Few limits for big media buyouts
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Private equity firms are knocking on the doors of Time Warner Inc.  and IAC/InterActive , making their case for various deals with the two conglomerates.
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By Richard Siklos  Mensa quiz, sample question: Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion offer is to blank as Google's $1.65 billion buyout was to blank. Correct answers: Dow Jones and YouTube.
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The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is proposing a plan that would wrap up by the end of the year the long-running debate over how many media properties a company should be allowed to own in a single market.
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The FCC's auction of rights to a huge chunk of radio airwaves invites new players to the telecom game. If Google bids big, it could mean open wireless access for all
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$2,500 limit on multi-stream stations Music industry taxman SoundExchange is offering a new deal to internet radio broadcasters who say upcoming royalty hikes will kill online broadcasting.â¦
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Company rolls the dice on a broadcasting venture. Is it a smart move, or a hasty jump into a fad?
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NEW YORK -- The world's largest media companies will grapple in 2007 with the need to invest in ventures for rapid growth while not tearing down their aging business models too quickly.
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The performance rights organization that collects royalties from streaming music providers on behalf of recording artists and copyright holders, has offered small streamers a reduced rate that caps royalties collected at 10% to 12% of their annual revenue. But for selected streamers to qualify, they would need to sign an agreement with the SoundExchange organization that would include a cap on growth, and a possible penalty for growing too fast.
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The deal is financially insignificant -- but meaningful in the long term -- to the media company.
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Don't mind the mergers. Watch the valuation.
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An investor group led by two  well-known Philadelphia-area executives could seal a deal this  week to buy the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News newspapers  for up to &#36;600 million, a source close to the matter said on  Monday.
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Investor's Business Daily - It's close but no cigar for Google in the Federal Communications Commission's much-anticipated auction of public airwaves, a process that could enable a new wave of wireless devices and services.
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MEDIA giant News Corp and its secondbiggest shareholder, Liberty Media, are reportedly close to a share swap deal that would shore up Rupert Murdoch's control of his company.
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The deal with the media agencies owned by the WPP Group is valued at $800 million to $900 million in commercial time.
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Speculation on private newspaper buyouts goes further down the rabbit hole.
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Two top-tier license deals could push the company over the top.
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By Seth Sutel  How aggressive Big Media will be in 2007 with deals is far from certain.