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‘Entrepreneur’ Reportedly on the Block

Entrepreneur Media, publisher of Entrepreneur magazine, is said to be up for sale for about $200 million, with a first round of bids already in.

Exhibition Industry Grows 3.2% in 2007 - CEIR Fifth Annual Index

The U.S. exhibition industry grew 3.2 percent in 2007 - the fifth consecutive year of industry expansion - according to the fifth annual Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) Index report, which provides exhibition industry performance data for 11 industry sectors.

Yahoo Investors Divided on Microsoft Deal

Yahoo’s investors seem to prefer the current deal on the table from Microsoft than no deal at all, according to an informal survey conducted by Piper Jaffray senior research analyst Gene Munster.

‘Great American Country’ Seeks Next Music Star

It was just a matter of time: taking a pointer from sister networks HGTV and the Food Network, Scripps’ Great American Country station is launching a reality show to find “the next Great American Country Star.”

Radio Revs to Slip More in ‘08, Rebound in ‘09

Radio revenue, expected in 2008 to face a loss of 3.1 percent compared to 2007, may stage a return to positive revenue growth in 2009 thanks to a better economy and digital revenue streams, according to a new forecast from BIA Financial Network.

Google Hits Record 67% of U.S. Searches, up 5% YOY; Ask.com up 18%

Google accounted for 67.25 percent of all U.S. searches in the four weeks ended March 29, 2008 - the highest proportion of searches it has ever achieved, and up some 5 percent from a year earlier, when it accounted for 64.13 percent of searches, according to Hitwise (via MarketingCharts.)

‘High School Musical 3′ in Theaters this Fall - ‘Four’ Already in the Works

With the phenomenal success of the High School Musical franchise among the teeny bopper crowd - and even adults have been known to hum along to ‘The Start of Something New’ - Disney has no plans to halt the freight train.

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