MediaDailyNews
Thursday, April 21, 2011
  • Media M&A Booming: $13.8B Spent in 1Q Deals
    by Wayne Friedman

    Following on the trend of an improving overall economy, media mergers and acquisitions continue to climb. Some $13.8 billion in deals were transacted in … Read the whole story

  • Media General Revs: Print Dives, Digital Holds
    by Wayne Friedman

    Without the big Olympic and political advertising results of a year ago, Media General's financial results went south in the first quarter of 2011. … Read the whole story

  • Arbitron TAPSCAN Gets MRC Accreditation
    by Erik Sass

    Radio ratings firm Arbitron announced that TAPSCAN, its Web-based sales proposal and analysis software system for radio, has received accreditation from the Media Rating … Read the whole story

  • Clear Channel Brings iHeartRadio to iPad
    by Erik Sass

    Clear Channel Radio is bringing its popular iHeartRadio app to the iPad, following the earlier success of versions for the iPod, iPhone, BlackBerry and … Read the whole story

  • BET 'Game': Ramps Up Original TV, Web Shows
    by David Goetzl

    BET said it would order up another season of former CW series "The Game," which it now produces and has turned into a network … Read the whole story

  • TV One Ad Sales Up 40%, Develops Original Series
    by David Goetzl

    As Comcast moves to take a larger stake in the network, TV One says ad sales rose by nearly 40% in the first quarter, … Read the whole story

  • NBC Preempts Late-Night To Push 'Voice'
    by Wayne Friedman

    NBC, which is heavily marketing "The Voice," will do an unusual late-night marketing campaign for the singing contest by preempting "The Tonight Show" and … Read the whole story