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• 04.07.2012 Posted In: Media

  Philadelphia Weekly adds Isaac Friese and Billy Holton to account team

  Philadelphia Weekly announced the addition of the Isaac Friese and Billy Holton as Account Executives to its sales and marketing team. Read More

• 04.02.2012 Posted In: Media

  Local business investors purchase Philadelphia Media Network

  Convinced that a great city requires great newspapers, a group of local business leaders today announced their purchase of Philadelphia Media Network (PMN), the parent company of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com, the region’s largest and most popular online news source. Read More

• 03.21.2012 Posted In: Media

  CBS 3/CW PHILLY phone bank raises $1 million for Ronald McDonald House Charities®

  CBS 3 and The CW Philly 57’s annual Ronald McDonald House Charities Phone Bank, a five hour on-air fundraiser for one of the Delaware Valley’s most beloved charities, set a new record tonight by raising nearly $1 million through contributions from viewers and corporate sponsors. This year’s total, $969,384, far exceeded last year’s donations of $610,350. Read More

• 03.20.2012 Posted In: Media

  Philadelphia Inquirer team wins inaugural Weiss Award for Investigative Journalism

  An immersive, multimedia investigation of violence and unsafe learning conditions within Philadelphia public schools has earned a team of reporters from the Philadelphia Inquirer a $10,000 prize and the inaugural Weiss Award for Investigative Journalism. Read More

• 02.22.2012 Posted In: Media

  Comcast Launches New Streaming Video Service: Xfinity Streampix™

  Comcast announced the launch of Xfinity Streampix™, a new subscription video service that enables Xfinity video customers to instantly view favorite movies and TV shows in and out of the home, including numerous past seasons of current hit shows and full series, to multiple screens and devices including TVs (as a subscription On Demand folder), online platforms and mobile devices. Read More

• 02.21.2012 Posted In: Media

  Comcast SportsNet adds Gregg Murphy to Phillies broadcast team

  Comcast SportsNet announced that the network’s anchor/reporter Gregg Murphy has been added to the Phillies broadcast team as a field reporter for the 2012 season. Murphy will join Tom McCarthy, Gary Matthews and Chris Wheeler, beginning with Comcast SportsNet’s broadcast of the Saturday, March 3rd Spring Training game featuring the Phillies and Yankees. Read More

• 02.06.2012 Posted In: Media

  Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, SportsRadio 94WIP and Philadelphia Phillies announce broadcast rights agreement beginning with 2012 season

  The Philadelphia Phillies and CBS RADIO’s Talk Radio 1210 WPHT and SportsRadio 94WIP today announced a multi-year broadcast partnership for live play-by-play coverage of Phils pre-season, regular season and post-season games. The new agreement begins in February 2012 with live coverage of the team’s spring training camp from Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida. Read More

• 02.01.2012 Posted In: Media

  CBS 3 and the Franklin Institute announce weather partnership

  CBS 3, Philadelphia’s first television station, and The Franklin Institute, Pennsylvania’s most visited museum, announced a long-term partnership that will make Channel 3 the official weather station of The Institute, according to Jon Hitchcock, President and General Manager of CBS 3 and The CW Philly 57, and Dennis Wint, President and CEO of The Franklin Institute. Both organizations also announced that they will be collaborators in weather science educational efforts locally. Read More

• 02.01.2012 Posted In: Media

  Former Philadelphia Eagles Running Back Brian Westbrook joins 97.5 The Fanatic

  97.5 The Fanatic announces former Philadelphia Eagles Running Back Brian Westbrook has been added to the station’s on air, year-round football coverage. Westbrook will be a regular football contributor on 97.5 The Fanatic. He will be heavily involved with the station's coverage of the NFL Draft, Training Camp and throughout the season starting in September. Read More

• 02.01.2012 Posted In: Media

  Comcast SportsNet celebrates Black History Month with feature profiles

  Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia celebrates Black History Month with feature profiles of prominent members of our sports community discussing the impact race has had on sports, plus the personal struggles of local sports heroes. Black History Month on Comcast SportsNet is presented by Toyota. Read More