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...
Mark Cuban charged with insider trading
The SEC filed an insider trading charge against Mark Cuban, who became a billionaire selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! and is now best known as...
Liberman outperformed in Q3
Radio revenues grew in a down market for Liberman Broadcasting in Q3 – and Executive VP Lenard Liberman was upbeat about TV as well...
Conference co-location
Media Financial Management (MFM) and the Interactive & Newsmedia Financial Executives (INFE) announced that they will co-locate their annual conferences in 2009, both convening...
Citadel is not worthless
Regarding Morningstar columnist Matthew Coffina’s pronouncement that Citadel Broadcasting’s stock is worthless, my inclination is to say B.S., and I don’t mean Barbra Streisand! Maybe the stock isn’t cranking out dividends, but
Deal made to sell Maine newspapers
A local investment group has stepped up to the plate to buy Maine’s largest newspaper and associated publications from the Blethen family, which also owns the Seattle Times. No price was announced
Houston City Council votes to ban 'attention-getting' ads
The Houston City Council voted Wednesday to ban the use of "attention-getting devices" — such as the giant, inflatable animals that sit atop businesses...
Is Citadel overpriced at anything?
Morningstar columnist Matthew Coffina is out with a new list of five stocks that appear to be absolutely worthless – and one of the...
CBS pays a dividend
Normally this is not news, but since there has been concern on Wall Street that CBS Corporation may not be able to continue its...