DG FastChannel to acquire GTN
DG FastChannel has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held GTN, Inc., for 11.5 million cash, which includes approximately 1.5 million of GTN's...
Another down month for NY Times Co.
Despite double-digit growth for its online ad sales, the mainline newspaper business is dragging down ad revenues at the New York Times Company. May...
Suit filed over Ion buyout
As we had predicted (6/11/07 TVBR #113), disgruntled preferred shareholders have sued over the terms they've been offered in the reorganization of Ion Media...
Kellogg promises to rein in kid marketing
Any media offering with an audience comprised 50% or more of children aged 12 or under will be off limits for Kellogg company food...
Retail sales rebound in May
Consumers' spending habits were revived in May as retailers showed healthy sales gains across the board, helping to ease concerns about a slowing economy....
NBCU Digital Studios strike content deal with Netflix
Netflix announced that NBC Universal Digital Studios will produce for Netflix a series of online webisodes that provide an entertaining take on classic movies.The...
Journal Communications sells specialty pubs
Journal Communications yesterday announced another deal to sell some assets outside its core newspaper/radio/TV businesses. Three specialty publications based in Louisiana, operated as the...
DVR subscriber households to be 35% by 2011
MAGNA Global has released its most recent On-Demand Quarterly update to account for the most recently completed quarter. Their 2011 forecast for head-end based...
Salem changes auditors
Salem Communications reports that on June 7th the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as Salem's independent registered...
Bancrofts still dancing with Murdoch
The courtship dance continues, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that the Bancroft family, which controls its parent Dow Jones & Co., has been...
Paris in the news
The US media is often accused of having blinders when it comes to covering events abroad that aren't connected to US involvement in the...
Don’t let Tribune catch a waive
That's what the Media Access Project is arguing. If Sam Zell wants to buy the Tribune Company, MAP argues, then its five cross-ownership operations...
ABC News and USA Today strike content partnership for ’08 election
USA Today and ABC News announced a content-sharing partnership to provide expanded coverage of the 2008 election. In the midst of one of the...
BroadRamp unveils shop technology for ITV
The major TV networks are moving to delivery of their offerings on the Internet as an alternate distribution channel to reach their target audiences....
TV is tops for news, but watch out
A new Harris Poll survey shows that television is the top source for news among US citizens, beating out #2 online 25%-18%, but the...