by Wayne Friedman
Continuing the big TV station consolidation trend, Media General and LIN Media are merging -- creating what the companies say is the second-largest pure-play … Read the whole story
by Erik Sass
CBS Corp.'s planned spinoff of CBS Outdoor as a publicly traded company will raise as much as $560 million in the initial public offering, … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
Nearly a decade ago, a fundamental shift began reshaping Madison Avenue as the world's biggest brands realized their relationship with consumers was changing and … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
The most profitable media company last year isn't one with an immediately recognizable brand name -- Liberty Media Corp. Liberty Media rose to the … Read the whole story
by Mark Walsh
KC Estenson, SVP and general manager of CNN.com, discusses the network's recent sale of news aggregator app Zite to Flipboard this month, the audience … Read the whole story
by Gavin O'Malley
Encouraging more video views, Twitter is now letting mobile users preview clips right in their feeds and play them with one click. As part … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
At a time when Madison Avenue is shifting toward a device-centric view of consumers, some key parts of the ad industry's supply chain are … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
John Montgomery, chairman of the group's Media Leadership Council, outlined the agenda at the 4As conference in Los Angeles last week. The council picked … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
Though CBS network viewership might be down for the NCAA Tournament, overall TV coverage of all national TV networks has posted viewership gains versus … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Bob Garfield, Featured Columnist
Somehow HBO and AMC -- and now other cable channels -- have exorcised the Demons of Closure. They subscribe to a narrative arc, not … Read the whole story
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by Joe Mandese
When Neustar acquired Aggregate Knowledge, a leading independent online data management platform, for $119 million a number of people in the ad technology community … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Sean Cunningham
The 2014 Oscars will long be remembered for the selfie that crashed Twitter and set a new high point for engagement. This was a … Read the whole story
by Erik Sass
TuneIn, a live radio online listening service, is getting play-by-play coverage of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship courtesy of radio content … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
Facebook's $20 million settlement of a lawsuit stemming from its sponsored stories ads has caught the attention of the Federal Trade Commission, which this … Read the whole story