Market reacts to dropped Hearst bid
The stock price of Hearst-Argyle Television declined 6% yesterday after Hearst Corporation dropped its bid to buy out public shareholders. Even so, the stock...
Clear Channel letter bringing big bucks
Clear Channel CEO Mark Mays won't be keeping the letter from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and signed by 40 other Democratic senators,...
Drudge: Imus deal done
According to the Drudge Report, Don Imus has secured a deal returning him to the airwaves on 12/3 - as most have reported -...
Discovery discovers HowStuffWorks.com
Discovery Communications today announced the purchase of HowStuffWorks.com, adding to the online presence of the cable programming company. Terms were not disclosed. HowStufWorks claims...
Market reacts to dropped Hearst bid
The stock price of Hearst-Argyle Television declined 6% yesterday after Hearst Corporation dropped its bid to buy out public shareholders. Even so, the stock...
Feeling down? Could be your job
A government study has found that 7% of all US full-time workers have suffered "a major depressive episode" during the past 12 months, and...
CMD/FP hit on VNRs again
Watchdogs Center for Media and Democracy and Free Press recently celebrated 20K in FCC fines leveled at cable giant Comcast for airing unattributed video...
On the NARUC agenda
Everybody wants to get into the act. The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners is holding its 2007 convention 11/11-14/07, and it has a...
Ford hires former Lexus chief
Ford has tapped Jim Farley to a new post as head of world-wide marketing and communications. Farley, the former head of Toyota's Lexus division...
Talkers diverge from the news
The news coverage for the week of 9/30/07-10/5/07 gave the ever-hot topic of the 2008 presidential campaign a slight nod over the events in...
Journal makes an acquisition
Journal Communications announced an addition to the company, albeit a rather small one. The Journal Community Publishing Group has purchased the weekly Clinton Tribune-Gazette...
Modest September sales gains reflect conservative consumer
According to the National Retail Federation, retail industry sales for September (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) rose 2.2% unadjusted over last year...
Hearst drops Hearst-Argyle bid
Hearst Corporation has abandoned its bid to buy out other shareholders of Hearst-Argyle Television for around 600 million bucks. The tender offer to buy...
Radio's doldrums likely to continue
Wall Street analysts were not surprised by the 1% drop in radio revenues for August (10/11/07 RBR #199), nor are they encouraged by what...
Madonna does the math
How would the rumored deal between Madonna and Live Nation, the former Clear Channel Entertainment, work out? Pretty good for "The Material Girl," but...