Moody's goes negative on Media General
In his quarterly conference call Wednesday (7/20), Media General CEO Marshall Morton emphasized that refinancing the company’s senior debt is his number one financial...
NRF touts strong November retail
Consumers took advantage of an early start to the holiday shopping season...
Cakim Exits Nielsen For Research, Insights Post At Entercom
After nearly seven years at Nielsen as a Media Analytics Consulting VP, Idil Miriam Cakim has exited the company. She'll now be getting more familiar with the goings-on inside 345 Hudson Street, on Manhattan's West Side.
DG to acquire MediaMind to go global
DG, provider of digital media services to the advertising, entertainment and broadcast industries and MediaMind Technologies, global provider of integrated digital ad solutions, announced...
Poll results indicate internet is a better value-proposition than cable TV
Rasmussen surveyed individuals who get both internet service and cable television service, and asked them which one they thought delivered more “bang for their...
Journal Communications sells specialty pubs
Journal Communications yesterday announced another deal to sell some assets outside its core newspaper/radio/TV businesses. Three specialty publications based in Louisiana, operated as the...
Conservative PAC playing in 11 US Senate races
A brand new conservative political interest group, touted by brand-name Republicans like Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, has pledged to spend $50M this campaign...
Q2 brought “steady and real” improvement at CBS
“In every part of the media landscape, CBS content is at the top of its game – and by the way, content is king,”...
Hansen Hangs It Up In Springfield, Mo.
The individual who has guided SummitMedia's four Springfield, Mo., radio stations for nearly two decades and, before that, led Southwest Missouri radio properties owned by Mid-West Family Stations, has decided to retire.
Even With Belt Tightening, iHeart Bets On Chance
On Friday, word of expense reduction at iHeartMedia arrived by way of an internal memo from the company's top two leaders. However, that hasn't stopped iHeart from appointing a Senior Vice President of Programming for Des Moines, St. Louis, Indianapolis and the North Dakota Area, effective immediately.
MIW Welcomes Four New Board Members
The non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of female leadership in radio broadcasting is welcoming four new members of its Board of Directors. They are comprised of an Audacy Inc. VP; a finance leader at Midwest Communications; a Mr. Master executive; and one-half of Albright & O'Malley & Brenner Consulting.
Nielsen, comScore settle patent litigation
In March, the two online measurement companies were locked in a patent infringement legal battle. Nielsen filed first on 3/16 the U.S. District Court...
News-Press & Gazette Names A Veteran Its New ND
The NBC affiliate serving the popular outdoor enthusiast mecca of Bend, Ore., which offers The CW+ as a digital subchannel, has selected a new News Director. It's the woman who became the anchor of its Sunrise morning news program earlier this year and was previously associated with TEGNA's NBC affiliate in Portland.
Liberty Media boosts DirecTV stake
Liberty Media already owns effective control of DirecTV through the 41% stake it bought from News Corporation, but Liberty is now pushing close to...
Hoye Given The Key To SVP/Ad Sales Role
Network advertising sales executive Deidra Hoye has been named SVP/Ad Sales as part of a department-wide expansion at Sun & Fun Media's radio syndication company Key Networks.