It's not easy being green
American consumers may be accused of being jaded, or perhaps they have learned over many, many years to take whatever they hear in advertisements...
Moody's upgrades Block
Moody's Investors Service upgraded Block Communications' corporate family rating to Ba3 from B1 and revised its outlook to stable. In addition, Moody's upgraded Block's...
GM/UAW pact seen as template
There is even more good news tied to the agreement between General Motors and United Auto Workers after a very brief strike. That is...
One man's view of America's TV history
It may be presumptuous of Lawrence H. Rogers II to title his book "History of U.S. Television," but he certainly was present to personally...
GM tentatively settles with UAW
"This agreement helps us close the fundamental competitive gaps that exist in our business,' said GM Chairman/CEO Rick Wagoner. "The projected competitive improvements in...
Watchdog not so sure about satmerger
There has been a spate of optimistic predictions lately as to the ability of XM and Sirius satellite radio companies to merge. However, Bank...
Dog and pony season kicking off
Act III of the 2007 revenue results show is getting set to kick off. Viacom Inc. has set its conference call for Friday, 11/2/07...
Existing home sales fall to 5-year low last month
U.S. sales of existing homes fell 4.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.50 million in August, the lowest since August 2002, the...
O.J. nostalgia tour, coming to a cable system near you
The Project for Excellence in Journalism news coverage chart for the week of 9/16/07-9/21/07 had a familiar name on top of the list. O.J....
Downgrades send two radio stocks lower
With his gloomy comments on the overall radio industry (see Radio News) CL King analyst Jim Boyle also downgraded two radio stocks, sending them...
An open letter to David Rehr
Rock (or is it Roll) to (NAB President) David Rehr: It's about broadcast radio remaining the Dashboard Dominator.True NAB will be forced to repudiate...
Harman buyout blows up
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and GS Capital Partners VI fund say they are walking away from their eight billion bucks deal to take Harman International...
Two added to Forbes 400
Two broadcast owners are new additions to the annual Forbes 400 list, but via unfortunate circumstances. Cox Enterprises Chairman and CEO James Cox Kennedy,...
Getting the point across about cross-ownership
It's easy to find someone to attack newspaper/broadcast media combinations; not quite so easy to find a reasoned defense. Yet the Second Circuit itself...
Moody's turns negative on Salem
Moody's Investors Service affirmed the Ba3 corporate family rating and B2 senior subordinated notes rating of Salem Communications Holding Corporation. However, the outlook for...