TDGA project seeks your input
A 36-member panel of Traffic professionals, Sales experts and Traffic Software developers has launched the first of several research projects aimed at “The Monetizing...
Obama attracted to the final battleground
Two Senate races remain to be decided. One of those, the Minnesota match-up between incumbent Norm Coleman (R-MN) and TV/radio broadcaster Al Franken (D-MN)...
New York Times Co. slashes dividend 74%
Shareholders of the New York Times Company are now going to be paid a quarterly dividend of six cents per share, down sharply from...
Mixed month for Journal Communications
Combined October revenues for the publishing and broadcast operations of Journal Communications were down 2.8% to $38 million. Publishing was down 10.6%. Journal Broadcast...
News Corp. reups with Roger Ailes
Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO, FOX News and Chairman of FOX Television Stations, has signed a new five year contract with News Corporation, it...
Congress finds a drive through for auto firms
Although the Republican contingent in the Senate figures to shrink, it is still sized at its 110th Congress level, and Democrats have been unable...
Black Friday study offers sliver of hope
Consumer Reports says that despite forecasts of a bleak holiday shopping season, turnout at the nation’s retail outlets on Black Friday
Reed Elsevier publishing sale in doubt
The long process of trying to sell the trade publication business of Reed Elsevier may be near an end – and the end could be no sale. The final bids are reported to be about half what had originally been expected. Will a buyer be found
Election stories still on top
According to the latest Project for Excellence in Journalism report for the week of 11/10/08-11/16/08, making sense of the 2008 elections was still the...
Westwood One leaving the NYSE
Westwood One has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange that its stock will no longer trade on the NYSE, effective with the...
NABOB dinner scheduled
If you’re bringing a gift, it should be silver, as the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters holds its 25th Annual Communications Award Dinner...
On Nielsen Radio…
I've been getting calls and e-mails about my thoughts on the Nielsen/Cumulus sticker diary service, just announced yesterday. Here is my initial assessment of...
Dickey just keeps on buying
Wall Street may not place much value on Cumulus Media, but Lew Dickey Sr. must think it’s a bargain. He just keeps on buying...
Univision held up in Q3
Net revenues declined 2.4%, but that was against comps that included major soccer tournaments. If you take out both soccer and political, Univision says...
Immelt a buyer, not a seller
Lots of so-called Wall Street experts have said that General Electric ought to sell NBC Universal. Well, GE CEO Jeff Immelt is looking the...