E.W. Scripps Co.’s WCPO-TV and the Vehix automotive network have signed a deal that will allow people to shop for cars on the TV station’s Web site. (CMCSA) (SSP)[...]

Time Warner Cable and the Big Ten Network have ended more than a year of contract negotiations just in time for a telecast of Ohio State University’s first football game of the season on Aug. 30. (TWC)[...]

Local HDTV Inc., which launched its WHDO-TV community TV station in mid-July with three scheduled programs, now plans to offer a full high-definition, 24-hour schedule starting in late September.[...]

Olympic telecasts during the traditionally slow summer season could help boost the Triad's NBC affiliate out of the national advertising doldrums.[...]

Rock the Vote and Comcast Corp. have inked a multimedia partnership in an effort to persuade 2 million young Americans to register to vote. (CMCSA)[...]

Sean Hannity, co-host of Fox News Channel’s Hannity & Colmes, has reached a long-term co-syndication deal with ABC Radio Networks and Premiere Radio Networks. (CCU) (CDL)[...]

Austin entrepreneur Bob Weinschenk looks at a dusty TV in the corner of a bar and sees the perfect net to capture advertisers' coveted demographic: the 21- to 34-year-old consumer.[...]

The Washington Post Co. could soon own the TV station that was the first television broadcaster in Florida. (WPO)[...]

The $1.1 billion sale of eight Fox network-affiliated television stations from News Corp. to Local TV, including Kansas City’s WDAF-TV, closed on Monday.[...]

Clear Channel Radio, which owns and operates eight radio stations in D.C., has now made all of its high-definition radio stations compatible with iTunes Tagging. (CCU)[...]

Eight months after ESPN Radio started streaming its five owned-and-operated sports talk stations from a single Web site, ESPNRadio.com, the company is now starting to stream affiliated local sports talk stations that it neither owns nor operates.[...]

As a student at Melrose High School, Gregg Kelley was a state champion wrestler. Even today he derives much of his business acumen from his teenage days on the mat. (NWS)[...]

Savvy media buyers know the early bird gets the worm-- and the best bang for their advertising buck. So says Diane Huth, chair of Texas Hispanic Upfront.[...]

The Sacramento Bee has started a re­design of the paper that will include narrower pages designed to use less newsprint. The redesign, which includes a fresh look for the front page, is set to be unveiled this summer. (UVN)[...]

A decision by GEICO to stop advertising on New York television stations was the latest blow to budgets that already had taken a hit in the past year.[...]

Procter & Gamble Co., under pressure from an advocacy group, has agreed to dedicate a consumer hot line for people to air their thoughts about its advertising on daytime programs on the channels MTV and BET.[...]

Barbara Gehrig has left her position overseeing Comcast Corp.'s operations in Maryland and Delaware after 27 years with the company and is living in Florida.[...]

LAS VEGAS -- The rise of HDTV and the coming change in the way broadcasters send their TV signals are prodding viewers to examine new options to get the channels and shows they want to watch.[...]

LAS VEGAS ­-- When the Democratic National Convention (DNC) arrives in Denver this August, expect shortages of hotel rooms and other vital services.[...]

Since its creation by Ted Turner in 1980, CNN has been a groundbreaking media outlet. From its coverage of the first Iraq War to being first on the air with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the cable news network based out of Atlanta has continued to offer almost unrivaled coverage. [...]

The Federal Communications Commission has denied a request by the Fox Entertainment Group Inc. to reconsider a $91,000 fine imposed on it for a 2003 broadcast of a reality program. (NWS)[...]

Clear Channel Radio has begun broadcasting on more than 340 high-definition digital stations with the capability of purchasing a song heard on the radio and downloading it onto an Apple iPod. (AAPL) (CCU)[...]

Cable giant Comcast Corp. has laid off 35 employees in the Sacramento area, including most of the senior executives at its regional office in Natomas, in order to streamline operations. (T)[...]

Following the lead of its competitors, Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday unveiled a $99.99 pricing plan that gives customers unlimited minutes, text messages, e-mail, Internet access and other wireless service applications. (T) (S)[...]

Research in Motion Ltd., one of Canada's most valuable companies and maker of the popular BlackBerry communications device, has filed a lawsuit against Motorola in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas over alleged patent infringement. The suit was filed to counter Motorola, which filed a similar claim [...]