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LBI sells bonds
LBI Media, the parent of Liberman Broadcast, sold 228.8 million of 8.5% senior subordinated notes due 2017. The issue was recently rated B2 by Moody's ...
Full story Auto drags down McGraw-Hill TV
Q2 broadcasting revenues plunged 16% at McGraw-Hill to 26.8 million, with CEO Terry McGraw citing both the lack of political advertising and a sharp drown ...Scripps challenged by its own success
While old media companies, especially those with newspapers, have been out of favor with investors, Scripps has been a Wall Street darling in recent years ...Gannett boosts dividend
Gannett Company shareholders will see something extra in their next dividend check. The company's board of directors has increased the quarterly dividend by 29% to ...Arbitron by the numbers
Arbitron reported that Q2 revenues were up 6.6% to 79 million, right on target with the Thomson/First Call analysts' consensus. With outlays for the rollout ...Media General by the numbers
Media General reported that Q2 revenues rose 4.8% to 241.2 million. That gain was all due to the addition of four TV stations purchased from ...Newspaper and TV revenues down at Gannett
Adding two more TV stations offset an ad revenue decline at Gannett, but Q2 TV revenues were still down 0.4% to 205.4 million. On a ...Clear Channel resets record date
With time moving on for its proposed buyout by Bain Capital Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners and the Mays family, Clear Channel Communications has again ...Westwood One dropped from index
As if Westwood One didn't have enough problems with Wall Street, its stock dropped yesterday after Standard & Poor's announced that WW1, which had ranked ...NBC Uni revenues down, profits up
That's certainly better than the other way around, although it is still best to have both up. As he reported double digit earnings growth for ...Moody's gives Sinclair an upgrade
Moody's Investors Service upgraded Sinclair Broadcast Group's 4.875% Convertible Subordinated Notes to B1 from B2 and its subsidiary, Sinclair Television Group's (STG)8.0% Senior Subordinated Notes ...Sillerman butler pays SEC fine
The former butler to media mogul Bob Sillerman has agreed to pay 66,180 to settle SEC insider trading charges. Graham J. Lefford had been accused ...Emmis by the numbers
International radio was the star of fiscal Q1 (March-May) for Emmis Communications, with revenues up a whopping 28.1% to 8.2 million bucks. In the conference ...BIA fund raises 195 million
BIA Digital Partners says its second private equity fund exceeded its 150 million bucks target and BIA Digital Partners II LP is now a 195 ...Emmis steps up this morning
The first report of the quarterly cycle comes today as Emmis Communications reports on results for its fiscal Q1 (March-May). But with the company-specific problems ...
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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?
Jack Messmer
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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. ...