Sumner Redstone

CBS Confirms Viacom Merger Ask

Investors seem warm to the idea of a CBS/Viacom merger, as Viacom shares jumped $1.60, to $42.52, on the news.
Democrat and Republican

Rubio Campaign Will Energize Florida Spending

The entrance of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) into the Republican presidential primary race

News media mostly agrees – it’s the economy

The week of 12/7-13 was one in which the five media tracked by the Project for Excellence in Journalism were in general accord as...
ACME Communications

ACME to make distribution to shareholders

ACME Communications is down to two television stations and one syndicated program. But it has

Are bells jingling on America’s docks?

It’s a little early to start making predictions about the upcoming holiday season

From Bakersfield To Downstate Ill. For Richardson

He's been the Senior Director of Sales for local and digital at KERO "23ABC" in Bakersfield, owned by The E.W. Scripps Co.  Meet the new VP/GM of the ABC pair serving Springfield and Champaign-Urbana, Ill., stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Harris vows to stay independent

The stock price of Harris Corp. took a dive yesterday as the electronics equipment maker said it was not interested in pursuing a sale...

CBS Radio, Journal, Post Newsweek adding eDeals.com retail platform

Coupons are a big business these days in the U.S., considering the economic straits we're in. To compete against the Groupon invasion, a few...

Stimulus effects slow to take hold

A major concern about the economic stimulus package is how much of it is shovel-ready, and how long it will take to get the...

A Director of Political Advertising Is Elected by Hearst

The Director of Sales for politically influential WMUR-9 in Manchester, N.H., has been promoted to the newly created role of Director of Political Advertising for all of Hearst Television's locally owned and operated stations.
AOL / America Online

AOL looking to sell patents

AOL has hired Evercore Partners to find a buyer for its more than 800 patents. The company is exploring the option as a revenue...
NAB / National Association of Broadcasters

NAB Elects New Board Leadership

The results of the 2024 NAB Executive Committee elections have been released by the nation's top lobbying and advocacy group for broadcast radio and television.  On the TV side, Pat LaPlatney, President and co-CEO at Gray Television, was reelected as NAB television board chair.
Kathleen Keefe

Ex-Hearst, Post-Newsweek Sales Leader Dies

She served as the first General Manager of a television station with call letters honoring Katharine Meyer Graham and also led the sales teams for broadcast TV stations in Hartford and in Houston. Now, many across the television industry are paying tribute to Kathleen Keefe.

More newspapers open to Chapter 11

The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News are the latest big city newspapers to seek protection from creditors under Chapter 11. Inquirer publisher Brian Tierney said the “…goal is to