USA Cycling announced today the creation of a new professional cross country mountain bike series designed to recognize the top off-road racers in America. The USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour presented by Sho-Air (ProXCT) will consist of

Earlier this week, the ARRL received a request from the FCC asking that ARRL members to provide technical educational assistance to their communities concerning the FCC-mandated digital television (DTV) conversion scheduled for February 17, 2009.

Registration remains open through Sunday, December 21, 2008, for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, January 2, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1, Radio Frequency Interference, Antenna Design and Construction, Technician License Course, Analog Electronics and Digital Electronics.

Former Wisconsin Section Manager Roy A. Pedersen, K9FHI, passed away on December 3 from lung cancer. He was 84. Pedersen served as Section Manager from 1973-1984 and from 1996-1999. First licensed as KN9FHI in 1961, he loved camping and visiting

Nobel Laureate George Smoot has been appointed director of a new cosmology institute in South Korea that will work closely with the year-old Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics to explore the origin and fate of the universe.

Cal senior center Alex Mack was named winner of the 2008 Draddy Trophy as the nation's top football scholar-athlete during a ceremony in New York Tuesday night. The Draddy Trophy, also referred to as the "Academic Heisman," is one of

Published:December 10, 2008Paper Released:September 2008Authors:Christopher S. Armstrong, Mary E. Barth, Alan D. Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl Executive Summary: How do investors in European firms react to a change in financial reporting? Prior to 2005, most European firms applied domestic

SYDNEY, Australia - Fairfax Media Ltd., publisher of the Sydney Morning Herald, on Wednesday named Brian McCarthy as chief executive, an appointment that was expected after the previous CEO resigned in the face of shrinking advertising revenue and a collapsing

New York Times Co. said it is negotiating with lenders over coming debt payments and plans to borrow less next year as 2009 shapes up to be "among the most challenging years we have faced."The newspaper publisher's disclosure Tuesday came

Not even Jay Leno, NBC's new 10 p.m. star, is particularly enthusiastic about the network's prime-time prospects.Executives Tuesday confirmed reports that they have locked Mr. Leno into a new contract and a new prime-time slot, as host of "The Jay

Dec. 10--In an industry that trades on bad news, America's newspapers have become the subject this year of some of their own gloomiest headlines. This week the Tribune Co., which publishes two of the nation's most august newspapers, the Los

SAN FRANCISCO - Google has added a magazine rack to its Internet search engine. As part of its quest to corral more content published on paper, Google Inc. has made digital copies of more than 1 million articles from magazines

On the same day that Sam Zell's heavily leveraged $8.2 billion deal to take Tribune Co. private closed late last year, a federal judge in New York delayed sentencing of those involved in a local newspaper circulation scam, wondering aloud

DirecTV Group Inc. said Tuesday that although it remained bullish about 2009, hiring would be frozen and all but the most crucial capital projects would be suspended as visibility on the economy stayed poor.The nation's largest satellite TV provider also

Angered by Chicago Tribune editorials, Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich tried to get members of the newspaper's editorial board fired, promising in exchange to support lucrative state financial assistance in the sale of Wrigley Field -- part of the cash-strapped

It's a tougher time for newspapers, but Craig Dubow, Gannett's chairman, president and CEO, has a basic answer for the continued existence of newspapers: consumers will always need content and advertisers will need to reach them. As for why newspapers

In the world of social networking, it's time for AOL's big debut, and there's a lot of money riding on the outcome.3 social-media Web site by unique visitors, which has yet to gain a foothold in the U.S. and has

Retirement savings of Tribune Co. employees appear to have emerged largely unscathed after the media company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing Monday. But the filing highlights the risks of plans that invest employee savings into company stock.

RICHMOND, Va. - Media General Inc., which publishes the Richmond Times-Dispatch and other newspapers, said Wednesday it has reached new terms with lenders, giving it breathing room as its peers continue to contend with high debt and weak ad prospects.