Ion set to complete going private
Citadel Investment Group’s CIG Media is now the majority shareholder of Ion Media Networks, but there’s still some details to attend to so the...
Publishing powers quarter for Meredith
While newspaper publishers are suffering, Meredith Corporation posted earnings growth of nearly 30% in fiscal Q2 (September-December) for its magazine publishing operations. Broadcasting revenues...
Bargain hunting time
Are there bargains to be had in the stock market these days? Analyst David Miller at SMH Capital (Sanders Morris Harris) is telling clients...
More noise around Bloomberg
Do you feel a draft? It might be coming from the Draft Bloomberg Committee, a bipartisan effort aimed at drawing the ex-Democratic ex-Republican and...
Like father, like son…and like daughter
Two of Rupert Murdoch’s adult children are in the news for deals they’ve cut to build their own media empires. Lachlan Murdoch has teamed...
PAC-ing it in
The Federal Election Commission says the number of registered political action committees has gone up 1.5% in the last six months as of 1/1/08....
Talkers take to the tunnel
That's tunnel as in tunnel vision. As a general rule, talk hosts bounce off whatever is in the news during a given week and...
DCCC kicks off Red to Blue campaign
The headline result of the 2006 midterm elections was the ability of the Democratic Party to capture majorities of both houses of Congress in...
Newspaper chains sell newsprint company
SP Newsprint Company announced a deal to be bought by White Birch Paper Company for 350 million in cash. That cash will be going...
Feedback on Jim Boyle’s ideas to build new radio revenues
Jim Boyle is one smart guy. The ideas are certainly viable. However, if radio was doing its job right, we would not have to...
Clear Channel takes some outdoor profits
Clear Channel Outdoor, which is 89% owned by Clear Channel Communications, is selling its 50% stake in South Africa’s largest outdoor advertising company to...
Another firm goes broadcast bare
Yet another big Wall Street firm has decided it can do without an analyst focusing on pure-play radio and TV companies. James Dix is...
News Analysis: Nevada – what Nevada??!
You may note that Republican Ron Paul came in second place in Nevada Saturday. You would never know it, however, by listening to/watching the...
DCCC kicks off Red to Blue campaign
The headline result of the 2006 midterm elections was the ability of the Democratic Party to capture majorities of both houses of Congress in...
Seattle newspaper questions unknown localism rules
We know that back on 12/18/07, the FCC's Commissioners agreed to open up a rulemaking which would detail reporting requirements and program quotas --...