Two added to Forbes 400
Two broadcast owners are new additions to the annual Forbes 400 list, but via unfortunate circumstances. Cox Enterprises Chairman and CEO James Cox Kennedy,...
Getting the point across about cross-ownership
It's easy to find someone to attack newspaper/broadcast media combinations; not quite so easy to find a reasoned defense. Yet the Second Circuit itself...
Moody's turns negative on Salem
Moody's Investors Service affirmed the Ba3 corporate family rating and B2 senior subordinated notes rating of Salem Communications Holding Corporation. However, the outlook for...
Petraeus really comes into focus
If you though the testimony of General David Petraeus before Congress put the news focus on the debate over Iraq policy, you were right....
Petraeus really comes into focus
If you though the testimony of General David Petraeus before Congress put the news focus on the debate over Iraq policy, you were right....
Revenues down 5.2% in August for Tribune
Radio/Entertainment revenues gained 0.9%, with credit for that given to Tribune Entertainment, but otherwise August was a down month for Tribune Company. Television revenues...
TV revenues up at Media General
That's right, up. Broadcast revenues increased 0.1% in August at Media General to 29.5 million, despite the absence of 2.5 million in political revenues...
Radio a bright spot at Journal
Radio revenues were flat - actually up 1.8% on a same station basis - but TV plunged 13.7% and newspaper revenues from continuing operations...
Freedom comes to the New York Times
The New York Times has abandoned the subscription model for its TimesSelect and will open up its entire website to the online public, effective...
All Petraeus, all the time
Larry Craig (R-ID) must have been thrilled at the arrival of General David Petraeus to discuss the situation in Iraq with Congress. The resulting...
Commenting enting about Houston stopset
On buyers commenting about Houston stopset reduction (9/18/07 RBR #182). Tragically we have time buyers focused on the length of stop sets rather than...
Four media companies honored for equality
The Human Rights Campaign has given 100% scores to 195 major corporations for their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees. Four media...
TV revenues down 1% for Gannett
August broadcasting revenues declined 1% at Gannett to 59.7 million. Local gained 2.9% and national fell 9.7%. And, of course, political was off sharply....
Big future seen for Dow Jones assets
At yesterday's, 09/18/07, Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVI Conference in New York, News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch said people thought he was an idiot for starting...
Four media companies honored for equality
The Human Rights Campaign has given 100% scores to 195 major corporations for their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees. Four media...