FitzSimons a short-timer; Michaels on deck
Tribune Company CEO Dennis FitzSimons announced that he will exit the end of this month as the company goes private. There is no official...
FCC approves top-20 cross-ownership
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin got his 3-2 party-line vote to eliminated the cross-ownership ban in the top 20 Nielsen DMAs. A newspaper owner will...
Talkers back to the news megaphone
The biggest news story during the week of 12/2/07-12/7/07, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, was the 2008 campaign with a 19%...
Another non-media investment for Sinclair
Sinclair Broadcast Group has made another investment in real estate, putting 3.1 million into two apartment complexes. Sinclair now has a 9.75% stake in...
Moody’s cuts Tribune ratings
Moody’s Investors Service has cut its debt ratings for Tribune Company, in light of the expected closing of a buyout of public shareholders by...
Clear Channel begins cash tender for bonds
While Wall Street traders continue to worry about the private equity buyout of Clear Channel going to closing, the company and its buyers to...
Campaign settling into the top slot
With the first serious tallies of the 2008 campaign looming large on the horizon, it's going to take a major cataclysm to oust campaign...
Maze assesses the catastrophe
FCC commissioner Michael Copps says "…help overcome the "catastrophic "results of radio consolidation…"To define "catastrophic" I believe we have to go back to January...
RBR-TVBR expands; Kaufman on board
Moving faster every day in the electronic business, the skills of key executives become more precise and focused. RBR-TVBR has been searching for the...
More color on the 2008 elections
We'll dig a little further into the Wachovia Capital Markets look at the upcoming election year produced by Marcie Ryvicker and staff. The battle...
Martin resolute about Tuesday vote
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin had a picnic at last week's House hearing compared to today's session. Just about every senator present at the Commerce...
Political spending by medium
Local television will be the media venue of choice, as per usual, according to the assessment of Wachovia Capital Markets as Marci Ryvicker and...
Broadcasters, associations strike back at micromanaging from DC
No one knows yet what will be in the Proposed Rulemaking on Broadcasting Localism that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will unveil at tomorrow’s meeting,...
Honors for Osgood
Charles Osgood, anchor of CBS News’ “Sunday Morning” on TV and of CBS Radio Network's “The Osgood File,” will be honored with the NAB...
Rupert claims his prize
Dow Jones & Company employees woke up today as employees of News Corporation and a part of the Rupert Murdoch empire. The 5.6 billion...