Stu Olds to be honored by the Broadcasters Foundation of America
Stu Olds, who died in December while CEO of Katz Media Group will be the recipient of this year’s Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting...
Hearst-Argyle to weigh buyout offer
As expected, Hearst-Argyle Television has named a special committee of its independent directors to consider the $4-per-share buyout offer from its largest shareholder, Hearst...
WaPo TV can’t pull up other divisions
The television stations in the Washington Post portfolio enjoyed a healthy Q2, but it wasn’t enough to spare the company an overall decline in...
Lehman bankruptcy sinks stocks
Nearly all radio and TV stocks dropped Monday as Wall Street reeled from Lehman Brothers filing Chapter 11. The ranks of major investment banks was also reduced by Merrill Lynch
Longtime KABC-7 Leader To Retire
She joined the ABC Owned Stations West Coast flagship, KABC-7, in 1994 to lead the Eyewitness News team and is today the President/GM of the station. Come March 31, she'll no longer be in the role, and is heading into retirement.
CNBC launches app
The new CNBC App for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is part of NBCUniversal’s TV Everywhere roll-out with MVPDs. The free, first generation...
Savannah Smile: Hefner Earns DFW Role at Nexstar
Nexstar Media Group has selected a company leader with more than 25 years of broadcast management and sales experience to serve as the new VP/GM of "The CW 33" in Dallas — KDAF-TV. For the last four years, he's led the NBC affiliate serving Georgia's Coastal Empire.
Elliot Appointed To Country Post at iHeartMedia
The Digital PD for storied Rock station WEBN in Cincinnati, who also holds an on-air shift at the station while serving as a national talent for iHeartMedia's Country and Rock formats, has been promoted to Director of Country Programming for Kentucky and W. Va.
Familiar names on “Best CEOs in America” list
The annual list put out by Institutional Investor magazine includes a number of CEOs whose names pop up in RBR and TVBR. Only one,...
Entravision has strong Q1 from both radio, TV
Net revenue increased to $49.1 million for the quarter, from $46.5 million in Q1 2012, a 5.3% increase. From that, $1.8 million (a 5.4%...
Car dealers nailed for deceptive advertising
The FTC has taking action against a pair of auto dealership groups...
Liberty rebuffed in tender for Live Nation shares
Liberty Media Corporation had wanted to boost its stake as Ticketmaster was recently merged into Live Nation. But its tender to buy more shares...
Time to pick the stock winners
Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente believes that a cyclical recovery for US advertising is going to more than offset structural concerns about media companies in 2010 and 1011. But not all media stocks
Gateway sold to Acer for 710 million
One of the high-flying tech stocks of the 1990s that fell to earth this decade is about to disappear, with Gateway agreeing to be...
Electronic cigarettes poised for full-fledged marketing
The FDA’s attempts to keep a thumb firmly down on electronic cigarettes were hurt by Congress in 2009, and by a federal court just...