Horizon League Commissioner Jon LeCrone never envisioned himself getting into the television business. But that
changed in 2004 when he saw a Butler University women’s basketball game being aired on a laptop computer.
Is it freedom-enhancing to defend a veteran’s “right” to commit slow-motion suicide and homicide?
The disappointing debut of “The Jay Leno Show” at 10 p.m. on NBC has hammered ratings for the 11 p.m. newscast
of local affiliate WTHR-TV Channel 13, cutting its average audience by nearly half. But the Indianapolis NBC affiliate says
it will rebound in the fight with its CBS rival because the Leno show has fresh programming year around.
As president of the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, Marsh Davis is surrounded by history every time he goes to
work. It also greets him when he comes home. Davis and his family live in a 100-year-old Prairie-style, Meridian-Kessler Neighborhood
home that they have filled with Mission
furniture, family heirlooms and quirky artifacts.
When local radio industry veteran Charlie Morgan stepped down as president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions last
month, it could’ve appeared he was trying to escape the daunting problems of open-wheel racing. Unless you considered
where he was going.
A renewable-energy firm is considering manufacturing solar panels in an empty Tipton County plant where transmissions were
to be built for Chrysler automobiles, according to the Kokomo Tribune.
Restaurateur Paul Murzyn has signed a lease for the 8,700-square-foot, first-floor
space at 201 S. Meridian St., a historic building with luxury condos upstairs.
A musical returns with local cast intact, new lobby artwork at the IMA invites revisits, and Tarantino’s new WWII movie disappoints.
Indianapolis Fox television affiliate WXIN-TV Channel 59 today disclosed plans to expand its weekday news coverage by adding an hour-long newscast at 4 p.m. and adding a half-hour to its morning news. The station expects to make the moves beginning Sept. 21. The expansion will add “several” on-air and off-air positions to Fox 59’s staff, […]
The Senate health committee cast a milestone vote today to approve legislation expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans, becoming the first congressional panel to act on President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. The 13-10 party line vote advanced a $600 billion measure that would require individuals to get health insurance and employers to contribute […]
Channel 13 eliminates two positions to trim costs, and hopes for a revenue increase in the second half of the year.
Growing by leaps and bounds, smallerindiana.com will host its first-ever “Bigger Ideas” conference for the high-tech and Internet-savvy
crowd.
Ohio-based Franklin University’s move into the Indianapolis market sets up the potential for significant name confusion with
Franklin College, the liberal arts school 30 minutes south of Indianapolis.
It could get expensive. Ohio-based Franklin University’s decision to open a campus in Castleton sets up the potential for significant name confusion with Franklin College, the liberal arts school 30 minutes south of Indianapolis. One marketing expert predicts both schools will be forced to pump up their advertising budgets to make sure their audiences understand […]
Stitcher bills itself as “a leading mobile audio company that provides a revolutionary media service which allows audio content to be easily aggregated, organized and shared on mobile devices.” It’s sort of like DVR for radio.
I really like: a) having something all about me, b) doing something on my own time, and c) having some sort of idea what’s going on. There are, of course, a couple of problems: a) most things aren’t about me, b) time is rarely my own, and c) there’s so much going on in the […]
The biggest remnant of the former Thomson consumer electronics operation in Carmel is cashing in on the digital TV transition
with a higher-tech version of the rabbit ears.
Early ratings from the all-important May sweeps suggest WTHR-TV Channel 13’s 15-year reign as king of local television news
is secure for now. But the big test will come this fall when NBC’s weakening prime-time lineup is expected to put the ratings
crown in play.
WTHR’s reign faces new test Slumping NBC could drag down Channel 13 Early ratings from the allimportant May sweeps suggest WTHR-TV Channel 13’s 15-year reign as king of local television news is secure for now. But the big test will come this fall when NBC’s weakening prime-time lineup is expected to put the ratings crown […]
Early ratings from the all-important May sweeps suggest WTHR-TV Channel 13’s 15-year reign as king of local television news is secure for now. But the big test will come this fall when NBC’s weakening prime-time lineup is expected to put the ratings crown in play. The threat to the local affiliate will worsen in September […]
