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...
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...
Q3 nearly flat for Cumulus
A gain is better than a loss, so at least Cumulus can say that Q3 revenues were up, if only by 0.3% to 84.2...
Gray sees "modest" Q4 growth
Having already booked some political revenues from a hot off-year gubernatorial race in Kentucky, Gray Television is telling Wall Street to expect Q4 revenues...
Rooting for a Giuliani-Clinton race
This has nothing to do with politics, but rather ad revenues for SBS CEO Raul Alarcon. He figures the SBS radio stations would see...
TV down, but News Corporation still beats expectations
TV revenues were up 42 million in fiscal Q1 (July-September) for News Corporation to 1.145 billion, but TV operating income declined nine million to...
Univision partners with American Red Cross
Univision Communications has partnered with the American Red Cross to help the fundraising efforts for the victims of the recent disastrous weather that has...
Bancrofts bicker, Murdoch decides
In-family squabbling by the Bancrofts continued beyond their agreement to sell Dow Jones and Company to News Corporation for 5.6 billion bucks. The family...
Univision Q3 up 9.8%
Univision Communications Q3 net revenue increased 9.8% to 529.1 million from 481.9 million Q3 2006, excluding 2006 FIFA World Cup estimated incremental net revenues...
Q4 looking better than Q3 for SBS
Spanish Broadcasting System is telling Wall Street that Q4 radio revenues will be up in the low single digits, largely due to rapidly growing...
Salem up in Q3, sees Q4 down
Salem Communications reported that Q3 revenues were up 0.3% to 58.1 million. That gain came from the company's fast-growing new media and publishing operations,...
Radio flat, but TV boosts Q3 for SBS
Wall Street may not like Spanish Broadcasting System's move into television, but it was Mega TV that accounted for a 2% increase in Q3...
Jefferies advising Interep
Interep says in an SEC filing that it has retained Jefferies & Company as its exclusive financial advisor as the company continues efforts to...
Lincoln boosts dividend
Lincoln Financial Group has boosted its dividend by two cents per share to 41.5 cents. It's the 25th straight year that the company has...