Liberman stations aiding Swine Flu victims
Liberman Broadcasting’s Estrella TV O&O stations in LA, San Diego, Houston and Dallas-Ft. Worth broadcast a four-hour telethon Friday to aid victims of the...
Souter stepping down
The Supreme Court will have an opening soon, with the expected exit of David Souter at the end on the current term. That gives...
Journal latest to suspend dividend
Following in the path of several other media companies (and non-media companies, for that matter), Journal Communications has suspended payment of its quarterly dividend.The...
A snub for a snub?
President Barack Obama was not seen on Fox Television Network Wednesday night. And Fox News Channel was not given a chance to ask a...
Chrysler files for bankruptcy
Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday after talks to restructure its debt with bondholders collapsed. Chrysler failed to gain the bondholder support it...
Isobar forms new social media practice
Isobar North America has created a new social media practice. Forrester Research reports that 75% of marketers will increase their social media budget this...
Hearst offers more for Hearst-Argyle
Hearst Corporation has added another half-buck to its bid to buy out all other shareholders of Hearst-Argyle Television. The offer is now $4.50 per...
An armada of reactions to fleeting ruling
Many organizations and individuals have weighed in on the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the FCC’s right to fine fleeting expletives but kicking the case back downstairs for a constitutionality ruling
Emmis buys back more debt
Just a few weeks ago Emmis Communications bought back $34.4 million of its outstanding bank debt for $18.9 million. Now it’s bought back some...
Sharp declines at Fisher
Fisher Communications reports that Q1 revenues were down 27% for television and 29% for radio. The company’s annual meeting took place yesterday, with shareholders...
A reflection on Las Vegas
The one really good experience I took away from Las Vegas came about by accident. We wound with a group of programmers listening to radio air checks from the baby-boomer days
Buffett fingered media’s financial woes
It’s not that financial wizard Warren Buffett said that newspapers and broadcasters would run into trouble – it’s when he said it. He wrote...
Indecency crackdown upheld
A sharply-divided US Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to uphold the FCC’s policy change in 2004 which permitted it to fine stations for “fleeting expletives” under the law prohibiting broadcasting of indecent
Indecency crackdown upheld
A sharply-divided US Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to uphold the FCC’s policy change in 2004 which permitted it to fine stations for “fleeting...
Taking note of Nielsen
The Nielsen Company B.V. is “proposing to issue $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2016.” It’s looking to use the cash...