Journal Communications sells specialty pubs
Journal Communications yesterday announced another deal to sell some assets outside its core newspaper/radio/TV businesses. Three specialty publications based in Louisiana, operated as the...
DVR subscriber households to be 35% by 2011
MAGNA Global has released its most recent On-Demand Quarterly update to account for the most recently completed quarter. Their 2011 forecast for head-end based...
Salem changes auditors
Salem Communications reports that on June 7th the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as Salem's independent registered...
Bancrofts still dancing with Murdoch
The courtship dance continues, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that the Bancroft family, which controls its parent Dow Jones & Co., has been...
Paris in the news
The US media is often accused of having blinders when it comes to covering events abroad that aren't connected to US involvement in the...
Don’t let Tribune catch a waive
That's what the Media Access Project is arguing. If Sam Zell wants to buy the Tribune Company, MAP argues, then its five cross-ownership operations...
ABC News and USA Today strike content partnership for ’08 election
USA Today and ABC News announced a content-sharing partnership to provide expanded coverage of the 2008 election. In the midst of one of the...
BroadRamp unveils shop technology for ITV
The major TV networks are moving to delivery of their offerings on the Internet as an alternate distribution channel to reach their target audiences....
TV is tops for news, but watch out
A new Harris Poll survey shows that television is the top source for news among US citizens, beating out #2 online 25%-18%, but the...
Immigration bill would benefit Hispanic media
Wachovia Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker has been assessing the immigration reform proposals being debated on Capitol Hill and determined that passage would be good...
MMTC sets its schedule
The annual Minority Media and Telecommunications Council is getting ready for its Fifth Annual Access to Capital and Telecom Policy Conference. It'll be at...
Wicks Broadcast Solutions merges with Marketron International
Rival traffic and billing system providers Wicks Broadcast Solutions and Marketron International are merging. Pete D'Acosta, CEO of WBS, will remain as CEO of...
Rupert still lone bidder
We suggested in yesterday's Epaper (6/11/07 TVBR #113) that apart from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, the only other potential buyer who could justify paying...
Lincoln Financial Media expected to draw strong bids
Look for the sale of Lincoln Financial Media (6/8/07 TVBR #112) to bring 1.3-1.6 billion, says Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller, which is right...
Ed Danduran dead
ACME Communications reports that Ed Danduran died unexpectedly of natural causes on May 26th. Danduran had been the company's Vice President and Controller since...