PRISA founder dies
Jesus de Polanco, founder and Chairman of Spain's media conglomerate Grupo PRISA, died at age 77 of a rheumatic disease. Earlier this year, de...
Ad slump for Journal Communications
Q2 revenues were down 4.3% at Journal Communications, blamed on weakness in classifieds for the newspaper business and soft auto advertising for broadcasting. TV...
Bancrofts hold their family reunion
The far-flung Bancroft family met yesterday to review the five billion bucks offer from News Corporation and, within a week, decide whether to back...
Minority news staffers lose ground
The latest study from the Radio-Television News Directors Association and Ball State University shows that minorities make up a greater percentage of the US...
EMI buyout drags on…and on
If nothing else, Terra Firma may set the world record for the slowest corporate buyout ever. Now that Warner Music Group has said it...
Usual echo chamber, hold the megaphone
The world of talk followed standard operating procedure during the week of 7/8-13/07. It took to top news story of the week and bumped...
Google miss shocks Wall Street
Google shares dropped more than 6% at the opening Friday and recovered only slightly in trading, after the company's Q2 results issued after the...
VCI to support new SMPTE BXF standard
VCI Solutions, supplier of media revenue solutions for the broadcast and cable industry, announced that their new autoXe MC automation system and the next...
Arbitron by the numbers
Arbitron reported that Q2 revenues were up 6.6% to 79 million, right on target with the Thomson/First Call analysts' consensus. With outlays for the...
Media General by the numbers
Media General reported that Q2 revenues rose 4.8% to 241.2 million. That gain was all due to the addition of four TV stations purchased...
Florida real estate slump hurting Media General
After several years of rapid growth, the sudden slump for the Florida housing market is taking its toll on Media General, which has a...
Split in the Redstone family
Both Fortune magazine and the Wall Street Journal are reporting a major falling out between Sumner Redstone and his daughter and heir apparent, Shari....
Insider scandal at Dow Jones
The SEC formally indicated yesterday that it plans to file civil charges for insider trading against Dow Jones & Company board member David Li....
What about Ottaway?
Rupert Murdoch has made it clear to Wall Street that his bid for Dow Jones & Company is not a shift in strategy. He...
Google expands print ads too 225 newspapers
Google announced the expansion of the size and the scope of its Google Print Ads advertising initiative. The program started in November 2006 with...