Advertising: GE Capital Puts on a Lending Roadshow

A six-month bus tour, along with a Web site sponsored by Slate.com, is meant to promote lending to midsize businesses.

    

The Media Equation: For Media Moguls, Paydays That Outstrip Other Fields

Leaders in other industries may be well paid, but they earn far less than their media counterparts.

    

Alaskan Media Battle Pits KTUU and Cable Rival

A telecommunications company’s bid to offer TV content raises questions about fairness and monopoly.

    

Comcast Posts 17% Increase in Net Income

The earnings were partly the result of higher cable bills for 72 percent of Comcast’s subscribers.

    

Obama Fund-Raiser Is Likely Pick to Lead F.C.C.

President Obama is expected to nominate Tom Wheeler, who has been a lobbyist and venture capitalist in the telecommunications industry, to head the Federal Communications Commission.

    

Plouffe, Ex-Obama Adviser, Joins Bloomberg Television

David Plouffe, manager of President Obama’s 2008 election, will also serve as a strategic consultant to the network.

    

‘Saturday Night Live’ Archives Moving to Yahoo

The Internet company signed a deal for exclusive streaming rights to past episodes of “Saturday Night Live” to gain an edge in a small market for digital video advertising.

    

Media Decoder: NBCUniversal Plans an ‘Upfront’ for Its Digital Properties

The decision to hold a stand-alone event reflected the company’s emphasis on interactive entertainment, including chats and playing along with a game show at home.

    

Who Can Save the ‘Today’ Show?

How a toxic clash of personalities cost NBC’s “Today” its No. 1 ranking. Matt Lauer may yet lead the show back to the top spot, but the morning is tougher now than ever.

    

Aereo Has TV Networks Circling the Wagons

Aereo denies stations the fees cable operators pay to retransmit their signals, so networks are determined to shut it down — even, they say, if they have to go cable-only.

    

Aereo Wins a Battle, and Broadcasters Are Distressed

An appeals court ruled in favor of the Internet streaming start-up’s system to avoid retransmission fees.

Supreme Court Rejects Antritust Suit Against Comcast

The Supreme Court majority said that the group that brought the lawsuit was not cohesive enough to have suffered measurable, common damages.

Call to Cooper of CNN Hints at a Shift for ‘Today’

An NBC executive is said to have asked Anderson Cooper if he would consider taking Matt Lauer’s job as co-host on the “Today” show, which has slumped in the ratings.

‘Tonight’ Show Expected to Return to New York, With Fallon

An always-fractious changing of the guard on the late-night show will this time be accompanied by a change of scenery.

Advertising: ABC Works on an App for Live Streaming Shows to Mobile Devices

The app, which would stream programming to the phones and tablets of cable and satellite subscribers, could become available to some subscribers this year.

The Media Equation: Barry Diller’s Aereo Service Challenges Cable Television

Aereo, a start-up backed by Barry Diller that captures broadcast signals to be streamed online, is sowing chaos in the cable television business.

Advertising: ‘Today’ Show Anchor Lauer Jokes About Low Ratings

At NBCUniversal’s annual presentation to advertisers, Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie made a few jokes about the show’s weakened ratings.

News Corp. Has a Tablet for Schools

The Amplify, a 10-inch Android tablet for kindergartners through 12th graders, will come with the company’s education curriculum, which can also be used on other devices.

Webdenda: Accounts and People of Note in the Advertising Industry

Kim Corrigan joined the New York office of Rosetta, part of the Publicis Groupe, in a new post, partner in the health care vertical.