The Bay Citizen: Nonprofit News Groups Considering a Merger
The Bay Citizen is considering a potential merger and raising questions about whether the founding patron’s vision for a revitalization of Bay Area news reporting can survive him.
Media Decoder Blog: Disney Adds to Its India Investment With Takeover of UTV Software
Disney acquired the 49.6 percent stake in the company that it did not already own, valuing the deal at about $450 million; it is hoping to leapfrog into one of the world's fastest-growing markets.
Webdenda: Accounts and People of Note in the Advertising Industry
Arik Air, Lagos, Nigeria, named C. Moore Media International Public Relations, New York, as its public relations agency of record.
Ryan Seacrest’s Company to Sell a Stake to Clear Channel
With the investment, Mr. Seacrest will help Clear Channel identify ways to branch into television and other media, as he continues to build up his own production company.
News Analysis: Behind Newspaper Deals, Web Ads and Real Estate
Seventy-one daily newspapers were sold in the United States last year, despite a tough environment for print advertising and circulation.
Media Decoder Blog: New in Your Wireless Store: The Cable Guy
A pending $3.6 billion transfer of spectrum will give Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, a presence in select Verizon Wireless retail locations, where Comcast salesmen will offer Verizon customers special offers if they sign up for the cable ...
Corbis to Acquire NMA Group
Clients of NMA, also known as Norm Marshall & Associates, include General Motors, Heineken, Puma and the Xbox unit of Microsoft.
Advertising: MDC Partners Picks Up RJ Palmer
The holding company is moving to acquire more media companies as the business undergoes rapid change.
Business Briefing | Company News: Berkshire Completes Purchase of Omaha Newspaper
Berkshire Hathaway has completed its purchase of The Omaha World-Herald, the hometown newspaper of the company chairman, Warren E. Buffett.
France Télécom to Sell Orange Switzerland to Apax Partners
The deal is the first major step in the chief executive’s plan to unload slow-growing European operations to focus on faster-growing markets.
