Sumner pockets some cash
The Associated Press took notice this week when Sumner Redstone made an SEC filing showing that he had sold 503,529 shares of Viacom for...
Revenues down for SWMX
Online media ad transaction platform company SWMX, operator of the SoftWave Media Exchange, reported that Q3 revenues fell to 321,930 from 632,579 a year...
Big Ben gets transparent
Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke announced a move to provide more public disclosure of the inner workings of the Fed. Instead of issuing economic...
Interep posts positive quarter
In its quarterly report to the SEC, Interep showed Q3 operating income before depreciation and amortization of 13.8 million, as opposed to a loss...
Stations BCF up double digits for ACME
The revenue side for ACME Communications in Q3 is a little hard to follow, since the company had so many balls in the air....
Another engineer has thoughts
Thoughts about directing some TV space to FM I was pleasantly surprised to read about the proposal from engineer John Mullaney to convert the bandwidth in...
Fisher to use Modavox ad delivery platform
Modavox, and Internet broadcasting and technologies pioneer, announced an agreement to deliver video ad campaigns for the websites affiliated with Fisher Communications' 19 television...
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...
Arbitron's current problems
Problems with the big markets and PPM aren't their only problems - there's big trouble in the Condensed Markets too. In September we got...
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...
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...