Election resurfaces immediately

The Georgia/Russia conflict briefly knocked Campaign 2008 off the top of the Project for Excellence in Journalism media coverage chart, but it was right...

Payola And Plugola (FCC Fines Made Easy!)

Can You Be On The Take? Sure, But ... Let's Review In Case You Forgot. So, the record promoter comes by the station and offers you two box seats

Employees to buzz from Bee

Just how bad will the ad fall-off for newspapers be? McClatchy’s Sacramento Bee can’t even predict that, so the newspaper isn’t even saying how...

Wegner gets a Nasdaq notice

It may not be much consolation to broadcasting companies who have seen their stock price drop below a buck, but they are not along....

Harris boosts its dividend

It seems business is good for Harris Corporation. The electronics equipment maker has boosted its quarterly dividend by 33% to 20 cents per share....

Democrats extend lead in battle for Senate

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee started Q3 with an edge over its counterpart, the National Republican Campaign Committee, and managed to extend its lead...

Fitch sees Tribune default a “real possibility”

You can bet that Tribune CEO Sam Zell will get some questions in his quarterly conference call today with lenders and bond analysts about...

Emergencies in a world without broadcast

A kerosene company in Pennsylvania recently found itself in a situation that could provide a look into the future, if an emergency situation eliminates...

New radio company going public

Sports Radio Event Network Inc. is not, however, a traditional radio company with AM or FM licenses. Rather, it provides live in-venue broadcasts at sports events. It is being spun off as a stand-alone company

Following the money, Election 2008

Straight from the Federal Election Commission, we have financials for Democratic and Republican elective categories below the presidential level. As of mid-year 2008, contributions...

Pre-Convention Media Scorecard

Advertising: Spot TV, National Cable, and Spot RadioDetails on Candidates' Online presence, Advertising campaigns and TV Ratings for Past Conventions. In advance of the...

‘Exec Disappointed over’

College presidents pushing lower drinking age -- We've always thought that if you're old enough to be handed a gun and sent to die for your country, you're old enough to enjoy a beer or a glass of wine

Publishing drags Gannett down

Multimedia companies posting July results have all pretty much had the same story to tell. It was a bad month, but on moderately so...

Uptick floats all boats

We heard tales of economic doom and gloom at the end of last week, but these tales seem to have been overwhelmed by a...

Second half recovery, sure – in 2009

The Conference Board has taken the economy’s temperature, and the reading is not encouraging. "The recent decline in gas prices isn't enough to overcome...