LIN gets NYSE notice
The New York Stock Exchange sent LIN TV a non-compliance notice because the market capitalization of LIN’s public stock had fallen below the NYSE...
Judge supports WV’s lottery balancing act
West Virginia makes money off legalized gambling in the state, some of which is done at lottery parlors. However, it also restricts their advertising...
Sirius XM swaps more stock for debt
With the due date approaching next month for its 2.5% convertible notes, Sirius XM has swapped another 100,000,000 shares of stock (yes, 100 million)...
Different news media, different emphasis
In the absence of an election, differences in opinion among news decision makers are once again emerging on a regular basis. All five media...
DTV coupon blues
A private citizen has had two unsatisfactory NTIA converter box coupon transactions, but this citizen is different than most. He has a broadcast resume stretching from 1980 through 2006
Burying the hatchet in Dallas-Ft. Worth
Once fierce competitors, Belo’s Dallas Morning News and McClatchey’s Fort Worth Star-Telegram have cut a deal to share sports coverage. The content-sharing arrangement is...
WFAA-TV Dallas tops duPont-Columbia awards
The Belo flagship station is the first local station to ever win the highest award, the Golden Baton. 12 other awards went to programs...
AmericanAirlines Arena to get huge transparent digital LED screen spectacular
A2aMEDIA and the HEAT Group announced plans to install the largest digital LED Spectacular in North America on the AmericanAirlines Arena, home of the...
Another daily newspaper up for sale
Seattle could become the next major US city to have only one daily newspaper. Hearst Corporation announced on Friday that it has put the...
Kicking the tires at Circuit City
Troubled Chapter-11-bound consumer electronics retailer Circuit City says that not one but two serious prospective buyers have shown an interest in the company. The...
Upfront sales
The newspaper business is bringing a new meaning to the word upfront, as in front page. The New York Times recently announced that its...
Disney/ABC says inaugural is for kids, too
The radio and television networks of The Walt Disney Company are making next week’s inaugural a family affair. Disney Channel will broadcast "Kids' Inaugural:...
Buyer found for Connecticut newspapers
Less than two weeks before they were to be shut down, The Bristol Press and The Herald of New Britain have been saved by...
Coverage spreads out
The Israeli/Palestinian Gaza conflict won a split decision among the journalistic media assignment editors during the week of 12/29/09-1/4/09, according to the Project for...
Why should consumers have all the glum?
Consumer confidence polls have been routinely in the tar pit of late, and that is also where we find America’s CEOs, according to the...