Election spending to exceed $6B thanks to Indiana lawyer
Indiana attorney James Bopp Jr. has spent 30 years fighting limits on campaign spending, and next year’s political landscape could be transformed by his labor.
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WRTV sold with eight other TV stations for $212M
Television station and newspaper owner The E.W. Scripps Co. said Monday that it will pay $212 million in cash for nine TV stations, including WRTV in Indianapolis, owned by The McGraw-Hill Cos.
Marketing firm MB2 Advertising lands high-profile global account
The local firm will provide Georgia-based EyeLevel Interactive with a variety of media services.
Comcast announces layoffs, hirings in Fishers
Cable TV giant Comcast Corp. has notified the state of Indiana that it plans to eliminate 57 customer-retention employees in its Fishers office by the end of the year, but also plans to add 37 customer-service workers during the same time period.
Miles Design to help market Heartland Film Festival
As Heartland’s branding agency, the agency will lead efforts to increase awareness of Heartland events, as well as its overall mission.
Daniels outlines fix for national debt in new book
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels writes in his new book that massive entitlement spending reform is needed to avert a national economic disaster.
State Fair tragedy drives demand for crisis PR planning
Local agency heads said that sector of their business had grown even before the Aug. 13 stage collapse.
Daniels’ book latest of many governors’ tomes
Of the nation's 50 sitting governors, almost a quarter of them are authors. Four, including Daniels, have written tomes while serving as their state's chief executive.
WRTV anchor Shepherd leaving for not-for-profit post
WRTV-TV Channel 6 anchor Trisha Shepherd is leaving the station at the end of the month to take a position with the Riley Children's Foundation.
Struggling Emmis faces NASDAQ delisting again
The day before closing on a $120 million sale of three radio stations, Emmis was warned about non-compliance with NASDAQ’s minimum-price rule for the third time in two years.
Star’s union plans aggressive labor fight with Gannett
The Indianapolis Newspaper Guild, beleaguered by round after round of layoffs, has launched a critical advertising campaign as it enters contract negotiations with Gannett Co.
PR firm Hetrick Communications closing shop
After 18 years, one of the city’s biggest and best-known communications firms is going out of business on Sept. 30.
Seven Indiana companies make latest Inc. 500 list
Indianapolis-based Slingshot SEO, a search engine optimization firm, ranked 58th, tops among the Indiana companies that made the list.
Ball State: Digital generation torching cable TV
Ball State University’s Digital Policy Institute said there’s more behind the shrinkage in customers that cable TV companies have experienced than just a downturn in the economy.
Local magazine Vype to help school sports
Ninety high-school sports programs should receive money generated by the Central Indiana VYPE Foundation.
Court affirms Murat Centre renaming decision
A state appellate court upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to block the Old National Centre naming rights deal.
Shank honored for work on Japanese exhibit
The firm worked with the Japan-America Society of Indiana on promotion of the “Bridges To Japan” exhibit at the 2010 Indiana State Fair.
Williams Randall lands Mike’s Car Wash ad account
Locally based Williams Randall will be Mike's agency of record.
TV broadcasters push to get side channels into homes
Digital technology ushered in over the last five years allows television stations to squeeze four signals into the broadcast spectrum a single analog signal occupied.
‘Abdul in the Morning’ show to end Friday
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz said his morning radio show on WXNT-AM 1430 will be replaced by the syndicated "Wall Street Journal Report" on Monday in a cost-cutting decision by Entercom Communications Corp.