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Retrans softens down quarter for Sinclair
Q2 revenues from continuing operations were down 1.4% to 161.4 million for Sinclair Broadcast Group, with local down 0.8% and national off 9.2%, primarily because ...
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The Walt Disney Company is entering the virtually world by acquiring Club Penguin for 350 million bucks. CEO Bob Iger says the online virtual reality ...Digital hot for Entercom
Entercom CEO David Field noted that revenues from digital operations (websites and such) nearly doubled in Q2 and, for the first time ever, amounted to ...Cox Radio on target
Cox Radio reported Q2 revenue growth of 0.7% to 118 million, meeting Wall Street expectations, with CEO Bob Neil hailing revenue growth in the company's ...RRsat reports record Q2 earnings
Israel-based RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd., which trades on Nasdaq at RRST, reported that Q2 revenues were up 42.6% to a record 14.7 million. Adjusted ...Sirius reduced losses, outgrew XM in Q2
Sirius Satellite Radio says it ended Q2 with more than 7.1 million subscribers, growing faster than rival (and would-be merger partner) XM in both retail ...Moonves expresses confidence in Dan Mason
In several past quarterly conference calls, CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves had praised the success of the "Jack" format for CBS Radio, but yesterday he ...Ion preferreds prefer to take the deal
After battling in court for a better deal, and being rebuffed by the bench in their efforts to block an exchange of preferred stock for ...Global Traffic Network sells stock
Having sold its IPO in 2006 at five bucks per share, Global Traffic Network has now priced an offering of 4.5 million additional shares at ...Belo beats expectations
Belo CEO Robert Decherd hailed the company's TV group for "continued outstanding performance," with Q2 revenues up 2.5% to 198.2 million, while newspapers were down ...Time Warner boosts dividend
Time Warner Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has approved management's recommendation to increase the company's regular quarterly cash dividend by approximately 13.6%, from ...Moody's may downgrade Cumulus
On the heels of Cumulus Media announcing a private equity buyout, which will likely boost its leverage, Moody's Investors Service has placed the company's ratings ...Strong results for Meredith
With its fiscal year running through June, a lot of the fiscal year that Meredith Corporation reported yesterday included the last political campaign cycle, so ...Google miss shocks Wall Street
Google shares dropped more than 6% at the opening Friday and recovered only slightly in trading, after the company's Q2 results issued after the market ...Ad slump for Journal Communications
Q2 revenues were down 4.3% at Journal Communications, blamed on weakness in classifieds for the newspaper business and soft auto advertising for broadcasting. TV was ...
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Jose Lopez-Varela
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14 May, 2008 05:39:35
Halim,
Nice job, I commend you on the points you make in your post. The Acculturation process is very complex and truly require an expertise to ...
mark walker
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07 May, 2008 08:25:00
Paul- you are awesome! I am so glad to see you again!
Ray Somich
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05 May, 2008 07:11:27
As always, John Gorman tells it like it is, whether we want to hear it or not. How sadly ironic that radio's success has been ...
Jack Messmer
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04 May, 2008 10:25:01
Thanks for your comment.
Does anyone else want to weigh in supporting this move? Do the sweeps really matter that much these days?
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Tim Keating
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02 May, 2008 07:44:28
Am I the only one bothered by Nielsen's move from February 2009 Sweep to March 2009?
The announcement from Nielsen came as a surprise. ...