Raycom Media
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Raycom Media is a broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama.Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations.In 1994, Ellis bought Raycom Sports, a 15-year old sports marketing firm. Two years later, Ellis was sold to a media group funded by Retirement Systems of Alabama, who had bought Aflac's broadcast division a few months earlier. The two groups merged to form Raycom Media. In 1998, Raycom merged with Malrite Communications, owner of five stations in the South and Midwest.In August 2005 it acquired The Liberty Corporation and in the process sold a dozen of its stations to Barrington Broadcasting.
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NABJ study: Diversity declines in TV station management
NABJ | NPR The National Association of Black Journalists’ 2012 Diversity Census examines management of newsrooms across the country. It paints a grim picture: NABJ found that African Americans, Native Americans, Asians, Hispanics and other people of color are represented… Read more.
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Viewer videos get integrated into broadcast workflow
User-generated video content is set to become an even larger part of professionally produced news following a recent development from digital and broadcast graphics specialist Chyron and Cell Journalist.
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Adicio Expands RevBoostSM Job Board Sales and Marketing Program
Carlsbad, CA (May 24, 2012) – Adicio has announced that more than 50 jobs boards are now participating in its RevBoostSM outsourced recruitment sales program. Adicio’s RevBoost manages the entire job board sales and marketing busi. . .
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“Nightly Business Report” sold for second time in 15 months
“Nightly Business Report,” which airs on more than 350 PBS stations around the country, has been sold for the second time since August 2010.
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Can Dyle.tv succeed where FLO TV failed?
Consumers that want to watch live TV on their mobile phones will soon be able to tell whether their devices are capable of doing so, as industry-led mobile broadcast consortium the Mobile Content Venture (MCV) has unveiled a new brand and logo for the mobile video service it will launch later this year.
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The Programming Insider: Thursday 6/09/11
Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: America’s Got Talent Leads NBC to Victory Ratings Box: What’s Hot/What’s Not On the Air Tonight: Prime-Time Programming Options TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest TV Trivia Time: A Real First Name Note: The Programming Insider will not be published tomorrow.
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The Mobile Lowdown 04-19-11: EU 4G Spectrum; White iPhone 4; MCV; Nokia 3D
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: the EU opens GSM frequencies for 4G services; Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) reports earnings; Mobile Content Venture details launch plans for its mobile TV service in 32 U. S. markets; the first white iPhone 4 finally “on sale”; Nokia (NYSE: NOK) tries out 3D on its maps.
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Wendy Williams Show Gets Third Season
Debmar-Mercury has renewed first-run talker The Wendy Williams Show for a third season, with clearances in more than 70 percent of the country including stations in the Fox, CBS, NBC, Local TV, Tribune, Lin, Cox, Raycom, Meredith and New Vision groups.
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Community Newspaper Selling 4 Stations
Community Newspaper Holdings is selling its four network affiliates to Thomas Henson for $24 million and the assumption of $50 million in long-term debt, according to an FCC filing seeking approval of the deal.
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NBC, Fox, 10 Others Ante Up In Mobile TV, First Content To Come In 2011
Mobile TV has had a mixed reception in the U. S. - with the assets of one recent high profile failure, Qualcomm’s Flo TV, the subject of speculation just this week - but this is not stopping the market from trying to find the sweet spot in the medium anyway.
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