MediaDailyNews
Thursday, October 30, 2008
  • Hockey Mom-ographics

    Hockey moms - what a marvelously potent voting bloc. While the liberal media is smitten with this new BFF, we need to see what … Read the whole story

  • Fall Massacre: Gannett Cuts Thousands of Jobs

    Newspapers are seeing red in newsrooms nationwide. On Tuesday Gannett said it would be laying off 3,000 employees, or roughly 10% of its total … Read the whole story

  • Comcast Sees Boost In 3Q Revs

    The weakening economy hasn't affected Comcast Corp yet--but the fragile TV advertising market is starting to. Still, Comcast's overall third-quarter results rocketed up 38% … Read the whole story

  • Grasso To SVP, Programming For Oprah Net

    Maria Grasso, credited with the Lifetime hit "Army Wives," has been named senior vice president, programming for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Grasso will … Read the whole story

  • First Is Last: Meredith, Fiscal 1Q '09 Down

    Big political TV advertising dollars couldn't make up for the bigger downward ad trend for Meredith Corp. in its fiscal 2009 first-quarter results. The … Read the whole story

  • Scripps: 3Q Cable Revs Up, But Scatter Softens

    A top executive at Food Network and HGTV said Wednesday that he doesn't anticipate advertisers canceling orders placed for early 2009 due to the … Read the whole story

  • U.S. Senators Concerned About The NFL Network

    It's the same TV football blame game: Congressmen blame the NFL, and the NFL blames cable operators. This year, Sen. Arlen Specter and 12 … Read the whole story

  • OVAB Metric Key To Targeted Reach

    Looking to develop a type of ratings system for the growing number of place-based networks, the Out-of-Home Video Advertising Bureau (OVAB) released guidelines Wednesday … Read the whole story