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Stephen Colbert announced that "The Colbert Report" with its 80 staffers will be heading to Philadelphia to cover the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary. This marks the ...VCI Solutions joins AMWA
VCI Solutions has joined the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA). In addition to their new principal membership status, Lowell Putnam, Chairman/Chief Strategy Officer of VCI ...Q13 FOX News adds 9:00 newscast on MyQ2
MyQ2 (KMYQ-TV – Channel 22/Cable 10) Seattle will launch a 9:00pm newscast beginning 3/31, from sister KCPQ-TV Ch. 13. The Q13 FOX News broadcast will ...NBC puts two on the auction block
NBC Universal is moving again to divest stations outside the largest markets. Staffers received a memo yesterday from NBC Local Media President John Wallace that ...Anchorage powerhouse sold
Schurz Communications is buying KTUU-TV (Ch. 2, NBC) Anchorage, AK from long-time owner Zaser & Longston Inc., with the parties noting that it is the ...Fox claims lead across the board
With “American Idol” steamrollering the competition, Fox has moved into first place for the 2007-2008 TV season in all major metrics. Fox is now #1 ...Tucson price now known
Journal Communications’ acquisition of KWBA-TV (Ch. 58, CW) Tucson to create a duopoly with KGUN-TV (Ch. 9, ABC), announced a day ago, carries a price ...Digital VHF fetches $5 million
South Central Communications is selling its digital-only WMAK-DT (Ch. 7, Ind.) Knoxville, TN, one of the early DTV stations to sign on with no analog ...DTV pulled from FCC agenda
The US cops for the information superhighway were unable to find the on-ramp yesterday morning, as a server malfunction delayed streaming of the FCC’s monthly ...No truce at Media General
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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 ...
Paul- you are awesome! I am so glad to see you again!
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 ...
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Does anyone else want to weigh in supporting this move? Do the sweeps really matter that much these days?
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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. ...

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