Finance Execs Face Full Plate Of Challenges
Broadcasting CFOs and others concerned with the bottom line are busier than ever. Their hot-button issues — many of which will be addressed next week at the annual meeting of Media Financial Management Association — include: the changing network-affiliate relationship; the FCC’s attempt to recover stations’ spectrum; the development of mobile DTV; the volatile, choppy economic recovery; the M&A outlook; and figuring out how to deal with the relaxed credit terms that were extended to advertisers as a means of bolstering revenue during the lean years.
MFM To Honor 11 At Annual Conference
At Media Finance Focus 2011 (May 15-17 in Atlanta), the MFM and its BCCA subsidiary will recognize 11 industry executives who have aided the organization, made significant contributions to the media industries and inspired others. The award recipients: William Fitzsimmons, Michael Denson, Robin Szabo, Dwight Delapenha, Robert Amos, William Waters, Dean Rohrbaugh, George Stella, Wanda Borges, Bruce Nathan and Peter Gallo.
