Winter Is Coming… To Burbank
• Veteran media executive Winter Horton has joined Meruelo Media as Chief Operating Officer, effective Sept. 3. Meruelo Media manages multiple
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Good Karma To Lease ESPN Chicago
• ESPN Radio has reached a long-term Local Marketing Agreement (LMA) and lease with Good Karma Brands, which calls for
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Hasbro To Acquire eOne
• Toy giant Hasbro, the home of such iconic kid-friendly brands as Nerf, My Little Pony, Transformers, Play-Doh, Monopoly, Baby
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Apollo-Tegna Tango Continues
• This is interesting — in an apparent (and corporately vague) response to last Friday’s Wall Street Journal story, Tegna released
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Apollo Kicking Tegna’s Tires?
• That’s the word from The Wall Street Journal, which reports that private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC, which is
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CBS & Viacom Finally Reunited
• After 13 years apart, CBS Corporation and Viacom announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in
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Tencent Looking To Buy 10% Of UMG
• Chinese digital behemoth Tencent has entered negotiations with Vivendi to buy a 10% stake in Universal Music Group. As
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Jurors Award $2.78 Mil In ‘Dark Horse’ Case
• Jurors on Thursday ruled that Katy Perry, her collaborators and her record label owe the writers of a Christian
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ACM Ups Three, Adds Two
• The Academy of Country Music® announced promotions within two departments and two new hires — Melissa Moldovan has been promoted
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Williams Is Brewing In Michigan’s U.P.
• mediaBrew Communications, led by veteran radio executive Chuck Williams, has closed on the purchase of three FMs and four
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