Pakistan bleeds, leads
Project for Excellence in Journalism chart for the week of 11/4/07-11/9/07 saw most eyes on Pakistan, where a strong clamp down on personal freedom...
Consumers slow to start Holiday shopping
Retailers who are concerned that holiday sales aren't living up to expectations needn't worry: shoppers are off to a slow start. According to the...
A view of PPM from the TV world…
It's easy to understand why Bob Neil, Cox Radio's CEO, and others raise concerns that the Houston and Philadelphia dollar downturns are in some...
Republicans sign on to Univision debate
Making inroads into the Hispanic vote has been a cornerstone of George W. Bush's political strategy, but the volatile immigration issue has put it...
DG FastChannel Q3 revenues up 34%
DG FastChannel, a leading provider of digital media services to the advertising, entertainment and broadcast industries, reported Q3 revenue of 25.1 million compared to...
Talking up the campaign
We noted that next year's presidential election provides ready-made filler for journalists in an otherwise slow news week, such as 10/28-11/2/07, when the topic...
Entercom sails through choppy seas
Radio group Entercom navigated a difficult Q3 on more or less an even keel; net revcenue was up 8%, to 123.1M, but same station...
Citadel slumped in Q3
Citadel Broadcasting CEO Farid Suleman made no bones about being disappointed in Q3 revenues, which were down 3.6% on a pro forma basis to...
Newspaper staffers take buyouts in Milwaukee
It looks like plenty of employees lined up to take voluntary separation payments, with a healthcare benefit, to help reduce staffing overhead at the...
Praises on Janice Finkel-Greene story
Short but sweet-we received some positive feedback on our story yesterday with Initiative Media EVP/Local Broadcast and EVP/Director Futures and Technology Janice Finkel-Greene (11/8/07...
Young sees MyNetworkTV improvement
Q3 revenues were down 7.8% to 47.5 million for Young Broadcasting and station operating performance was off 28.4% to 5.8 million. Looking ahead, though,...
Q3 revenues down 3% for Hearst-Argyle
Working against last year's politically-inflated comps, Hearst-Argyle Television reported that Q3 revenues were down 3% to 176.8 million. Absent political, ad sales were up...
Disney posts record earnings for fiscal year
Wrapping up its fiscal year, The Walt Disney Company reported that Q4 (June-September) revenues were up 3% to 8.93 billion. That brought the full...
Billboards boost Clear Channel, but radio
Radio revenues were down 1% in Q3 to 882.2 million, so it was a 14% improvement by outdoor to 817.5 million that gave Clear...
Another Clear Channel deal in trouble?
Both the Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported yesterday that Providence Equity Partners has gotten cold feet and may try to get out of...