It had been reported recently that the retired news anchor was quite ill, so his death from cerebral vascular disease was not a
RTNDA and SPJ to merge conferences
Another sign of the economic times: The Radio Television News Directors Association and the Society of Professional Journalists plan to have a joint annual...
Cuban beats SEC insider trading rap
A federal judge has thrown out the SEC’s insider trading case against Mark Cuban, saying the SEC failed to prove that Cuban had any duty not to make stock
Sirius XM short a director
Sirius XM says it has received an official notice from Nasdaq that it is not in compliance with the rule that requires a majority...
Cox finds buyers for two newspapers
Cox Enterprises announced deals to sell two of the newspapers it put up for sale nearly a year ago. Prices weren’t announced, but the latest papers to find buyers are the Waco (TX) Tribune-Herald
Shedding Skin: Television's Darkest Hour
Parts of being human are the common bonds that bring us together. People coming together to share a bus ride to work, or the joy a family unit feels sitting
CIT Group on the ropes
Commercial lender CIT Group, which had long been a lender to radio and television, has failed in efforts to get financial assistance from the...
Morris gets forbearance on top of forbearance
Morris Publishing Group says its bond holders have agreed once again to extend the deadline for a $9.7 million interest payment that had been due in February. The latest extension
CC Outdoor strikes global alliance with H&M
Clear Channel Outdoor has formed a global strategic alliance with H&M designed to ensure maximum impact and effectiveness for H&M’s outdoor media spend. The...
Sinclair management wants complete financial resolution
In a Tuesday conference call with analysts and investors, the management of Sinclair Broadcast Group described all of the financial issues facing the company....
Exploring the world of bankruptcy
While a few broadcasters are themselves dealing with bankruptcy, pretty much all broadcasters are dealing with a growing number of advertiser and agency bankruptcies. That reality has prompted the Media Financial
TV stations need to improve their local news product
As I travel from market to market helping TV stations increase their local sales and website revenue, I have the opportunity to watch local TV news. I must say I am terribly disappointed