Beasley beats its guidance
Q2 turned out a bit better than Beasley Broadcast Group had expected, with revenues up 8.2% to 34.8 million, or 1% on a same...
FCC reaffirms New Vision's Youngstown Parkin lot
The sale of WYTV-TV Youngstown OH from Chelsey Broadcasting to Parkin Broadcasting stipulated right up front and out in the open that the station...
Lincoln revenues nearly flat
Lincoln Financial Group reported its Q2 results this week. Revenues were down 0.2% to 57.4 million for the broadcasting subsidiary, Lincoln Financial Media, and...
Retrans softens down quarter for Sinclair
Q2 revenues from continuing operations were down 1.4% to 161.4 million for Sinclair Broadcast Group, with local down 0.8% and national off 9.2%, primarily...
Terra Firma buy finally on firm footing
Terra Firma says it has finally passed the 90% mark of shareholder acceptances, so it can complete its acquisition of EMI Group. The latest...
Lincoln revenues nearly flat
Lincoln Financial Group reported its Q2 results this week. Revenues were down 0.2% to 57.4 million for the broadcasting subsidiary, Lincoln Financial Media, and...
Retrans softens down quarter for Sinclair
Q2 revenues from continuing operations were down 1.4% to 161.4 million for Sinclair Broadcast Group, with local down 0.8% and national off 9.2%, primarily...
Disney beats the Street, buys Club Penguin
The Walt Disney Company is entering the virtually world by acquiring Club Penguin for 350 million bucks. CEO Bob Iger says the online virtual...
Digital hot for Entercom
Entercom CEO David Field noted that revenues from digital operations (websites and such) nearly doubled in Q2 and, for the first time ever, amounted...
Cox Radio on target
Cox Radio reported Q2 revenue growth of 0.7% to 118 million, meeting Wall Street expectations, with CEO Bob Neil hailing revenue growth in the...
Murdoch will shell out a total of 5.6 billion
That tally in a joint statement by Dow Jones & Company and News Corporation includes nearly 5.1 billion that News Corporation will pay to...
Copps wants Murdoch buy investigated by FCC
Since the Wall Street Journal is a national newspaper, it has been assumed that Rupert Murdoch's deal to buy Dow Jones & Company is...
Who wants to buy Lincoln Financial Media?
Wall Street analysts tried to get Entercom and Cox Radio to tip their hands yesterday on how interested they are in bidding for the...
Terra Firma buy finally on firm footing
Terra Firma says it has finally passed the 90% mark of shareholder acceptances, so it can complete its acquisition of EMI Group. The latest...
Gutsy suggestion for radio stations
I have a gutsy suggestion for radio stations as we continue to face the performance tax/royalty debate. Get stations to agree not to identify artists or song...