- Media M&A Deals Doubled In 2012
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 31, 2012
Media mergers and acquisitions continued to climb in value and total doll ...
- Tribune Exits Bankruptcy, Liguori Expected As New CEO
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 31, 2012
Tribune Company, the big broadcasting and newspaper group, emerged from bankruptcy protecti ...
- Forecast: Solid Growth For Global Ad Spend
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 28, 2012
Media advertising spending grew 5.4% to just under $519 billion in 20 ...
- TV Talk Strongest In Face-To-Face Exchanges
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 28, 2012
While social media TV activity continues to grow during the time peop ...
- Are TV Viewers Seeking a Late Night Wolf -- Just More 1990s' Woofing?
TVBlog, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 31, 2012
Arsenio Hall is coming back to television -- as a late nig ...
- DirecTV Ups Rates, Blames Program Fees
Marketing Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 28, 2012
DirecTV says its programming fees will rise sharply -- by nearly 1 ...
- News, Politics Dominated Social Media TV
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 27, 2012
Social media TV entertainment activity keeps growing -- but 2012 was dominat ...
- DirecTV Ups Rates, Blames Program Fees
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 27, 2012
DirecTV says its programming fees will rise sharply -- by nearly 1 ...
- 2012: Good Year For Media Stocks
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Media stocks -- by and large -- had a big year, mo ...
- Morning Glory: 'GMA' Tops 'Today'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 26, 2012
ABC had a very good year in 2012 for "Good Morning Americ ...
- Smart TVs Not Utilized To Full Capacity
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 24, 2012
Smart TVs are growing, but many of those U.S. consumer owners a ...
- NFL Games Boost Nets
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 24, 2012
NBC's "Sunday Night Football" -- TV's highest-rated show -- still carried t ...
- Reality TV Not Only Part Fake But Entirely Unreal -- And a Lure for Real Lawsuits
TVBlog, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Wait, you mean there's an cable TV reality show that is ...
- TV Spots Rates Hold Steady
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 21, 2012
For almost two-and-a-half years, broadcast network television commercial costs have been ...
- 3D Growth Stellar Across Media Landscape
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 21, 2012
One research report believes the overall 3D growth global prospects will ...
- Newtown, One Week Later: TV News Still Maybe Hearing Some Gun and Other Shots.
TVBlog, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 24, 2012
Gun news and killing of U.S. citizens. Yes, it's still an issue ...
- Showtime's Biggest Ever Free Preview Campaign
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 20, 2012
Looking to rev up its marketing for the new year, Showtime wi ...
- ABC's 'Nightline' Leads Late Night Overall, 'Tonight' Beats 'Late Show'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 20, 2012
Just weeks before Jimmy Kimmel hopes to change the late-night TV landscap ...
- What Was On Your TV Mind When The Lights Went Out And The World Ended?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 21, 2012
This could be my last communique -- at least according to t ...
- Smart TVs Threaten OTT Boxes, But Data Still Valuable
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The growing penetration of smart TVs, gaming consoles and other technology cou ...
- 'Mass Affluent' May Boost Retail Biz, Federal Coffers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The "Mass Affluent" -- those likely to be subjected to increased tax ...
- Media Consolidation And De-Consolidation -- Does The Internet Help Or Hinder?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 20, 2012
Fretting about media consolidation in the digital age? Are there real alternative ...
- Pay TV, IPTV Sustain Healthy Growth
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The worldwide pay TV market keeps growing in terms of subscribers, increasi ...
- Nets Consider C7 Standard, ABC Cuts Deal
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 18, 2012
While the senior TV and media executives have been mulling over changi ...
- Expect Higher TV Prices -- But Not In The Traditional Places
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Think that $8 a month deal for Netflix or Hulu Plus ...
- Nielsen, Twitter To Start Social Media TV Rating Service
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 17, 2012
Nielsen and Twitter are creating a social media TV rating service ...
- Kantar: U.S. Advertising Spending Up 7.1% In Q3
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 17, 2012
Following earlier similar U.S. advertising reports, Kantar Media said total advertising spendi ...
- What Do Young Viewers Actually Want From Traditional TV?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 18, 2012
How do you draw digital-centric millennials to a new entertainment company? ...
- Discovery Makes 2 Key European Deals
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 14, 2012
Making what it calls its largest transaction in the company's history, Discove ...
- ABC Scores With Upscale Viewers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 14, 2012
When it comes to prime-time non-sports programming so far this season, A ...