Disgruntled investor throws in the towel
Remember Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisers LLC, one of the big shareholders pressing Emmis to do a buyout deal to cash out public shareholders?...
Bloomberg continues to dangle 2008 candidacy
The repeated announcements from NY Mayor and media magnate Michael Bloomberg (I) that he is not running for president in 2008 are not jibing...
Scrambled primaries should be good for business
The race for the Republican nomination did not figure to be settled in New Hampshire, but a lot of pundits seemed to think that...
Goldman Sachs predicts 2008 recession
Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs told clients that it expects the US economy to drop into recession this year. Its prediction is that unemployment...
Women's media confab scheduled for March
FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate (R) will headline a conference examining the role of women in the media pegged for National Association of Broadcasters...
Phase uno: 1M applications
Hispanic broadcasters Univision and Entravision have been active participants in a major effort to add Hispanic immigrants first to the rolls of naturalized US...
McGraw-Hill lays off 600
The McGraw-Hill Companies announced that it cut 600 jobs in Q4 and will take a restructuring charge of 43.7 million bucks when it reports...
Quick, name the four biggest US phone companies
If your list didn’t include Comcast, you are behind the times. The cable MSO announced that its Comcast Digital Voice, officially launched less than...
Radio stocks could fall 15-30% this year
That’s the warning to investors from analyst Lee Westerfield at BMO Capital Markets. After seeing the RAB report that November radio ad revenues were...
Tribulations over for daily and Daley
We've been lectured to constantly about the potential perils of print/broadcast cross-ownership. But we never considered the perils of print/baseball ownership, but according to...
Bill Gates keynotes CES
A final pre-show keynote by Microsoft’s Bill Gates, as well as innovative product launches and partnership announcements created a buzz among attendees on the...
CNBC counters Murdoch with Times deal
NBC Universal’s CNBC and The New York Times announced an agreement to share content on their websites. Effective yesterday, CNBC video is available on...
Waiting for the green light
Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller tells clients in a note that the trains are still running toward a closing for the private equity buyout...
CEOs bid 2007 good-bye with a slight burst of confidence
Chief Executive Magazine keeps its finger on the pulse of the nation's CEOs on a monthly basis, and for the last four months of...
What will happen in 2008
Last week we looked at what happened in 2007, and also what didn't happen. Today, we dust off our crystal balls, spread our tea...