Frank Ahrens
Financial
Articles by Frank Ahrens
Under Threat of Closing, N.Y. Sun Hunts for Capital (September 4, 2008)
Tales From the Cellphone Tour (September 2, 2008)
GeoEye Hopes for Clear Skies Ahead (September 1, 2008)
Recommended Reading for Our Times (August 31, 2008)
Seeing Red: Buffett, Others Clash On Danger Posed by U.S. Debt (August 23, 2008)
Gannett to Eliminate 1,000 Newspaper Jobs (August 15, 2008)
Washington Times Outsources Printing to Baltimore Sun (August 7, 2008)
Indebted Ever After (August 7, 2008)
AOL Is Moving Closer To Jettisoning Dial-Up (August 5, 2008)
Post Co. Reports First Operating Loss in 37 Years (August 2, 2008)
Subscribers' Options to Change With Merger (July 26, 2008)
Post Co. to Buy Miami TV Station (July 19, 2008)
GM Reveals Plan to Save $15 Billion (July 16, 2008)
Bud's Belgian Buyout (July 15, 2008)
Workers Shaken by Fannie, Freddie Woes (July 14, 2008)
An Egghead With Bold Threads (July 14, 2008)
GM Considers Cash-Raising Options to Get Through '09 (July 8, 2008)
Weather Channel Sold to NBCU (July 7, 2008)
Gay-Marriage Opponents To Boycott McDonald's (July 4, 2008)
Buckling Under Boldface Debt (June 27, 2008)
Discovery Chief Paid More Than $18 Million in 2007 (June 12, 2008)
Washington Post Co. Names New Chief Financial Officer (June 12, 2008)
Slowdown? Not for this Automaker. (June 9, 2008)
Discovery Deal Paves Way for Firm to Go Public (June 5, 2008)
The Hummer's Dead End? (June 4, 2008)
A Billionaire's Brand Strategy (June 1, 2008)
Comedian Harvey Korman, Laughing Until We Cried (May 31, 2008)
More Than 100 Post Journalists Take Buyout (May 23, 2008)
Priced to Sell (May 17, 2008)
Post Co.'s CFO Will Retire by Year's End (May 17, 2008)
CBS Turns Its Eye to the Web, Landing Network of Tech Sites (May 16, 2008)
Diller, Malone Resolve Dispute Over IAC Breakup (May 14, 2008)
Discovery's Quarterly Revenue Rises 12 Percent (May 9, 2008)
Future Shock: Ford Optimistic, Toyota Forecasts Gloom (May 9, 2008)
Post Co. Profit Falls 39 Percent (May 3, 2008)
House Bill To Create Anti-Piracy Czar Advances (May 1, 2008)
Time Warner To Spin Off Cable (May 1, 2008)
Buffett Confects One Sweet Deal (April 29, 2008)
Ford Reports Quarterly Profit (April 25, 2008)
Gannett Profit Falls 8.9% As Ad Revenue Declines (April 22, 2008)
A Switch on the Tracks: Railroads Roar Ahead (April 21, 2008)
Publisher of Post's Online Media Leaves (April 12, 2008)
Murdoch's 2-Pronged Bid May Boost Yahoo (April 11, 2008)
Murdoch And AOL Join Fight Over Yahoo (April 10, 2008)
Networks Say Live TV Is at Stake in Fox Decency Case (April 5, 2008)
Tribune Gag Stands Out on a Day of Pranks (April 2, 2008)
Malone Suit Vs. Diller Is Dismissed (March 29, 2008)
At Tribune, Change Is Blowin' in the Wind (March 29, 2008)
Lawsuits Erupt Over Loans for Radio Deal (March 27, 2008)
Court Rejects Air Travelers Bill of Rights (March 26, 2008)
Fox Refuses To Pay FCC Indecency Fine (March 25, 2008)
Rivals Interested in Newsday (March 21, 2008)
'Moral Hazard': Why Risk Is Good (March 19, 2008)
Supreme Court to Review FCC Ban on Profanity (March 18, 2008)
New York Times Co. to Accept Dissident Investors as Directors (March 18, 2008)
Bear Bailout Is Vintage J.P. (March 15, 2008)
Chrysler Plans To Shut Down Company for Two Weeks (March 14, 2008)
Post Announces Terms Of Newsroom Buyouts (March 13, 2008)
Signing Off at XM (March 12, 2008)
In First for Studios, Paramount Offers Snippets of Movies (March 11, 2008)
Heavy Job Losses in February Came in Bellwether Sectors (March 8, 2008)
At Wall Street Journal, Change of Accents (March 5, 2008)
FAA Criticized In Report on Airplane Parts (March 1, 2008)
Universal Music Buys Latin Labels (February 29, 2008)
Post Co. Reports 2007 Profit Down 11% (February 28, 2008)
FCC Slashes Fox TV Penalty (February 23, 2008)
To Win the Lady (February 22, 2008)
Pilot Issues Called Critical to Delta-Northwest Talks (February 20, 2008)
News Corp. Discussing Partnership With Yahoo (February 14, 2008)
Hedge Funds Pressure N.Y. Times Co. (February 12, 2008)
After Spurning Microsoft, Yahoo Reaches Out to AOL (February 12, 2008)
Polaroid Technology Fades Out (February 9, 2008)
AOL's Kayse to Lead Discovery Digital Ad Sales (February 9, 2008)
Post Co. Names Weymouth Media Chief and Publisher (February 8, 2008)
New Time Warner Chief Focuses on Consolidation (February 7, 2008)
Time Warner Considers Spinoffs (February 6, 2008)
A Boost to Big Advertisers, Maybe Not to Smaller Ones (February 2, 2008)
Media Firms' Down Years Add Grist to Proxy Bids (February 1, 2008)
Diller Calls Takeover Attempt a 'Desperate Sideshow' (January 30, 2008)
Post Launches Site With African American Focus (January 28, 2008)
ABC Faces Indecency Fine For 2003 'NYPD Blue' Episode (January 26, 2008)
Wall St. U-Turn Pulls U.S. Stocks Out of Nosedive (January 24, 2008)
Bear Looms Over Wall Street (January 23, 2008)
Xerox CEO Mulcahy Joins Post Co. Board (January 18, 2008)
Tribune's Rules: A Quirky Rush to Good Judgment (January 17, 2008)
Discovery, Winfrey to Team Up On Network (January 16, 2008)
BET Founder Johnson Defends His Recent Criticisms of Obama (January 15, 2008)
Big Payday Awaits Chairman After Countrywide Sale (January 12, 2008)
A Weather Window (January 11, 2008)
Discovery Promotes Veteran Hollinger (January 3, 2008)
Google's Ad Reach May Be Unrivaled (December 21, 2007)
Post Newsstand Price Going Up to 50 Cents (December 20, 2007)
Divided FCC Enacts Rules On Media Ownership (December 19, 2007)
FCC's Contested Cross-Ownership Rule Set for Vote (December 18, 2007)
FCC Chief Rejects Call to Delay Vote (December 14, 2007)
Discovery's New Program: A Spring IPO (December 14, 2007)
Murdoch Lines Up His Dow Jones Team (December 7, 2007)
Post Now an 'Education and Media' Company (December 6, 2007)
Tribune Gets Temporary Waivers To FCC's Cross-Ownership Rule (December 1, 2007)
FCC Chief Still Standing, if on Shifting Ground (November 29, 2007)
FCC Chair Forced to Compromise on Cable Regulation (November 28, 2007)
Discovery Hopes for Payoff on Crime Channel (November 27, 2007)
FCC Could Extend Reach To Cable TV (November 27, 2007)
Rock Study (November 19, 2007)
Calif. Court Rejects SUV Mileage Rules (November 16, 2007)
Web Sites Tear Down That Wall (November 16, 2007)
FCC Chief Offers New Plan on Cross-Ownership (November 14, 2007)
FCC Moves to Place Restrictions on Cable TV (November 12, 2007)
Post Co.'s Graham and Wife to Separate (November 10, 2007)
Diller to Split His Conglomerate 5 Ways (November 6, 2007)
Changing of the Guard At Time Warner (November 6, 2007)
Advertising Slump Sends Post Co. Profit Down Slightly (November 2, 2007)
Critics Turn Out To Protest Media Consolidation (November 1, 2007)
Graham Gives $77 Million In Post Co. Stock to His Wife (October 31, 2007)
Brijit Cuts Magazine Pile Down to Bite-Size Pieces (October 29, 2007)
Apple in a Fight for Rights to TV Shows (October 25, 2007)
Change Is Tough, but Necessary, AOL Chief Says (October 22, 2007)
Discovery Gets Into Online Search Business in $250 Million Deal (October 16, 2007)
Targeting Female Viewers, NBC to Buy Oxygen Media (October 10, 2007)
Forsee: WiMaxed Out (October 9, 2007)
Graham Converts Block of Post Co. Stock (October 6, 2007)
With Video, Music Piracy on the Rise, NBC Chief Calls for Tougher Penalties (October 3, 2007)
GM, Union Agree on Contract to End Strike (September 27, 2007)
Ripples Felt Beyond GM On 2nd Day Of Strike (September 26, 2007)
Workers At GM Walk Off The Job (September 25, 2007)
Discovery Closer to Going Public (September 22, 2007)
Reaching His Prime Time in Afghanistan (September 14, 2007)
Tribune Co. Buyout Advances (August 22, 2007)
Music-Selling Rivals Take Aim at iTunes (August 22, 2007)
For Wall Street's Math Brains, Miscalculations (August 21, 2007)
Murdoch Says the Gain of Buying The Journal Was Worth the Pain (August 10, 2007)
Discovery Brings Green to the Masses (August 6, 2007)
Post Co. Profit Declines 12.6% (August 4, 2007)
For Dow Jones, A Ticket to Take On the World (August 2, 2007)
Murdoch Seizes Wall St. Journal In $5 Billion Coup (August 1, 2007)
Bancrofts May Vote by Monday on Murdoch's Offer for Dow Jones (July 28, 2007)
Dow Keeps Tumbling Despite Good News (July 28, 2007)
Suddenly, Going Down On Wall Street (July 27, 2007)
Tribune, Times Co. Profits Keep Falling (July 26, 2007)
City Paper Sold to Tampa Alt-Weekly Group (July 25, 2007)
Owners of Dow Jones Convene to Vote on Bid (July 24, 2007)
Redstone Family Feud Goes Public (July 21, 2007)
Dow Jones Director Resigns Over Bid (July 20, 2007)
Dow Jones Director Under SEC Probe (July 19, 2007)
One-Time Gains Lift Gannett's Profit (July 19, 2007)
Dow Jones Board Sends Murdoch Deal to Bancrofts (July 18, 2007)
IHOP Adds Applebee's To Menu (July 17, 2007)
Dow Jones, Murdoch Reach a Deal (July 17, 2007)
In Push for Local Readers, Post Unleashes LoudounExtra.com (July 16, 2007)
Labor Board Backs Union in Post Dispute (July 13, 2007)
Record Session On Wall Street (July 13, 2007)
News Corp. to Launch Rival to CNBC (July 12, 2007)
Geico Goes Cruising for Motorcyclists In Cyberspace (July 2, 2007)
Journal, Murdoch Agree on Oversight (June 29, 2007)
FDA Halts Imports Of Some Chinese Seafood (June 29, 2007)
Dow Jones, Murdoch Agree On Shield for Wall St. Journal (June 27, 2007)
Dow Jones, Murdoch Near Agreement on Journal Board (June 26, 2007)
Sale Talks Between News Corp., Dow Jones Hinge on Bancrofts' Buffer Demands (June 25, 2007)
No Firm Evidence on How Murdoch Would Run Journal (June 23, 2007)
Dow Jones Board Takes Over Negotiations With News Corp. (June 21, 2007)
Murdoch Talking With Yahoo About Swap for MySpace (June 20, 2007)
Gone in 30 Seconds (June 16, 2007)
Bancrofts Warm to Murdoch's Offer (June 13, 2007)
Betting Against Tony? Fuhgeddaboudit. (June 8, 2007)
Philadelphia Publisher Confirms Interest in Bidding for Dow Jones (June 8, 2007)
Journalists Seek Murdoch Alternatives (June 6, 2007)
Murdoch, Dow Jones's Bancrofts Meet to Discuss Paper's Autonomy (June 5, 2007)
Broadcasters Win Appeal Of FCC's Profanity Ruling (June 5, 2007)
Wall St. Journal Owners to Consider Sale (June 1, 2007)
CBS Buys Web Site That Shares Music For Social Networking (May 31, 2007)
A Brushback Pitch for Sports Card Legend (May 26, 2007)
Discovery, CBS in Talks on Times Channel (May 22, 2007)
General Electric Finds 'Plastics' Has the Ring of the Past (May 19, 2007)
Discovery Rechannels Assets (May 18, 2007)
Cerberus's Sharp-Toothed Ways (May 15, 2007)
Put It Out, Shweetheart (May 11, 2007)
For Clues to a Murdoch-Owned Journal, Look to London (May 10, 2007)
Reuters, Thomson Lay Out Merger Details (May 9, 2007)
Questionable Play on Dow Jones (May 9, 2007)
Canadian Market-Data Firm Makes Offer for Reuters (May 5, 2007)
Post Co. Profit Falls 16% in First Quarter (May 5, 2007)
Behind Murdoch's Journal Bid (May 4, 2007)
Digital Billboards That Turn Your Head (May 3, 2007)
Dow Jones Rejects Murdoch's Offer (May 3, 2007)
Murdoch Bids for Wall Street Journal (May 2, 2007)
Annapolis Newspaper Swapped for Washingtonian (April 26, 2007)
Chandlers Finally Get to Cash Out Tribune Stake (April 26, 2007)
Toyota Topples The King (April 25, 2007)
FCC Seeks To Rein In Violent TV Shows (April 24, 2007)
Alec Baldwin Makes the Wrong Call (April 21, 2007)
Newspapers Report Drop in Ad Revenue (April 20, 2007)
Despite Drop in CD Sales, Music Industry Is Upbeat (April 18, 2007)
Mexico's Slim, No. 2 in Fat City (April 13, 2007)
Static Gets Louder for CBS Radio (April 13, 2007)
Advertisers Pull Out of Imus Show (April 11, 2007)
Discovery Lays Off D.C. Area Workers (April 10, 2007)
Zell Wants End to Web's Free Ride (April 7, 2007)
Disney's Theme Weddings Come True for Gay Couples (April 7, 2007)
N.Y. Times Investors Urged to Protest Board (April 6, 2007)
Zell in Talks With Geffen On Deal for L.A. Times (April 5, 2007)
New Tune for the 'Grave Dancer' (April 3, 2007)
Chicago Magnate To Control Tribune (April 3, 2007)
Post Offers Rewards Program (March 30, 2007)
Broad, Burkle Up Offer for Tribune Co. (March 30, 2007)
Tribune Co. Board Pressured to Accept Zell's Bid (March 29, 2007)
On Paper, Time Puts an End to Life (March 27, 2007)
Post Co. Nominates Bollinger as Director (March 24, 2007)
Web Celeb Rag Scores Big (March 24, 2007)
NBC, News Corp. Join to Take More Control of Web Video (March 23, 2007)
Post to Put Ad on First Page of Sports Section (March 17, 2007)
More Money, Less Booty For BET (March 16, 2007)
Viacom Sues YouTube Over Copyright (March 14, 2007)
CBS Plans Foray Into Film With New Studio (March 8, 2007)
Big Profits in Small Packages (March 8, 2007)
Buffett Pessimistic About Newspapers (March 3, 2007)
Gannett To Buy 2 Tribune Co. Newspapers (March 2, 2007)
Post Co.'s Quarterly Profit Falls, but Revenue Rises (March 1, 2007)
In the Same Orbit, but on Different Planets (February 21, 2007)
Chandlers' Interest in L.A. Times Now Strictly Business (February 17, 2007)
Radio Station Hopes Green Becomes Gold (February 12, 2007)
NBC Universal to Replace Chief Executive as It Downsizes, Refocuses (February 5, 2007)
N.Y. Times Family Leaves Morgan Stanley (February 3, 2007)
N.Y. Times Co. Profit Down on Falling Value of Boston Globe (February 1, 2007)
$2 Million Airtime, $13 Ad (January 31, 2007)
A Newspapering Adventure (January 29, 2007)
Murdoch Joins Tribune Bid As Way to Boost N.Y. Post (January 25, 2007)
Which Comes First -- the Programming or the Sets? (January 21, 2007)
Tribune Bidders Chart Three Divergent Paths (January 19, 2007)
Time Inc. to Eliminate Nearly 300 Magazine Jobs (January 19, 2007)
No Bidders Announced for Tribune Co. (January 18, 2007)
Area Readers Get the Joke (January 18, 2007)
Post Web Site Is Publishing Reporter's Novel as a Serial (January 17, 2007)
Newspaper Ownership Is Turning The Page (January 16, 2007)
Newspaper-TV Marriage Shows Signs of Strain (January 11, 2007)
Chandlers Had Eye On Assets Of Tribune (December 14, 2006)
Post Co. Sells Technology Magazines And FOSE Show to California Firm (December 9, 2006)
A Newspaper Chain Sees Its Future, And It's Online and Hyper-Local (December 4, 2006)
A Start-Up Fueled by Star Power (November 29, 2006)
Tribune Co. Rejects Consortium Inquiry About Baltimore Sun (November 28, 2006)
Miller's AOL Innovation Speeded His Demise (November 18, 2006)
Discovery Appoints New Chief (November 17, 2006)
Clear Channel Sale to End Era (November 17, 2006)
NBC Veteran To Replace AOL Chief In Shake-Up (November 16, 2006)
Fun to Be Boring And Bumming (November 12, 2006)
Newspapers Know No End To Turmoil (November 9, 2006)
L.A. Times Editor Fired as Tribune Co. Remakes Itself (November 8, 2006)
Gannett To Change Its Papers' Approach (November 7, 2006)
Google to Try Selling Advertisements for Newspapers (November 6, 2006)
A Wikipedia Of Secrets (November 5, 2006)
Nielsen Puts Off Tallying TV Ads (November 4, 2006)
Cross-Ownership Muddies Tribune Sale (November 3, 2006)
AOL's Revenue Drops 3 Percent (November 2, 2006)
With Tribune on Block, L.A. Times Circulation Down 8% (October 31, 2006)
Don't Give Up the Flagship (October 29, 2006)
Sun Joins a Growing List of Papers That Investors Aim to Take Private (October 27, 2006)
Music Store Cold War (October 22, 2006)
NBC Taking Big Step Back From Television (October 20, 2006)
New Law Cripples Internet Gambling (October 14, 2006)
Scandal Grows Over Backdating Of Options (October 12, 2006)
Campaign Finds a Powerful Friend in MySpace (October 10, 2006)
'Puppets' Emerge as Internet's Effective, and Deceptive, Salesmen (October 7, 2006)
Steps and Stumbles For Cellphone Screens (October 1, 2006)
Hollywood Says Piracy Has Ripple Effect (September 29, 2006)
Staff at Baltimore Sun Presses Tribune CEO (September 27, 2006)
Tribune Empire Could Crumble (September 26, 2006)
New-Media Richcraft Invites Priceless Comparisons (September 24, 2006)
Bosom Buddies, Redefined (September 24, 2006)
The Super-Rich Get Richer: Forbes 400 Are All Billionaires (September 22, 2006)
FCC Wireless Auction Could Open Up Airwaves (September 19, 2006)
The Lessons of 'Lonelygirl': We Can Be Fooled, And We Probably Don't Care (September 17, 2006)
Movie Downloads, Coming Soon to An IPod Near You (September 12, 2006)
Defining Reliability In a Wild Wiki World (September 10, 2006)
When a Stranger Calls, Beware of The Pretext (September 9, 2006)
Court Suspends Enforcement of Indecency Ruling (September 8, 2006)
Apple Nears Deal for Feature Films on IPod (September 7, 2006)
Viacom CEO Is Ousted Over Stock Slump (September 6, 2006)
Fox's Digital Empire, Going Up Floor by Floor (August 22, 2006)
Pausing The Panic (August 20, 2006)
Videos That Explain Life but Leave The Verifying to You (August 20, 2006)
Time Warner to Adjust Profit Again (August 18, 2006)
FCC Queries TV Stations On Video News Releases (August 15, 2006)
A Welcome Voice of Inexperience (August 13, 2006)
Viacom's MTV Unit Buys Atom Entertainment for Its Film, Gaming Web Sites (August 10, 2006)
Competition, Lower Ratings Hurt Radio One Profit (August 8, 2006)
It's on Wikipedia, So It Must Be True (August 6, 2006)
Washington Post Co. Reports Flat Profit After Newspaper Buyouts (August 5, 2006)
Discovery CEO McHale To Surrender the Reins (August 2, 2006)
A Home For Quick Hits (July 30, 2006)
From Maher to Movie To Amazon Magic? (July 28, 2006)
TV Industry Unites On Viewer Education (July 25, 2006)
Networks' Nervous Foray Online (July 23, 2006)
Disney to Reorganize Its Lagging Movie Studios (July 20, 2006)
Protecting a Senator? Or Just Enforcing Copyright Law? (July 16, 2006)
The Nearly Personal Touch (July 15, 2006)
Six-Figure Fines For Four-Letter Words Worry Broadcasters (July 11, 2006)
Death by Wikipedia: The Kenneth Lay Chronicles (July 9, 2006)
The Buccaneer's Brand (July 5, 2006)
Adoration of the Adorable Raises the Cuteness Factor: Pups, Hedgehogs and More (July 2, 2006)
