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NFL pulls plug on local TV crews: Team owners vote to oust videographers from games

April 17, 2006

Indianapolis TV stations say a new National Football League policy that bans them from the sidelines during games is a violation of their First Amendment rights and threatens a major source of income. A league-wide rule that was passed 32-0 by team owners March 28 allows only the licensed broadcast rights-holder to shoot sideline footage during games. The National Association of Broadcasters, Radio-Television News Directors Association and Society of Professional Journalists have petitioned to have the rule overturned. Though owners…

Emmis fights radio doubt: CEO Smulyan defends his struggling industry as stock price continues to slide

May 1, 2006

Emmis Communications Corp.’s stock has fallen 80 percent in six years. Revenue from its radio stations is falling short of Wall Street expectations. And its bid for Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals is running third in a three-horse race. But Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan is as optimistic as he’s been in months. “I’m upbeat because I think this industry is ready to turn the corner, and Emmis is turning the corner,” Smulyan told Wall Street analysts after his company released…

EYE ON THE PIE: Mysteries abound in Indiana

May 1, 2006

There is so much I do not understand about Indiana. After living here for 35 years, after visiting every county and traveling almost every mile of state highway, after making friends with thousands of Hoosiers, I am in the dark on so many issues. Here are three examples: Example 1: What do Mitch Daniels, Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, and Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana have in common? They are all governors who have massive approval deficits. According to Survey USA (and…

SPORTS: Keith Hernandez, meet Phyllis Ackerman, trailblazer

May 1, 2006

Former New York Met and current Mets announcer Keith Hernandez emerged from a cave April 22, observed that a member of the San Diego Padres’ training staff wa s – g a s p ! – a female, and opined on air that women have no place in a Major League dugout. Hernandez was promptly reprimanded by his employers and issued a tepid apology on the next Mets broadcast. This might come as a bulletin to the Neanderthalic Hernandez, but…

BEHIND THE NEWS: Smulyan’s bid exposes firm’s governance flaws

May 22, 2006

One reason Jeff Smulyan’s bid to take Emmis Communications Corp. private is so fascinating is that the Indianapolis-based radio company remains in the dark ages as far as good corporate governance is concerned. Emmis’ governance practices are better than only 2 percent of the companies in the S&P 400 and 36 percent of media companies, according to an analysis released last fall by Institutional Shareholder Services, a Maryland firm that advises big investors. What’s not to like? Here’s a sampling:…

Colts, Tribune sign deal to air shows on WXIN: WISH makes own adjustments in wake of change

May 29, 2006

The Indianapolis Colts have signed a two-year deal with Tribune Co., moving the team’s two television shows from Lin TV Corp.’s WISH-TV Channel 8 and WNDY-TV Channel 23 to Tribune’s WXIN-TV Channel 59. “The Bill Polian Show” will air 10:30 p.m. Saturdays starting this fall, and “Colts Up Close” will air Fridays at 11:30 p.m. To beef up its Colts affiliation, local Tribune officials also are working independently on a Colts post-game show, which will air on WXIN sister station…

Signs of change dot local television landscape: Tribune could sell local stations; Lin changes format

July 17, 2006

One local television station is preparing for a radical format change, and there’s talk that another station could be for sale. Officials for Chicago-based Tribune Co. are sending mixed signals about the possibility that its two Indianapolis stations-WTTV-TV Channel 4 and WXIN-TV Channel 59-are on the block. Meanwhile, Rhode Island-based Lin TV Corp. confirmed that a major programming change is on the way for its WNDY-TV Channel 23. Tribune Chairman and CEO Dennis FitzSimmons’ recent proclamation that the media company…

PROFILE: TIM HALL: Music gigs far from ‘taxing’ for local accountant

August 7, 2006

PROFILE TIM HALL Music gigs far from ‘taxing’ for local accountant As head of Crowe Chizek’s tax-consulting group in Indianapolis, Tim Hall advises business and individual clients on complicated tax matters. Fourteen times a year, however, he puts down the spreadsheets and picks up his drumsticks to tour as a drummer with 1950s rock-and-roll star Jimmy Dell. An RCA Victor recording artist, Dell, whose single “Teeny Weeny” topped the charts in 1958, toured with childhood friend Dwayne Eddy and other…

TV stations offering video content on Web

August 14, 2006

Local stations have had video news content on their Web sites for a while now. But broadcasters are now devising plans to develop original content that essentially could allow a station to broadcast multiple channels through the Web.

Investors calling for big changes at Emmis: Smulyan remains bullish on company’s prospects

August 21, 2006

In the last year, Emmis Communications Corp. Chairman Jeff Smulyan has led efforts to sell his company’s television stations, change radio formats, reduce debt and take the company private. He even proposed using company funds to buy a Major League Baseball franchise. Now, after his recently failed attempt to buy the Indianapolis company, many Wall Street analysts and investors are wondering what Smulyan might do next. Some industry experts believe the only way for Smulyan to do what’s best for…

Fox Sports Midwest rebrands, unveils new plan: Local broadcasters will feel heat if strategy works

September 11, 2006

Fox Sports Midwest-which is in the process of rebranding to Fox Sports Indiana in this market-is serving notice it intends to be the television network of choice when it comes to local sports. Shortly after wrestling part of the Indiana Pacers broadcast rights from WTTV-TV Channel 4, officials for St. Louis-based Fox Sports Midwest unveiled a plan that entails significant upgrades to its local sports programming, including adding professional, collegiate and high school sports of all sorts as well as…

NOTIONS: A call for cooperation in a deep purple nation

November 13, 2006

It’s election night. The hour is late. Political junkie that I am, however, I’m propped up in bed, the television blaring before me, the laptop perched on my legs. Remote in hand, I flip TV channels between CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, C- SPAN and Comedy Central. With the flick of an index finger on my computer, I bounce between Web sites of The Indianapolis Star, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Marion County Election Board,…

Stations enjoy election: Political advertising bounty surprises TV, radio executives

November 13, 2006

More than $10 million poured into Indianapolis broadcasters’ coffers this year, experts said, as politicians took to the airwaves in hopes of swaying voters. A fierce battle over control of Congress and a hotly contested Marion County prosecutor’s race contributed to the impressive total, which outpaced 2002 election sales by nearly $3 million. “It was a surprising year,” said Don Lundy, general manager of WRTV-TV Channel 6, which sold more than $1.3 million in political ads. Despite attempts to forecast…

NOTIONS: 2006 years later and still no room at the inn

December 18, 2006

I’ve sat through my share of seminars, sermons and speeches. I’ve heard all the shoulds, coulds, oughtas, haftas and gottas offered up by well-meaning teachers, preachers and other pontificators. And while I’ve tried to heed more of their wisdom than I’ve blown off, much of the blah-blah has gone in one hearing aid and out the other. You can chalk that up to dry delivery, other matters on my mind, lack of relevance or information overload. Whatever the case, the…

RETURN ON TECHNOLOGY: 2006 has seen plenty of technological goofs

December 25, 2006

Happy holidays to you, and welcome to yet another yearly installment of, “Who’s Got the SNAFU?” the holiday game for those nervous about using technology for anything more complicated than opening cat food. We start comparatively close to home, in Valparaiso, where CNN reported that a modest little $122,000 home was erroneously valued in the county’s computer system at $400 million, which would have generated some $8 million in tax revenue. The $8 million figure was duly calculated into the…

CEO Smulyan captains Emmis through another turbulent year:

January 1, 2007

It was a frustrating year for Smulyan, 59, who watched the company’s stock price tumble, driven down by an advertising slump. In an interview last spring, he lamented, “Nothing we do seems to make anybody happy these days.” To focus on radio, the company unloaded 14 of its 16 TV stations for nearly $1 billion, shrinking its debt. But analysts widely panned Smulyan’s decision to apply some of Emmis’ new financial firepower toward his ultimately failed bid to buy the…

Big Emmis investor says Smulyan’s clout unfair

January 8, 2007

A big Emmis Communications Corp. investor has submitted a proposal to shareholders to do away with a special class of stock that gives shares held by CEO Jeff Smulyan extra voting power. The proposal—disclosed in the company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning—was submitted by Frank Martin, whose Elkhart-based Martin […]

Collector betting comic-book heroes draw crowds to downtown museum

January 15, 2007

A museum in the
works for downtown would feature one of the world’s largest collections of super hero memorabilia, including a Batmobile and
costumes worn by every actor who has played Superman on TV or in the movies.

Flurry of fitness chains takes aim at Indianapolis

January 22, 2007

At least five companies are scouting locations for dozens of new health clubs in a blitz that could help the city shed its
reputation for high rates of obesity. The fitness club business is booming nationwide, and several chains are betting Hoosiers
are among those looking for more convenient opportunities to get in shape.

NOTIONS: Alone in the urban desert on Martin Luther King Day

January 22, 2007

It’s Martin Luther King Monday. The clock is pushing 5 p.m. And a bitter breeze bites my face as I pump petrol at a Speedway station on Binford Boulevard. I look around at the drab Indiana sky and the drab leafless trees and the drab flat landscape. And I wonder whether the world is really this drab or if it’s just me. Behind me, somewhere on Interstate 69, my sons Austin and Zach are heading northeast in their little Saturn…

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NFL pulls plug on local TV crews: Team owners vote to oust videographers from games

Emmis fights radio doubt: CEO Smulyan defends his struggling industry as stock price continues to slide

EYE ON THE PIE: Mysteries abound in Indiana

SPORTS: Keith Hernandez, meet Phyllis Ackerman, trailblazer

BEHIND THE NEWS: Smulyan’s bid exposes firm’s governance flaws

Colts, Tribune sign deal to air shows on WXIN: WISH makes own adjustments in wake of change

Signs of change dot local television landscape: Tribune could sell local stations; Lin changes format

PROFILE: TIM HALL: Music gigs far from ‘taxing’ for local accountant

TV stations offering video content on Web

Investors calling for big changes at Emmis: Smulyan remains bullish on company’s prospects

Fox Sports Midwest rebrands, unveils new plan: Local broadcasters will feel heat if strategy works

NOTIONS: A call for cooperation in a deep purple nation

Stations enjoy election: Political advertising bounty surprises TV, radio executives

NOTIONS: 2006 years later and still no room at the inn

RETURN ON TECHNOLOGY: 2006 has seen plenty of technological goofs

CEO Smulyan captains Emmis through another turbulent year:

Big Emmis investor says Smulyan’s clout unfair

Collector betting comic-book heroes draw crowds to downtown museum

Flurry of fitness chains takes aim at Indianapolis

NOTIONS: Alone in the urban desert on Martin Luther King Day