May 21, 2013
Associated PressThere is no shortage of compelling story lines accompanying Sunday's race, leaving television executives feeling confident
about another bump in viewership this year.
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May 21, 2013
IBJ StaffKerri Cavanaugh will replace Lee Rosenthal, who oversaw a major expansion of Fox59's news programming.
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May 18, 2013
Chris O'Malley"Indy Style"--an hour’s worth of TV programming on everything from recipes to music to fitness to screen-door-repair
tips--fills its show with guests who are a combination of invited guests, sponsors and one-time-only advertisers.
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May 18, 2013
The youthful animators at The Basement have won the Independent Publisher’s Book Awards’ silver award for their
first children’s e-book, “Every Walrus Can Fly.”
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May 17, 2013
Lou HarryThe state's largest newspaper is mum on whether reviews will continue after the Friday resignation of its fine arts critic.
Arts organizations are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
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May 15, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe commentator has been without local show on commercial radio since 2011. He'll find a home on WIBC, which also is preparing
to fill its vacant position for news director.
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May 13, 2013
IBJ StaffWRTV Channel 6 has hired central Indiana native Kyle Mounce as its newest meteorologist, the Indianapolis TV station announced
Monday night.
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May 11, 2013
Dan HumanAfter Google cracked down on some of the tools companies were using to improve their positions in search results, Indianapolis-based
Slingshot SEO opted to launch a sister brand called Digital Relevance that will focus on earning media attention.
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May 10, 2013
Scott OlsonA local developer plans to tear down part of the Indianapolis Star’s downtown headquarters while saving most
of the building in a redevelopment that calls for 350 apartments—more units than the massive CityWay.
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May 10, 2013
Chris O'MalleyLori Wilson, an Indiana University graduate, was most recently an anchor in Philadelphia—a city she may have a hard
time forgetting, according to various media reports.
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May 8, 2013
IBJ StaffEmmis Communications Corp. turned a profit in its latest fiscal quarter, rebounding from a big loss in the same period of
the previous year.
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May 8, 2013
Mason KingAn Indianapolis investor group headed by longtime local radio broadcaster and executive Jerry Chapman will take over operations
at the stations, including three in Muncie, on June 1.
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May 7, 2013
Chris O'MalleyFormer Indianapolis filmmaker Alex Kosene bases the story in a local advertising shoot for a Swiss watchmaker on his relationship
with his developer dad.
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May 3, 2013
Chris O'MalleyWXNT-AM says the mass exodus of its news-talk listener base was to be expected during transition to CBS Sports radio content.
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May 1, 2013
Chris O'MalleyLagging in the ratings, the local station is aiming for an uptick under new ownership with a morning news show on weekends.
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April 30, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe locally produced film about the golden age of WIBC, WIFE and WNAP will never break even, according to its producer, but
an Emmy win would be satisfaction enough.
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April 27, 2013
Chris O'MalleyEscape artist Bill Shirk has retired his straitjacket, but remains active in radio broadcasting. His firm, Hoosier Broadcasting,
in recent years bought a handful of radio stations on the Hawaiian islands and Shirk owns and is investing more money in a
Boone County radio station.
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April 24, 2013
Chris O'MalleyWTHR's John Cardenas, who was recently accused of sexual discrimination by his former executive assistant, has been named
vice president of news for Dispatch Broadcast Group, the station's parent company.
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April 23, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe growing preference for online-based advertising, exemplified by Y&L's new campaign for the national lawn-care service,
is helping sow the seeds of traditional media's decline.
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April 20, 2013
Chris O'MalleyLocal television stations are each preparing in their own way for the return to the air this fall of popular weathercaster
Angela Buchman.
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April 18, 2013
Associated PressNotre Dame and NBC said the extension would begin in 2016 and run through the 2025 season. Financial terms were not announced.
The current five-year contract is reportedly worth $15 million annually.
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April 13, 2013
Young & Laramore President Tom Denari challenged conventional thinking in a March 21 column in Advertising Age.
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April 12, 2013
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis television stations pocketed more than $332,000 in recent months by airing commercials from groups for and against
Obama administration initiatives.
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April 8, 2013
Jeff NewmanSteak n Shake, which last year lost a breach-of-contract lawsuit brought by its former advertising agency, has settled the
case rather than let the court decide damages.
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April 6, 2013
The station was honored for a six-month investigation into Internal Revenue Service mismanagement that resulted in fraudulent
tax refunds for undocumented workers.
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If a television station wants to improve viewership, get rid of the local blackout. I was born by the brickyard, and have attended 15 or more races. I have children now, I won't attend unless circumstances are perfect. As those with growing families know, they never are. I'm always impressed that upwards of 250,000 people attend the 500. However, as a growing, or, more apt, sprawling city, Indianapolis and its immediate suburbs count almost 2.2 million. Show the race live, let the venue get a kick-back on revenues, and open-wheel racing might have a fighting chance to be relevant again. Just in time for those tax-payer lights to make sense.
John Moore, I too have had the same issue recently. A property next to my house was on the Land Bank and I was interested in purchasing. When I tried to contact Reggie, I got back emails that had nothing to do with what I asked about. Actually my latest response from him was on this past Friday. I had asked about how to buy the property and if it was still available. His response to me was to contact the mayor's office to get the schedule of his appearances. (???) Hopefully the city is able to do something to fix what this guy has done, it would be nice if they would take the properties back and sell them properly so land owners like me and you mother would have a fair chance.
I too work in the industry, with over 25 years of experience and your political spin has probably nothing to do with any rebranding. "Let's dress it up" would have nothing to do with the government "telling us how and what to eat." Give it a political rest. And being a producer for a radio show doesn't mean you've been involved in advertising and branding for 30 years.
Ms. Morris did not understand the ways of the business world, otherwise, like the IMS, she could have petitioned the State Legislature for a handout of State Funds for her charity work. Ms. Morris should consider becoming a state lobbyist for Lemonade Stand Operators.
David Copperfield!