The local station business continues to be transformed by the possibility of height-of-the-market valuations. The LIN TV 29-station group just became the second in … Read the whole story

Clear Channel Communications' board of directors has accepted the revised version of a buyout offer from Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital worth … Read the whole story

Contrarian HDNet chief Mark Cuban says he's tired of the copycat MO that has infused the TV business, in which an "American Idol" or … Read the whole story

A 5-month-old user-generated site has a unique but obvious approach to paying for user-generated content: Give the most watched the most money. Spymac Networks--grown … Read the whole story

Facing the finish line, both ABC and CBS mixed it up on the last Thursday night of the May sweeps--with ABC coming out on … Read the whole story

Mendelsohn Marketing and Research, which studies affluent Americans, their lifestyles and media consumption, is giving clients an added bonus. It will allow them to … Read the whole story