Ad flights address immigration battle
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) Congressional Task Force does not want amnesty granted for what it pegs as "10-20M illegal aliens," and...
Diffusion is the name of the game
No one story broke away from the pack during the week of 6/10-15/07, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, and 23 different...
Dan Snyder/RedZone buys Dick Clark Productions
RedZone Capital, the private equity firm co-founded by Redskins owner Dan Snyder, has purchased TV production company Dick Clark Productions Inc. (DCP) for 175...
Gannett can’t wait for politics to heat up
Another multimedia company is suffering from the two-year political roller coaster on the television side, and is simply suffering, period, on the newspaper side....
Take no Prisoner attitude
Terry Semel is out as the Chief Executive Officer at Yahoo! and Jerry Yang is in and ends what experts say was a long...
Second bid in the works for Dow Jones?
A lot of virtual ink has been spilled on the topic of Rupert Murdoch's attempts to romance Dow Jones & Company and its cornerstone...
TNS lowers its expectations
Back in January, TNS Media Intelligence was looking for a 2.6% overall gain in US advertising revenues. It no longer thinks that less-than-lofty goal...
Twin Cities mogul wants more radio, TV
We have some additional color to add to the tale of the 28M acquisition of KTTB-FM in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Steve Woodbury will run the...
As per usual, talkers follow the news
The top two news items for the week of 6/3-8/07, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, were the 2008 campaign (15%) and...
Radio One straightens out its books
Urban specialist Radio One, which also operates CATV's TV One, has conducted an extensive research effort culminating in a restatement of its financial reporting...
MG needed fresh TV blood to avoid red ink
Media General (MG) brought in 75.4M in May, up 2.8% over the results from the same month in 2006. However, the upswing was due...
SWMX announces changes to board
SWMX, a major electronic advertising marketplace for radio and television, announced the confirmation of two new members to the Company's Independent Board of Directors...
Chalk one up for Huckabee
The media is under constant fire for its coverage of the news, with watchdogs doing studies on a constant basis. Even though television news...
Governator points Hispanics toward English
The Governor of California was an immigrant. And when he came to the US, he disciplined himself to only rarely use his native German...
Unilever brands join forces in ”Sprays in the City” webisodes
Betting that two brands can out-market one, Unilever is combining the power of two of its spray brands - I Can't Believe It's Not...