Report: 'Huge Fortune' Spent on Media Influence
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Unions and big communications companies spent more than &#36;1.1 billion in their efforts to elect lawmakers and influence the government over the past half-decade, according to a report released Wednesday.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died in Paris last month, had investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including a stake in an Egyptian mobile phone company and a piece of a New York bowling alley, according to a news magazine report.
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Record attendance and rich media deals have pushed team values to new heights.
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ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD How the Forbes 400 Make -- and Spend -- Their Fortunes
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Those talking heads on TV may be profiting by front-running.
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With a significant assist from his own bank account, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney spent $24.5 million on the services of a media consulting firm last year in a bid to seize victories in January's Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.
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Conrad Black and other controlling shareholders used corporate funds for personal perks, a new report says.
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Forbes.com claims to be the most popular source for business news, but a closer look raises questions about the siteÂs industry-leading success.
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By JEREMY WARNER  Tricky stuff, these media ownership rules, as well as politically very dangerous territory.
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Conrad Black and other controlling shareholders of Hollinger used $400 million for personal perks, a new report says.
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Text of report by Estonian newspaper Postimees website on 5 September  [Commentary by Rein Veidemann: "Media Circus"]  Elections make for fatty raw material to the free media. The supply of news and opinions is far greater than the demand.
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Some of IT's biggest profits are found in the courtroom.
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How much influence do the super-rich really have over the presidential election?
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The battle for Ohio in last year's presidential campaign came with a huge price tag: &#36;100 million for television advertising alone, according to a new study.
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A US study compares the news agenda of the mainstream media with that of three user-driven sources.
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NEW YORK - New media will be more friend than foe. That was the reassuring message for investors offered by executives from top traditional media companies at two of the industry's biggest annual conferences.
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News Corp's Fox network generated  about $250 million from Super Bowl television advertising  revenue, Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said.