View Post TV Biz Q4 Earnings: Tribune Broadcasting Revenue Drops 11% By Merrill Knox on Mar. 28, 2014 - 10:39 AM Tribune Co. reported broadcasting revenues of $267 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, an 11% drop compared to the $303 million in broadcasting revenues for the year-ago quarter. The company attributed the decline to a $14 mil ...
View Post TV Biz Q4 Earnings: Gray TV Revenue Down 25% By Merrill Knox on Mar. 11, 2014 - 9:47 AM Gray Television reported $95.6 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2013, a decrease of 25% compared to the year-ago quarter. Compared to the last non-election year fourth quarter (2011), however, the company’s reven ...
View Post TV Biz Q4 Earnings: Journal Broadcast Group Revenue Down 13% By Merrill Knox on Mar. 5, 2014 - 10:02 AM Revenue for Journal Broadcast Group was $65.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, a 13.1% drop compared to the year-ago quarter. The drop was attributed to a lack of political ad revenue and Olympic revenue: political advertisi ...
View Post TV Biz Q4 Earnings: Scripps Television Station Revenue Drops 24% By Merrill Knox on Mar. 4, 2014 - 2:37 PM The E.W. Scripps Company reported $115 million in revenue from television stations during the fourth quarter of 2013, a decrease of $36.7 million compared to the year-ago quarter. The drop was attributed to a decline in political ...
View Post TV Biz Q4 Earnings: Nexstar Net Revenue Up 19% By Merrill Knox on Feb. 26, 2014 - 9:49 AM Nexstar Broadcasting reported $138.1 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2013, an increase of +18.9% compared to the year-ago quarter. Both local and national revenues increased compared to the fourth quarter of 2012: loc ...
View Post TV Biz Q4 Earnings: Sinclair Broadcast Revenue Up 33% By Merrill Knox on Feb. 12, 2014 - 9:49 AM Sinclair Broadcast Group reported net broadcast revenues of $382.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, a 33.2% increase compared to the year-ago quarter. Operating income for the quarter was $103.3 million, a 13.3% drop compare ...
View Post TV Biz Q4 Earnings: LIN Media Net Revenue Down 6% By Merrill Knox on Feb. 6, 2014 - 10:00 AM LIN Media reported $183.9 million in net revenues for the fourth quarter of 2013, a 6% drop compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. Net political revenues were down significantly, from $45.5 million in Q4 2012 to $2.9 million in Q ...
View Post TV Biz Q4 Earnings: Gannett Broadcasting Revenues Dip 16% By Merrill Knox on Feb. 4, 2014 - 10:11 AM Gannett Co. reported broadcasting segment revenues of $228.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, a 15.7% drop from the year-ago quarter. The decline was primarily due to a drop in political ad revenue in the non-election year, ...