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Disney CEO Eisner’s day of reckoning in Comcast’s hometown
A multilayered media war will begin Wednesday in Philadelphia, pitting Walt Disney Co. against Comcast Corp., Disney factions against each other, and media activists against an industry bent on consolidation. Investor demands to unseat Disney Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Eisner may be the main event at the media giant’s annual meeting, which was scheduled for Philadelphia long before Comcast …
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Disney Roars: Strips Michael Eisner of Chairman Post
Corporate governance activists declare victory as Eisner is stripped of chairman position.
Univision’s Ramos Takes Aim at Media Hypocrisy
Jorge Ramos charges that journalists too often hide behind the notion of impartiality when they should be speaking ‘truth to power.’
New York Times Is Not for Sale, Got It?
Arthur Sulzberger Jr. wants you to know he’s not selling.
Major League Soccer Wants a Brand New Television Deal
Major League Soccer is poised for a breakout, and the league is determined to get a television deal to secure profitability. NEW YORK (TheStreet) – Mark Abbott has been waiting for this moment for 20 years. At the end of 2014, the television rights for Major League Soccer, currently held by Disney‘s (DIS – Get Report) ESPN, Comcast‘s (CMCSA – Get …
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Sinclair Broadcasting Accused of Dodging FCC Rules
Sinclair widely airs partisan film attacking John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate.
Newspaper Circulation Continues to Drop
Readers expect to get their news for free, on the Internet.
Radio’s Biggest Fear Isn’t Losing Howard Stern, it’s the iPod
Consumers get new choices, more control When Jeff Smulyan, chairman and chief executive of the radio and television company Emmis Communications Corp., was asked at an investor conference earlier this year whether Howard Stern‘s impending departure to satellite radio had shaken the industry, he replied that the shock jock’s exit from over-the-air broadcasting wasn’t close …
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Tribune Co. uncovers more inflated circulation
CEO Dennis J. FitzSimons calls the circulation snafu “unacceptable and wholly out of character.”
N.Y. Times’ Self-Criticism Turns Eyes to Media’s Role in Launching Iraq War
The Times said it failed to sufficiently scrutinize the Bush administration’s assertions about Iraq’s “weapons of mass destruction.”
Images of Charred U.S. Soldiers Spark Debate
Some news organizations chose to not publish images of charred American bodies being dragged through the streets of Fallujah, Iraq.
Midwest Farmers Lament the Demise of Farm Radio
Chicago’s WGN-AM said a sharp drop in agriculture advertising forced the station to cancel its long-running farm radio show.
Grassroots Radio Activists Take on the FCC, Big Media
The Prometheus Radio Project, a Philadelphia collective of community media advocates, is the lead plaintiff in a landmark lawsuit.
Group Nine Media’s Ben Lerer Absolutely Loves Facebook’s Watch
Lerer says his sites — Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo and Seeker — get access to millions of Facebook viewers because of the quality of their videos.
Martha Stewart Guilty
A New York jury convicts the businesswoman known as the ‘domestic diva’ for lying to federal investigators.
Net Neutrality Boosts Internet Investment, Says Activist Investment Groups
Public-interest foundations counter FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
FCC Lifts Ban on Local Media Cross-Ownership, Inviting Consolidation
A pillar of U.S. media ownership restrictions for more than 40 years has fallen. Owners of local television stations will be permitted to buy a local radio station or newspaper in the same market after the Federal Communications Commissions on Thursday, Nov. 16, voted to lift the ban on cross-ownership that had stood since 1975. …
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Arthur Sulzberger, Former New York Times Publisher, Dies at 86
Arthur “Punch” Sulzberger chose to publish the Pentagon Papers, and in the process, changed the course of journalism.