ownership

Non-Comms to FCC: Don't Call it Ownership

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:14:40 -0400

Full article: Radio Business Report
Michael Scalisi
Public television and radio stations say they support the FCC's goal of promoting diversity, but that it makes no sense to lump non-commercial stations into the same calculations with commercial broadcasters because their stations don't really have owners in the same sense.

Lenders May Get Control of Tribune Co.

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:51:05 -0400

Full article: Chicago Tribune
Michael Oneal
Chicago-based Tribune Co. and its creditors are in the early stages of negotiating a plan of reorganization in bankruptcy court that sources said would likely transfer control of the troubled media conglomerate from Sam Zell to a group of large banks and investors that hold $8.6 billion in senior debt.

It's Not Newspapers in Peril; It's Their Owners

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:59:52 -0500

Full article: Advertising Age
Nat Ives
For all the apocalyptic news about newspapers, there's a distinction worth making -- newspaper owners are far more endangered than the medium itself.

Cable Ownership

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:59:39 -0400

Time Warner and Comcast. Cox Cable, Bright House Networks and Cablevision. If these company names found familiar, it’s likely because one of them is the only game in your town for cable service.

McClellan and the Enablers

Timothy Karr — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:34:47 -0400

For all the press attention swirling around Scott McClellan's explosive tell-all, there's a brewing back story that's making Katie Couric and Charles Gibson squirm. And they're not alone.

AT&T: A Graphical History

Ben Byrne — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:30:24 -0400