MLB 7 p.m. San Diego at Washington » MASN, WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM) 10 p.m. Baltimore at Oakland » MASN2, WWXT (92.7 FM), WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM) OTHER GAMES: MLB 2 p.m. Pittsburgh at…
5/26 – Web Advertising Growth Continues
Internet advertising continues to gain ground — and share of advertisers’ budgets. Internet ad revenues hit $7.3 billion in the first quarter — a 23 percent increase from a year ago and the highest first-quarter revenue ever, according to the…
5/26 – AOL Losing Loyal Subscribers
AOL recently announced its first-quarter earnings in which it mentioned that the revenues from its internet subscription business declined by 24% compared to the year-ago quarter. The Internet subscription business is AOL’s legacy dial-up Internet access service, which has seen…
5/26 – Big East Turns Down ESPN Deal
The Big East Conference this week “turned down an offer” from ESPN that “would have paid Big East schools in the neighborhood of” $11M each, according to sources cited by Mark Blaudschun of the BOSTON GLOBE. ESPN told the Big…
5/26 – Mavericks-Thunder Game Five Delivers Ratings
ESPN earned a 5.5 overnight Nielsen rating for last night’s series-clinching Mavericks-Thunder NBA Western Conference Finals Game Five, flat compared to the comparable Celtics-Magic Game Five last year. The game earned a 20.6 local rating in Dallas-Ft. Worth.
5/26 – Troubled Mets Look to Wall Street
The New York Mets have reportedly inked a deal to sell a major stake for about $200 million to influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn. According to ESPN, the deal is for less than 49% of the club and does…