Peacock and Gray Lady team up
The New York Times and NBC News/msnbc.com announced that they will collaborate on coverage of the 2008 presidential election. Effective immediately, the two news...
Another helicopter accident
A news helicopter for Fox O&O KDFW (Ch. 4) Dallas-Ft. Worth made a hard landing yesterday morning after experiencing engine failure in flight. The...
Murdoch bid on the ropes
Resistance from members of the Bancroft family to a five billion bucks buyout of Dow Jones & Company by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation prompted...
Women rule
That's what American Women in Radio and Television says, at any rate. And where they rule is in sales and marketing. The group recently...
Kerry deputizes America as copywriters
John Kerry has an organization called Keeping America's Promises, and its joining with political action group MoveOn to come up with copy for a...
Bancroft tally due today
We should find out today how the various factions of the Bancroft family feel about the idea of selling Dow Jones & Company, including...
Echo/amplification chamber in full working order
The Project for Excellence in Journalism Talk Show index for the week of 7/15-20/07 revealed the typical weekly pattern. Talkers took the top news...
Ion preferreds prefer to take the deal
After battling in court for a better deal, and being rebuffed by the bench in their efforts to block an exchange of preferred stock...
Global Traffic Network sells stock
Having sold its IPO in 2006 at five bucks per share, Global Traffic Network has now priced an offering of 4.5 million additional shares...
Four killed in news copter collision
A mid-air collision between two TV news helicopters in Phoenix left four men dead Friday. Crews from several stations were covering a police chase...
Belo beats expectations
Belo CEO Robert Decherd hailed the company's TV group for "continued outstanding performance," with Q2 revenues up 2.5% to 198.2 million, while newspapers were...
Hoax causes ABC evacuation
The Washington, DC bureau of ABC News was temporarily evacuated yesterday after a mysterious envelope was found to contain a white powder. The substance...
Time Warner boosts dividend
Time Warner Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has approved management's recommendation to increase the company's regular quarterly cash dividend by approximately 13.6%,...
Creativity in consolidation
Alternative newspaper group Creative Loafing Inc., based in Tampa, has acquired two of the nation's best-known alternative weeklies, Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper....
Moody’s may downgrade Cumulus
On the heels of Cumulus Media announcing a private equity buyout, which will likely boost its leverage, Moody's Investors Service has placed the company's...