• Delta Air Lines Reaches Out to Agencies
    Delta Air Lines has launched a review of its advertising account with requests for information sent to agencies through the Rojek Consulting Group, a client representative has confirmed.
  • G+J Boots Last Rosie Vets
    The last of the Rosie magazine editors are heading for the exits. Russell Denson, the president of Gruner + Jahr USA, said yesterday he is disbanding the magazine development wing of the hard-pressed company, which has been wracked by circulation woes at YM, Parents and, earlier, the now-defunct Rosie.
  • Echostar's financial chief resigns
    Echostar Communications Corp., the parent of the DISH satellite TV network, Wednesday said chief financial officer Michael McDonnell has resigned effective Aug. 13.
  • Clear Channel to Experiment With Digital Radio Signals
    The future of radio may or may not lie with the transmission of digital signals, but Clear Channel Communications, the nation's largest owner of radio stations, said yesterday that it planned to spend more than $100 million over the next decade to find out.
  • Tribune Seeks OK for TV-Newspaper Mergers
    Tribune Co. Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to allow mergers between newspapers and broadcast stations in markets with at least nine television stations.
  • 50 Car Dealers File a Suit Against Newsday
    A group of 50 car dealers filed a lawsuit yesterday against Newsday and its parent, the Tribune Company, contending that the advertising rates they paid in recent years were pegged to circulation figures that the newspaper has acknowledged were inflated.
  • TiVo's plans lead to copyright fight
    Hollywood studios and the National Football League are seeking to block the maker of the popular TiVo television recorder from expanding its service so that users could watch copies of shows and movies on devices outside their homes.
  • Comcast Dabbles with Disney Again
    Although cable giant Comcast Corp. was rebuffed in its bid to buy Walt Disney Co. earlier this year, Disney's reticence does not mean that the two don't mingle.
  • UPDATE: ABC Affirms Support for Everyday Circ Reporting
    By next year, barring an unexpected delay, the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) will begin requiring daily newspapers with more than 25,000 circulation to report their circ by each day of the week.
  • Democrats Worry Big Media Threaten Democracy
    When the Democratic Party takes up its platform next week at the presidential nominating convention in Boston, one of the planks it will consider is media concentration.
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