Washington Post Co. dragged down by ad sales
Even its long-hailed diversification into the education business couldn’t save the Washington Post Company from a dismal Q1, shifting from net income
NBCU exec dies on set
Colleagues at NBC Universal have been stunned by the sudden death of 44-year-old Nora O’Brien. The Los Angeles Times reported that O’Brien was playing...
Dueling DTV census reports
The National Association of Broadcasters says that only 2.1% of US television households are unready for the DTV transition, representing 2.1M households. Nielsen says the numbers
Maine senators want to bring life to dead zones
The cliff effect is alive and well in many parts of rural America, and that’s not good. Households that were able to pull in analog broadcast television are finding they can’t duplicate the feat with digital signals
20th Television launching new marketing site
On the eve of the LA Screenings, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, the exclusive international distributor for all FOX produced or acquired programming, is...
Thursday win for Alphabet Net
With all new episodes and the Private Practice season finale, ABC won the night with a 3.6 average 18-49 demo rating, up 6% from...
Sunbeam sues over LPM
Sunbeam Television has filed suit against Nielsen Media Research in a Miami federal court, charging that Nielsen’s Local People Meters (LPN) are defective. The...
Revenues down 23.6% for Belo
The Q1 revenue decline of 23.6% to $133.5 million at Belo Corporation is similar to what other TV groups have been reporting. CEO Dunia...
Nielsen hopes to perfect button-pushing
It probably comes as no surprise to you that Nielsen has discovered that not everyone in a People Meter household is diligent about pushing buttons
LIN sees month to month improvement
Q1 revenues were down 20% to $74.5 million for LIN TV. But LIN officials reported something similar to what Meredith reported a day earlier...
Obama-free Fox wins Wednesday
For all networks combined, President Obama had more viewers for his press conference, but Fox, which elected to send viewers to the press conference...
Disney to buy into Hulu
As has been rumored, Disney will to join NBC Universal, News Corp. and Providence Equity Partners as an equity owner of Hulu. ABC content will be available on Hulu as part of Disney's deal
Retrans standoff pulls two stations off cable
KGWN-TV Cheyenne, WY could not come to terms with Bresnan Communications on a new retransmission consent agreement, so KGWN’s signals were removed from Bresnan’s cable systems in Wyoming
Print outperforms TV at Meredith
But then, print at Meredith means magazines, not newspapers. TV ad revenues were down 31% in fiscal Q3 (January-March) and pacings for the current...
Hopping down the bunny trail with Blago?
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) was on his way to Costa Rica to participate in a new reality program called "I'm a Celebrity...Get...