Rite of passage?
The presidential campaign season seems to have expanded to fill all of the time between Election Day completed and Election Day on the horizon....
Busted!
"Dateline NBC" producer Michelle Madigan tried to do some undercover reporting at last week's DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas. Instead she ended up...
National Geographic expands
It's known for its magazine. But the iconic publishing outfit has long been involved in television and film enterprises, and has been active online....
Price revealed in New Vision deal
Jason Elkin's New Vision Television recently announced it was picking up television stations in four markets, which not too long ago were part of...
Fisher moves into California with 55M duop deal
Fisher Communications is moving down the West Coast from its base in the Northwest to make its first acquisition in California. It will acquire...
"24’s" next mission: fighting global warming
"Cool Change," Fox's company-wide program to reduce the network's impact on global warming has the seventh season of "24" taking steps to reduce and...
Fox revises fall lineup
Fox announced some changes to its fall lineup on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. "Bones" moves to Tuesdays at 8:00 pm as of September...
FCC approves Springfield double deal
The sale of ABC KSPR-TV Springfield MO is a double deal in two ways. One, it'll pair the station at arm's length with NBC...
A legal eagle eye’s view of DTV outreach
Congress has instructed the FCC to educate the people about the upcoming transition to digital television, to forestall a massive case of blank screens...
Telemundo suspends anchor for 2 months
Following an internal investigation, Telemundo President Don Browne has suspended KVEA-TV (Ch. 52) Los Angeles anchor Mirthala Salinas for two months for violating the...
Inventory coming off the market?
Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller was not surprised by Nexstar's announcement. Just a few hours earlier he'd published a note to investors predicting that...
Nexstar no longer in sales talks
Citing "difficult conditions in the financing markets" Nexstar announced that it has decided to suspend discussions with potential buyers of the company. CEO Perry...
“24’s” next mission: fighting global warming
“Cool Change,” Fox's company-wide program to reduce the network's impact on global warming has the seventh season of "24” taking steps to reduce and...
Fox revises fall lineup
Fox announced some changes to its fall lineup on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. “Bones” moves to Tuesdays at 8:00 pm as of September...
FCC approves Springfield double deal
The sale of ABC KSPR-TV Springfield MO is a double deal in two ways. One, it'll pair the station at arm's length with NBC...