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The article discusses the issue concerning the selling of Park Communications Inc. for $710 million to Media General Inc. in the U.S. Donald R. Tomlin Jr. and Gary B. Knapp, owners of Park Communication, gained $108 million each on the deal. Retirement Systems of Alabama, a pension fund that provided all the cash and shouldered most of the risk of Park Communications, emerged with a 13.5 percent return over a 12-month period.

GAMCO Asset Management Inc., an affiliate of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (GBL), recently announced its intention to nominate directors at the 2018 annual meeting of The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP). GAMCO [...]

INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2016 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Media General, Inc. (NYSE:MEG) subsidiary LIN Television Corporation has extended its change of control offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding [...]

Discusses the impact on the merger trend of the move of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to lift restrictions on the size of media companies. Plan of Media General Inc. to acquire TV stations; Possibility that newspaper and TV companies will buy individual properties to boost their holdings; Possible merger of newspapers with TV and radio stations; Plan of TV station owners Sinclair Broadcasting Group and LIN TV to buy stations. INSET: LET THE DEALS BEGIN.

Byline: The Associated Press Nexstar Broadcasting, attempting to drive to wedge between Media General and Meredith Corp., offered nearly $1.9 billion to buy Media General on Monday. Media General Inc. [...]

Reports that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed a fine of $80,000 on Media General for completing unauthorized changes to microwave towers associated with its cable system. Factors which prompted the FCC to fine Media General; Details on a statement issued by the FCC.

The article focuses on the possibility of onetime corporate raider Burt Sugarman's comeback. In 1998 Sugarman lost a bitter proxy fight for Media General Inc., married Entertainment Tonight co-host Mary Hart and dropped out of the spotlight, quietly running his publicly traded holding company, Giant Group Ltd., which owns a cement business and 38% of Rally's Hamburgers, a money losing chain of drive-through restaurants. Now, with cement prices on the rise, Sugarman is selling Giant's cement business in a public offering valued at around $190 million.

The article focuses on the rivalry between Hollywood star Burt Sugarman and D. Tennant Bryan, chairman of Media General Inc. in the U.S., in controlling the Media's stock. According to the author, an 81-year-old Media General chairman regarded Sugarman as an interloper because he looked for an opportunity to sell off the assets of the company. Meanwhile, Daniel R. Frank, a portfolio manager of Fidelity Investments Inc. was one of the common stockholder of Media General by 1%.

The article discusses the rise of supermarket chains and the stocks related to it as of October 1983. Topics include the common hurdles the supermarket business goes through such as price wars and product spoilage, methods by which supermarket firms bring in positive returns despite low economic conditions, and the importance of geography. Also mentioned are Media General, Pantry Pride and King Kullen.

The article discusses the Employee Retirement Income Security Act as the main factor in the upward shift of stock movements in the U.S. as of October 2, 1978. Topics discussed include the increase in the value line index of 1,691 stocks, the significance of prudence to institutions in small businesses according to Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen, and a table from Media General, Inc. that outlines 85 stocks that have increased in a year.

The article mentions the changes in Irving, Texas-based television (TV) broadcasting company Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. after the completion of its acquisition of media company Media General Inc. Topics mentioned include Perry Sooks' visits of every TV stations that Nextar acquires as vice president, the boost in TV portfolio of Nexstar in which the combined company will be called Nexstar Media Group, as well as changes in the company's approach and philosophy in its operation.

The article discusses several issues related to journalism in the U.S. It states that Russell Freeburg resigned as managing editor of "The Chicago Tribune" and was succeeded by Maxwell McCrohon. Freeburg explains that he desired to do matters faster than the company management liked to move. It relates that Media General Inc. will limit its "Media General Financial Daily" to weekly schedule but will keep its title to daily. Media General president Alan Donnahoe laments that they are not getting any development. It says that the 72-page publication was marketing only 2,500. Meanwhile, it says that Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo has appointed seven journalists for crucial city positions such as those of commerce director and deputy municipal managing director.

The article focuses on Media General Inc. It also offers information on the career development of the President of Media General Alan Donnahoe. It is stated that Donnahoe operates Media General in a decentralized way. It informs that Donnahoe joined Richmond Newspapers Inc. as a research director in 1950 and he had risen to the Executive Vice President by 1966. It says that Richmond Newspapers Inc. was renamed Media General Inc. with Donnahoe as the President. According to Donnahoe, Media General Inc. runs the most sophisticated newspaper in the world. It tells that Donnahoe keeps in touch with his managers and drives his staff hard.

The article discusses the public and industry image of newspaper publisher Media General Inc. in the U.S. As of November 1972, its revenue is estimated at 115 million U.S. dollars, while owning television (TV) and radio stations in Tampa, Florida and a cable TV system in Virginia, among others. It mentions its business failures, which include the shutdown of its "Newark News" after 89 years of publication and its "Financial Daily" newspaper. It notes the plan of Media General to acquire the daily and weekly newspapers of Paddock Corp.

Sinclair Broadcast Group has closed on the purchase of the assets of WGXA (FOX/ABC) in Macon, Georgia from Frontier Broadcast Holdings. According to a release from the company, has closed [...]

Media General announced that certain of its stockholders intend to offer for sale 9,000,000 shares of the Company's voting common stock in a registered underwritten secondary public offering. In a [...]

Media General, Inc. and LIN Media announced a definitive merger agreement that will create the second largest pure-play television broadcasting company in the U.S. According to a release, under the [...]

An interview with James Marsh, a managing director and senior research analyst at financial services firm Piper Jaffray & Co., is presented. Topics discussed include acquisition of television station groups of media firms Meredith and Media General; increase in television business in animation studio DreamWorks Animation instead of feature films; and the growth in television business and management in entertainment firm Lionsgate.

Media General, Inc., a local broadcast television and digital media company, reported second-quarter operating income of $5 million, compared with $17 million in the second quarter of 2012. In a [...]

Media General, Inc., a local broadcast television and digital media company, said on July 22 that it will report its second-quarter 2013 results on Thursday, August 8, before the market [...]

Wall Street Reports announced new research reports highlighting Conns Inc., Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Media General Inc., Gannett Co., Inc., and Cinemark Holdings Inc. According to a release, research reports [...]

Media General, Inc., a local broadcast television and digital media company, announced that shareholders at the company's 2013 Annual Meeting re-elected eight directors to one-year terms: J. Stewart Bryan III, [...]

Media General, Inc., a local broadcast television and digital media company, reported that first-quarter 2013 operating income of $5.8 million increased by 28 percent, compared with $4.5 million in the [...]

Media General, Inc., a broadcast television and digital media company, reported fourth-quarter 2012 operating income of $42.3 million, more than 2.5 times greater than fourth-quarter 2011 operating income of $16.3 [...]

The article examines the hopes of Harbinger Capital Partners to take control of New York Times Co. and Media General, a media conglomerate in possession of 25 newspapers and 23 television stations. The author reports that New York Times Co. and Media General have struggled to increase stock prices and hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners sees this as an opportunity to swoop in and secure positions on the boards of the two companies.