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Fisher investor presses for sale

No surprise here. Now that it is public knowledge that Fisher Communications turned down a buyout proposal in April, one of its hedge fund investors is pressing the board of directors...

George Carlin dead at 71

The DJ turned stand-up comedian was always proud that he had a place in broadcasting history, since it was the airing of his “Seven Dirty ...

Fisher Communications has confirmed that its board rejected an unsolicited takeover bid in April for $43-45 per share. At the high end, that would have valued the TV and radio company at $550 million...

If FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants to find out about broadcast localism, he has an invitation to come to Iowa. Sue Toma, Executive Director of the IBA, has written to Martin to tell him what’s been going on ...

Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Dave Reichert (R-WA) were handling the House version of Byron Dorgan’s Resolution of Disapproval, which would remove the force from ...

Group claims it was shortchanged by label

The glam-rock band Poison is hardly the first musical act to claim it was cheated by its record label, but it is the latest to ...

CPB in line for budget increase

After years of battling to keep its federal funding from going to zero, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is finding the Democratic majority in Congress ...

ABC's new approach to a lagging and dull awards show turned out to be a fun event. The 35th Daytime Emmys added a new twist ...

We were the first source – FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate is a Republican and usually seems to prefer as hands-off a stance as is ...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus saw the 4% set-aside for women and minorities mentioned in the XM/Sirius merger package sanctioned by FCC Chairman Kevin ...

Clear sailing for CBS’s buy of CNET

Dissident CNET shareholder Jana Partners has officially dropped its proxy battle for control of the company’s board. Rather, it is banking on the pending buyout ...

CBS Corp. and Ecomedia team with mayors to “Green” cities

EcoMedia, an environmental media company, and CBS Corp. announced a strategic partnership to work with U.S. mayors and local municipalities to "green" cities across the ...

The UK’s Guardian newspaper reports that Huffington revealed plans to have Huffington Post launch local news sites in dozens of US cities. The first is to be Chicago...

Less than one fourth of available journalistic time and space went into coverage of the 2008 elections, one of the few times we've been able to say that all year. That's according to the latest report ...

All units down at Journal

Journal Communications reports that May revenues were down 4.1% for its radio group and 5.9% for its TV group. That actually looks good compared to ...