Much ado about nothing
"Much ado about nothing" was immortalized by William Shakespeare but it seems a host of public servants inside the DC Beltway have 'nothing' better...
Get ready for the return of the Tony Snow show
President George W. Bush announced Friday that Tony Snow is stepping down as White House press secretary on September 14th. The President said he...
How will credit problems affect broadcasting?
Worries about the broader impact of the sub-prime mortgage crisis are top-of-mind on Wall Street. But just how widespread will the fallout be? We...
Newspaper advertising down again in Q2
Total ad expenditures at newspaper companies were 11.3 billion for Q2, an 8.6% decrease from the same period a year earlier, according to preliminary...
No relief for newspapers
Ad revenues have been soft for daily newspapers for some time and the credit rating agency Fitch sees no improvement coming. "Real estate classified...
Sweeney gets Golden Mic
The Broadcasters Foundation of America will honor Anne Sweeney, co-chair Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group with its 2008 Golden Mike Award....
News Corp's Dow Jones buy clears antitrust review
News Corporation's pending acquisition of Dow Jones & Company has easily cleared antitrust review by the Federal Trade Commission, winning early termination of the...
Scripps puts Albuquerque paper on the auction block
Albuquerque, NM is among the shrinking number of cities that still has two daily newspapers - but perhaps not for long. E.W. Scripps Company...
Community Broadcasters puts on benefit concert for vets
Community Broadcasters, with seven radio stations in the Watertown, NY and St. Lawrence Valley markets, announced that "Operation Rock," a benefit concert held 8/25,...
Hearst-Argyle to consider buyout offer
Hearst-Argyle Television's board of directors has named two independent directors to a special committee to consider an offer by Hearst Corporation to buy out...
New Ryan Seacrest show launches in UK
For the first time in nearly 15 years, an American DJ will be syndicated throughout the U.K. and on London radio. Premiere Radio Networks...
CBS translator killed in Iraq
CBS News says Anwar Abbas Lafta, a translator who had worked for CBS for the past 10 months in Iraq, was abducted from his...
Credit crunch shaves price
Home Depot's sale of its construction supply business, HD Supply, to private equity investors appears to have fallen victim to the current scarcity of...
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...
CEOs leaning toward Romney, Obama
Chief Executive magazine has surveyed US CEOs to get their early read on the presidential race already in progress. For starters, the corner office...