Hearst-Argyle to consider buyout offer
Hearst-Argyle Television's board of directors has named two independent directors to a special committee to consider an offer by Hearst Corporation to buy out...
New Ryan Seacrest show launches in UK
For the first time in nearly 15 years, an American DJ will be syndicated throughout the U.K. and on London radio. Premiere Radio Networks...
CBS translator killed in Iraq
CBS News says Anwar Abbas Lafta, a translator who had worked for CBS for the past 10 months in Iraq, was abducted from his...
Credit crunch shaves price
Home Depot's sale of its construction supply business, HD Supply, to private equity investors appears to have fallen victim to the current scarcity of...
Gateway sold to Acer for 710 million
One of the high-flying tech stocks of the 1990s that fell to earth this decade is about to disappear, with Gateway agreeing to be...
CEOs leaning toward Romney, Obama
Chief Executive magazine has surveyed US CEOs to get their early read on the presidential race already in progress. For starters, the corner office...
Contributors fed millions to Fed candidates
The election for the next Congress, like that for the presidency, is still over a year away, but already candidates are raking in money...
Tribune slips in July
Consolidated revenue for in-play multimedia icon Tribune Company for the month of July were 467M, representing a 5.9% drop from the July 2006 total...
Watchdogs object to Shrek
It turns out that the battle over marketing food to children is being waged the world over. Kellogg's and McDonald's are using Shrek in...
New media seminar scheduled
"The ‘anywhere, anytime, anyhow' characteristics of new media are driving consumer demand for personalization and, as we've seen with the phenomenal growth in iPods,...
Fox Democratic debate a casualty
Last we knew, only Joe Biden (D-DE), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Mike Gravel (D-AK) were signed up for a debate sponsored by the Congressional...
The commentary on the performance tax continues to roll in…
I find it quite interesting that everyone is in such knot over the record companies wanting to charge radio royalty fees. Once again radio...
Worldwide Yellow Pages revenues surpass 31 billion
Worldwide yellow pages revenue increased 2.8% in 2006, reaching 31.62 billion, according to new research from media industry forecast and analysis firm Simba Information....
Keep your numbers, give us some meat
The flat news coverage of during the week of 8/12-17/07 as measured by the Project for Excellence in Journalism gave almost equal weight to...
New beverage category targeted by AGs
Energy drinks have become a hot category for beverage manufacturers and are known to be popular among younger demos. And watchdogs have long been...