Station groups strongarmed over Armstrong
Armstrong Williams famously received a contract from the US Department of Education to talk up the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program. Williams' production...
NYT Co. dissident bails
Both the Wall Street Journal and TheStreet.com report that Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has sold its entire 7.2% stake in the New York...
Gannett goes to school
Gannett announced an online acquisition that it says will allow its local television stations and newspapers to offer advertisers a way to reach teens...
Don Imus, down on the farm?
The NY Times website is reporting that Don Imus, who will begin broadcasting on WABC-AM NYC in December, is in "serious" discussions with Omaha-based...
Bear Stearns analyst still a bear on radio
Bear Stearns analyst Vic Miller is out with new projections for 2008 - and he is not optimistic about radio, ranking the sector "Underweight"...
Wall Street applauds Scripps split
Scripps shares jumped 8.6% on Tuesday after the company announced plans to split into two companies. The current E.W. Scripps Company will retain the...
MangoMOBILE fuels Nissan's shift into mobile marketing
MangoMOBILE, an Omnicom company and mobile marketing solutions provider, announces the launch of a mobile marketing campaign to support the launch of the Nissan...
Fred Thompson puts the focus on the campaign
One-time events crowded out a lot of the ongoing coverage type stories during the week of 10/7/07-10/12/07, according to the latest news coverage study...
DG prepares to raise cash
DG FastChannel has filed a shelf registration with the SEC to sell up to 3.5 million new common shares and up to 25 million...
Presidential campaigns pull in over 400M
20 candidates for president have been collecting funds, and their collective total has now grown to 416.1M. The bulk of the cash has been...
Madonna's deal is done
Live Nation and Madonna finally confirmed yesterday that they have struck an exclusive deal covering concerts, albums and just about everything else that Madonna...
Market reacts to dropped Hearst bid
The stock price of Hearst-Argyle Television declined 6% yesterday after Hearst Corporation dropped its bid to buy out public shareholders. Even so, the stock...
Clear Channel letter bringing big bucks
Clear Channel CEO Mark Mays won't be keeping the letter from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and signed by 40 other Democratic senators,...
Drudge: Imus deal done
According to the Drudge Report, Don Imus has secured a deal returning him to the airwaves on 12/3 - as most have reported -...
Discovery discovers HowStuffWorks.com
Discovery Communications today announced the purchase of HowStuffWorks.com, adding to the online presence of the cable programming company. Terms were not disclosed. HowStufWorks claims...