Media General buys DealTaker.com
Media General surprised Wall Street yesterday with a deal to acquire DealTaker.com, described as an “online social shopping portal that offers consumers a broad...
Watchdogs respond to recent indecency actions
Regarding fines on just now levied against ABC and Fox for shows that aired back in 2003, network-sponsored TVWatch says that the FCC is...
Saving Radio, Pt 2
Friday we viewed five topics--one of which is seeing radio under a larger umbrella. If you want to fix the box then think outside of it with technology and the internet.
CBS: Dividend is no joke
A 25 cent-per-share dividend is headed to common stockholders of CBS Corporation, says its Board of Directors. And there is still time to hop...
Black and red at Entercom
In Q4 2007, radio group Entercom was able to increase net revenues 2% to $120.6M and increase station operating 6% to $52.1M. On a...
Gains at Hearst-Argyle can't compensate for odd year
No elections to speak of in 2007? That knocked Hearst-Argyle, owner of 26 television stations and a pair of radio stations, for a 30.9M...
Size of media workforce sinks to 15-year low
U.S. media employment in December fell to a 15-year low (886,900), slammed by the slumping newspaper industry, reports Workforce.com. However, employment in advertising and...
ABC comes out swinging over Blue fine
ABC Television network, on behalf of itself and its affiliates, is dragging the FCC into the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge the...
Radio One thinks it's found the bottom
Urban radio specialist Radio One was in markets suffering an aggregate 5% loss in revenue during Q4 2007, and that's what it lost. But...
Buyout roulette
Are you ready to make a quick killing with a big investment into Clear Channel? Its price is still well below the buyout price...
Looking ahead at Radio One
Radio One honcho Alfred Liggins thinks his company has a 5M head start for 2008. That's because that's how much cash the company bled...
Saving Radio, Pt 1
I was just about to write what you can read below so why do it twice when it has already been said? Saving Radio...
Fisher revenues down in Q4; up FY 2007
Fisher Communications announced its financial results for Q4 and full-year 2007. Q4 revenue decreased 1% vs. 2006. FY revenue was up 4% in 2007...
Reed batting out RBI
Reed Business Information, the US business mag division of English-Dutch Reed Elsevier, is on the block. It includes choice communications titles such as Variety,...
Court ruling is for the birds
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ordered the FCC to conduct a study of the effect of communications...