SNI seeks buyer for uSwitch
Scripps Networks Interactive Exec. VP/CFO Joseph NeCastro says the company still believes in the viability of uSwitch, but that it might fit better with...
On Carnegie observation: Standing together and getting through it all
Hi Jim; Your comments about the R&R demise were right on the button. Reminds me of what happened to the radio-TV National Rep business. When I started in 1959 there 36 different national Reps
Online Community Boards go live at RBR.com
Readers of RBR and TVBR can now voice their opinions, share information and ask questions of fellow broadcasters on the new RBR/TVBR Community Forums....
Boston Globe says it’s for sale
Now that the New York Times Company has cut costs at its money-losing Boston daily, the Boston Globe reports that its parent company has...
Chrysler sale to Fiat cleared
The temporary hold that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put on the sale of most Chrysler assets to Fiat is no more. The full US...
NAB hires headhunter
The National Association of Broadcasters has hired Russell Reynolds Associates to assist in the search for a new president/CEO to take the place of...
Obama overseas leads tight playlist
Although there was a marked difference opinion as towhat was the week's top story, all five media categories measured by the Project for Excellence...
Words of appreciation and encouragement
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Union says no; Globe still publishing
The New York Times Company is playing hardball with the biggest union at the Boston Globe. Members of the Boston Newspaper Guild voted down...
Standing together and getting through it all
Carnegie observation: I picked up our observation from the report we did last week when Nielsen closed the doors on R&R to make the business point that
CBS bonds heading toward junk
Shares of CBS Corporation fell on Monday after Standard & Poor’s cut its bond ratings to one step above junk bond status – with a “negative” outlook indicating that another downgrade is likely
US journalists face 12 years of hard labor
That’s the sentence handed down by the North Korean regime to two American women accused of entering the country illegally while shooting a documentary...
Lenders may take control at Tribune
Negotiations for Tribune Company to emerge from Chapter 11 are said to be focusing on a plan which would hand over control to banks...
New name for Ottaway
Having failed to find a buyer for the Ottaway Newspapers chain it acquired with Dow Jones & Co., News Corporation is now giving it...
Supreme Court justice delays Chrysler sale
U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has granted a request to put the sale of bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC to a group led...