Comments on: Fisher acquires Pegasus: Brilliant! http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/fisher-acquires-pegasus-brilliant/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:26:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Smart Buy for Fisher and Mel Taylor’s Blog | Mike Sechrist http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/fisher-acquires-pegasus-brilliant/#comment-51074 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:42:22 +0000 http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/fisher-acquires-pegasus-brilliant/#comment-51074 [...]  The editing of a single word from this 60’s Buffalo Springfield hit pretty much summarizes what’s going on in the broadcast world today as we are barraged with more evidence of significant changes in our industry but get little time to “…look what’s going down.”  The announcement Fisher Communications bought PegasusNews.com is a welcome sign of a company with local broadcasting stations that is looking beyond trying to do business as usual on the web.  Both Terry Heaton and Lost Remote have stories.  Terry has been a big fan of Pegasus ever since moving to Dallas and here is the big “take” on this story as far as I’m concerned.  Fisher which operates 12 full power and 7 low power television stations in the Northwest just bought themselves a media company in Dallas for, and I’m just guessing here, a lot less than what an established station would go for even in today’s climate.  Smart move. [...] […]  The editing of a single word from this 60’s Buffalo Springfield hit pretty much summarizes what’s going on in the broadcast world today as we are barraged with more evidence of significant changes in our industry but get little time to “…look what’s going down.”  The announcement Fisher Communications bought PegasusNews.com is a welcome sign of a company with local broadcasting stations that is looking beyond trying to do business as usual on the web.  Both Terry Heaton and Lost Remote have stories.  Terry has been a big fan of Pegasus ever since moving to Dallas and here is the big “take” on this story as far as I’m concerned.  Fisher which operates 12 full power and 7 low power television stations in the Northwest just bought themselves a media company in Dallas for, and I’m just guessing here, a lot less than what an established station would go for even in today’s climate.  Smart move. […]

]]> by: tdc http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/fisher-acquires-pegasus-brilliant/#comment-50804 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:10:10 +0000 http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/fisher-acquires-pegasus-brilliant/#comment-50804 as i posted elsewhere... 'F'in fantastic!' refreshing to see that some are making an INVESTMENT in the future instead of trying to ignore it. as i posted elsewhere… ‘F’in fantastic!’

refreshing to see that some are making an INVESTMENT in the future instead of trying to ignore it.

]]> by: Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » A few business notes http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/fisher-acquires-pegasus-brilliant/#comment-50744 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:36:51 +0000 http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/fisher-acquires-pegasus-brilliant/#comment-50744 [...] 2. Fisher acquires Pegasus: Brilliant! Terry Heaton reports that Seattle’s Fisher Communications (owner of radio and TV stations in the Pacific Northwest) has picked up the Dallas-based hyperlocal site Pegasus and plans on spreading the concept. Compare and contrast to the recent failure of Backfence, dissected here by founder Mark Potts. [...] […] 2. Fisher acquires Pegasus: Brilliant! Terry Heaton reports that Seattle’s Fisher Communications (owner of radio and TV stations in the Pacific Northwest) has picked up the Dallas-based hyperlocal site Pegasus and plans on spreading the concept. Compare and contrast to the recent failure of Backfence, dissected here by founder Mark Potts. […]

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