NBCU to Offload 2 O&Os
NBCU is selling two of its owned-and-operated stations, in Miami and Hartford. If the sales go through, that will make six stations NBCU has sold off in the last two years.
NBCU is selling two of its owned-and-operated stations, in Miami and Hartford. If the sales go through, that will make six stations NBCU has sold off in the last two years.
Newsprint consumption by the nation’s daily newspapers has tumbled nearly 30 percent over the last five years, according to the Newspaper Association of America, and the drop in demand has pushed prices up $60 from their October 2007 low, to $620 per metric ton.
Consumer magazines pulled about 18.5 percent of the total ad spending in 2007, up about 1 percent compared to 2006.
There are plenty of opportunities for March Madness mavens to get their fix online this season.
Apple is in talks with the major music companies about the possibility of a new business model that would give customers free access to the entire iTunes library in exchange for a premium charge for iPod and iPhone users.