Hispanic groups well-positioned for 2008 election
Earlier in the year Hispanic broadcasters were mobilizing their listeners, urging the eligible to get registered and to vote in this year’s primaries and...
Fee simplified: WCSR takes apart new FCC chart
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC attorney Peter Gutmann has broken down the latest schedule of regulatory fees issued by the FCC, and also...
Tribune hires former DirecTV CEO to run LA Times
Tribune Co has appointed Eddy Hartenstein, former CEO of DirecTV as publisher of the LA Times, the paper said Saturday. Hartenstein will oversee Tribune's...
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Billion dollar man?
That’s what George W. Bush may shortly become. He is said to have raised $968M for himself and for other candidates since he took...
Buffalo legends to be enshrined
The Buffalo Broadcasters Association has named six inductees for the 12th year of the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame. ESPN Football Analyst Ron Jaworski...
Liberman posts an up quarter
Not everyone was down in Q2. LBI Media, the parent company of Liberman Broadcasting, reported net revenues up 4.6% to $34 million. Adjusted EBITDA...
Cumulus Media Partners posts decline
Pretty much in line with the industry, Cumulus Media Partners (CMP) reported that Q2 revenues were down 6.2% to $56.4 million. That was attributed...
Deal set to take NDS private
Back in June News Corporation proposed to buy out other shareholders of NDS Group in league with the Permira Advisers private equity group for...
Revenues and expenses down for Young
Young Broadcasting reported that Q2 revenues for its continuing operations (9 medium- to small-market stations) declined 6.7% to $37 million, but that operating costs...
Up quarter for Nielsen
Nielsen Media Research was a major contributor as constant currency revenues rose 12.2% for the Media division of The Nielsen Company. Consumer Services was...
Cox a seller-to-be in print
It may be known as a buy-and hold company, but Cox Enterprises announced that it intends to sell the Austin American-Statesman, its affiliated operations...
Chester Smith dead at 78
Television group owner Chester Smith has died at age 78. His Sainte Partners II owns a group of full- and low-power TV stations in...
Fee-lonious FCC fund grab?
This reader fails to find any Virtue at all in the FCC’s new self-funding scheme. Fee-lonious FCC fund grab? In your “Fee For All” article
Broadcast gains can’t match print decline
Tribune Company reports that Broadcasting & Entertainment revenues rose 4% to $409 million in Q2, including a 2% gain in television revenues. Meanwhile, Publishing...