Andrew sold for 2.6 billion
After rebuffing a takeover bid from CommScope last year for 1.7 billion, equipment maker Andrew Corporation has now agreed to a takeover. But the...
EAS oops in Illinois
It appears that someone in the Illinois Emergency Management agency was attempting to test some new EAS equipment yesterday and instead sent out a...
MAGNA Global unveils expenditure forecasts
At yesterday's Advertising and Media Outlook Update hosted by Universal McCann, MAGNA Global presented their current estimates and forecasts of expenditures on emerging media...
Murdoch deal for Dow Jones moves forward
The Wall Street Journal reports that its parent company, Dow Jones & Co., has come to terms with News Corporation on measures to protect...
What does the Supreme Court ruling on issue ads mean to you?
The US Supreme Court removed barriers on ads financed by corporations and labor groups that mention a federal candidate and are run in the...
WIPO wipeout
The World Intellectual Property Organization has failed to come up with new international standards to protect electronic copyrights. According to William New of Intellectual...
But wait, there’s more
It turns out that the Clear Channel station parking garage revealed last week wasn't complete. Two more floors (or documents filed with the FCC)...
Yahoo to merge ad sales departments
Yahoo said its chief domestic sales officer Wenda Millard resigned and the company will merge its search and display ad departments in the U.S....
Murdoch-Bancroft talks back on track
There's no guarantee that a deal will be done, but the Wall Street Journal - which has been closely following the bidding for its...
Nielsen, NetRatings merger complete
The Nielsen Company and NetRatings on Friday completed the previously announced merger of NetRatings with a wholly owned subsidiary of The Nielsen Company. The...
The Clear Channel shopping list
Radio, television. Large market, small market. Intact cluster, partial cluster, orphan. The list of stations being placed in a parking lot trusteeship by Clear...
Talkers cherrypick the news
The latest Project for Excellence in Journalism talker topic index shows them both following and departing from the usual pattern during the week of...
Still time to get in on NYT windfall
Wanna earn a shiny new quarter? Well, not quite a quarter. Would you settle for a dime, two nickels and three pennies? The New...
Clear Channel makes some FCC moves
A series of documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission show Clear Channel bidding adieu to a number of radio and television stations, which...
Q1 outdoor ad spend up 8%
Outdoor ad industry revenue sustained last year's strong growth trend with an 8% increase in the first three months of 2007, accounting for $1.6...