Saturday, July 11, 2026

One celery stalk, a gallon of milk and a converter box

Not every town in the US can support a consumer electronics store, but you can bet that almost all of them have a grocery store.

Gabelli sets debate

This is not a political debate, but rather a face-off between Media General management and dissident shareholder Harbinger Capital Partners over their dueling slates...

Idol crushes the competition (again)

Fox rolled to an easy victory in the weekly Nielsen ratings as "American Idol" again claimed the #1, #2 and #3 spots with viewers....

Global IPTV subscriptions hit 12 million at end of '07

The total number of IPTV subscribers grew by 117% in 2007 to reach 12.34 million, up from 5.71 million at the end of 2006,...

Fox stations seeing slowdown

News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch told the Bear Stearns 21st Annual Media conference in Palm Beach, FL that he has become more pessimistic about...

Weather Channel bids due

The question now is whether anyone stepped up to the plate to offer five billion bucks for The Weather Channel and its weather.com website....

CW sets some rural matchmaking

The CW has set April 30th for the premier of “Farmer Wants a Wife.” The show brings 10 city women to one charming, hard-working...

Dissident airs its grievances

Harbinger Capital has spelled out what it thinks is wrong with the way Media General is being run. In its pitch to have three...

Circuit City woes: A cautionary tale

The Associated Press headline reads, "Circuit City tries to reinvent itself." The electronics retailer is losing its head-to-head battle with Best Buy, and is...

AFTRA strikes new deal with networks

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a tentative agreement with the Big Four television networks and producers on the Network...

MSOs pact for targeted ad sales in “Project Canoe”

Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Cox Communications, Charter Communications and Bright House Networks are making plans for a jointly owned company that would allow...

Network news ratings down

Presidential campaign coverage has helped the cable news networks increase or at least maintain their primetime audience levels versus last year. No such story...

Trump bumped to cable

With ratings for “Celebrity Apprentice” going nowhere but down, NBC Universal has pulled the finale from the NBC schedule. Instead, the two-hour wrap-up will...

Seinfeld returning to NBC?

The New York Post reports that Jerry Seinfeld is in talks with NBC to return to the network with a new series. The report...

Retrans battle into extra innings

Friday at midnight was to have been the deadline for Cox Communications in Kansas to sign a retransmission consent agreement with Gray Television or...