The CW Extends Affiliate Agreement With Tribune in 12 Markets Ahead of Upfront Negotiations
The CW has completed an essential piece of business prior to beginning upfront negotiations, and we're not talking about last week's presentation to buyers.
A Comparison of the Challenges and Opportunities in the Tribune Publishing-Time Inc. Spinoffs
Performance Marketing
Tribune Publishing and Time Inc. are set to spinoff as independent companies later this year, following News Corp's separation from Rupert Murdoch's media empire last year. Both have illustrious pasts, [...]
Matt Seiler Is Out to Remake and Automate the Media Agency World
Brand Marketing
Facebook global sales chief Carolyn Everson knew to brace herself for some hair-raising skiing in the Utah mountains with Matt Seiler, a weekend guest of hers at this year’s Sundance [...]
FCC Approves Gannett and Tribune Acquisitions
The Federal Communications Commission has approved two of the year's biggest TV station deals involving the sale of nearly 40 stations: Gannett's $1.5 billion purchase of Belo and Tribune's $2.73 [...]
Former CNNer Christa Robinson Hired by Tribune
With ex-Discovery COO Peter Liguori now in charge at Tribune, the company is hiring a chief communications officer in the person of longtime CNN staffer Christa Robinson, who worked at [...]
Broadcasters Lose to Aereo in Appeals Court
It's not looking good for broadcasters locked in a lawsuit with Aereo, a pay TV service that "rents" tiny TV antennas to customers in order to stream local TV signals [...]