MCN Newswire: Cable Stocks Rally With Market; Gunman in Roanoke Journalist Slayings Dead
Top Stories - August 27, 2015
Stocks Climb as Market Rallies The Dow Jones Industrial Average crawled back into positive territory Wednesday, finishing the trading session up 619 points and taking cable stocks along for the ride. more
Reporter, Cameraman Killed During On-Air Interview The gunman in the killing of two Roanoke, Va., journalists live on-air yesterday morning died in the afternoon of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. more
RELATED: WDBJ Shootings Prompt Clinton Call for Tougher Gun Laws Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said her heart ached over the murder of two TV station journalists "just doing their job" and, like a number of others, used the shootings of a WDBJ TV Roanoke reporter and cameraman to pivot toward calls for action on gun control. more
Dish: Sinclair Blackout Due to Content Aspirations Dish Network claims that its most recent retransmission-consent dispute with Sinclair Broadcast Group hinges on the station owner's desire to start its own pay TV channel. more
RELATED: Sinclair Signals Go Dark on Dish Sinclair stations went dark to Dish subscribers Tuesday after an Aug. 16 short-term contract extension failed to resolve the two companies' carriage impasse. more