Olympia Media Group, the Broad Ripple startup behind a media website, recently raised $3 million in funding it plans to use to more than triple its workforce and expand to several hundred markets across the country.
Emmis Communications Corp. reported an big increase in fourth-quarter and full-year radio station revenue, but took a sizable loss due to a one-time, non-cash charge to reflect reductions in the value of station licenses it owns.
Charter Communications Inc.’s deal to buy Bright House for $10.4 billion is now in jeopardy because it had depended on Comcast Corp. closing its now-defunct merger with Time Warner Cable Inc.
IBJ won the national general excellence award for weeklies from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers late last month, beating out fellow finalists Advertising Age and the Portland Business Journal.
The departure of Kurt "Big Boy" Alexander from Emmis Communications' powerhouse Los Angeles radio station came at what was already a challenging time for the Indianapolis company.
Karen Jensen and Mina Starsiak, owners of Two Chicks and a Hammer, will be featured in a TV pilot airing Monday on the network. They could parlay the appearance into a 12-episode season.
GreatLand Connections would have been the fifth largest cable company in the United States, with more than 2.5 million subscribers, including 344,400 in the Indianapolis area.
Judges wrote: “The IBJ’s innovation and moxie shot it to the top" of the general excellence category. They praised the depth and range of news stories as well as last September’s Interview Issue and its collection of “diverse and edgy” interviews.
Matt Lloyd served as communications director on Mike Pence’s congressional staff for 10 years and as a senior advisor to his gubernatorial campaign.
Comcast Corp. has dropped its $45.2 billion deal to buy Time Warner Cable Inc., officially pulling the plug after concluding the merger would be rejected by regulators. The merger would have completely changed the cable industry landscape in central Indiana.
Representatives of the two biggest U.S. cable companies were told that FCC officials are leaning against the merger, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The merger, if completed as planned, would shake up the cable industry in central Indiana.
Elbert Tucker, who spent much of his 30-year TV news career leading stations in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, has been named news director, WISH-TV Channel 8 and sister station WNDY-TV Channel 23 announced Tuesday.
Comcast is prepared to call off the deal if concessions needed to win federal approval are too strict, according to people familiar with the matter. The merger, if completed as planned, would shake up the cable industry in central Indiana.
Staff attorneys at the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division are nearing a recommendation to block Comcast Corp.’s bid to buy Time Warner Cable Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
Revolution, founded by Indiana University graduate John Rowady, recently acquired Indianapolis-based Acts Marketing. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Christy Denault, who started with Pence during his campaign for governor in 2012, said in a resignation letter that the “time has come for me to devote my energy and time to my family.”
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. announced Monday it was collaborating with the Indiana Office of Tourism Development in hiring Porter Novelli to strengthen Indiana’s reputation “as a welcoming place to live, visit and do business.”
Dropping one of the most popular radio shows in this market over the last two decades is part of a plan to remain a dominant force, WIBC officials said. The show’s syndicator already is talking with other local stations.
It’s not clear if Steve Bray is stepping down or was terminated at WISH-TV Channel 8, but sources said he has agreed to stay through the critical television ratings sweeps period, which concludes May 20.
The arms race in local TV news continues to escalate. WRTV-TV Channel 6 is the latest station to up the ante, with plans to launch a local one-hour news program at 4 p.m. branded “The Now” on April 20.
