BNET Industries
Market Cap:$146.9M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$173.7M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Television & Radio Broadcasting Stations Owner & Operator
Number of Employees 776
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Radio Stations: 515112
Recent Events
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Radio/TV stations' Q3 auto revenue improves ahead of Toyota’s $1B Q4 ad blitz
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Fisher TV Revenues Fall 8 Percent
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Q3 Radio Revenue Roundup
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SpotCrime Partners with Nexstar Broadcasting
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Fisher Communications Selects BoardVantage
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Fisher Communications Launches AccuScore Sports Forecasting
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Fisher Communications and Zooppa.com Host User-Generated Video Competition
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Fisher TV Revenue Slides 26%
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Fisher, DISH Network settle broadcast dispute
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Retrans Feuds Ease Up
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Settlement gives DISH viewers KATU access
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WorldNow Signs New Client Fisher
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Fisher Communications Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Bishop Cheen - Wells Fargo. Bishop Cheen - Wells Fargo First of all on the fire we are very glad that it was not worse or tragic. I know it is expensive but looking at the glass half full...
Fisher Communications, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you Operator instructions And your first question will come from the line of Bishop Cheen with Wachovia. Please proceed. Bishop Cheen – Wachovia Hi, Colleen, Joe, Rob; thank you for taking the question. Let me focus first on the balance sheet. I won’t take long, as...
Fisher Communications Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instruction. And we will pause for a moment to compile a list of questions. And your first question comes from the line of Bishop Cheen of Wachovia. Bishop Cheen - Wachovia Hi. Everyone. How are you? Colleen Brown Hi, Bishop. Bishop Cheen - Wachovia Thanks for...
Radio Industry: Off-Air Revenue Soars, Despite Overall Slump
Marketing Charts submits: Off-Air (non-spot) revenue has surpassed last year’s midyear forecast by the Radio Advertising Bureau [RAB], and is expected to approach $2B by the end of 2008 - nearly a full year ahead of the projected timeline, the RAB reported. At 9% of...
Fisher Board of Directors Recommends Approval of Fisher Communications, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
At the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders of Fisher Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSCI) (the "Company"), scheduled to be held on April 30, 2008, shareholders will vote on the approval of the Fisher Communications, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2008 Plan"), among other items. The 2008 Plan is the...
Fisher Communications, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Bishop Cheen. Please proceed. Bishop Cheen Collen and Mae, thank you for the very helpful update. How are you? Colleen Brown Good. How are you Bishop? Bishop Cheen I'm okay for a guy, in...
Fisher Communications Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from the line of Bishop Cheen with Wachovia. Please proceed. Bishop Cheen - Wachovia Thank you for taking the question. Hi, Colleen. Hi, Mae. Colleen Brown Hi, Bishop. Bishop Cheen - Wachovia Thank you for the very comprehensive summary. Let me...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Benjamin W Tucker | CEO |
| Colleen B. Brown | CEO |
| David Hillard | CFO, Senior Vice President & Assistant Secretary |
| Joe Lovejoy | Acting CFO |
| Christopher J. Bellavia | General Counsel, Secretary & Senior Vice President |
| Rob Dunlop | Senior Vice President, Operations |
| Hassan N. Natha | Principal Accounting Officer & Vice President, Finance |
| John N. Tamerlano | Vice President, Sales |
| Karen Aliabadi | Vice President, HR |
| Nancy Bruner | Vice President, Interactive Networks |
| Randa Minkarah | Vice President, Market Dev |
| Troy A. McGuire | Vice President, News & Programming |
| Kirk G Anderson | |
| Paul A. Bible | * |
| Brian P. McAndrews | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Michael D. Wortsman | Chair of Board |
| David A. Lorber | Board of Directors |
| Deborah L. Bevier | Board of Directors |
| Donald G. Graham | Board of Directors |
| George F. Warren | Board of Directors |
| Richard L. Hawley | Board of Directors |
| William W. Warren Jr. | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Fisher Communications Inc. | President | Current |
| MEDIA2EYE, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Ms. Brown has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Fisher Communications, Inc. since October 2005. She was elected as a director on October 26, 2006. From 2004 to 2005, Ms. Brown was President and owner of Aberdeen Media Corporation, an entrepreneurial venture founded to pursue opportunities in the U.S. television market. Ms. Brown served as Senior Vice President at Belo Corp. from 2000 to 2003 and as President of the broadcast group for Lee Enterprises, Incorporated from 1998 to 2000. Ms. Brown served in various senior management capacities at Gannett Co., Inc.’s broadcasting operations from 1980 to 1998.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Fisher Communications Inc. | President | Current |
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Belo Corp. | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | CFO, Senior Vice President & Assistant Secretary | Current |
Mr. Lovejoy was appointed Chief Financial Officer on June 2, 2008. Mr. Lovejoy has been a Sr. Vice President of the Company since December 2006, responsible for strategic planning, financial analysis and business development. He has held positions at the Company including Sr. Vice President Media Operations and Vice President of the 100+ Group and Strategic Planning. From April 2004 to January 2006, Mr. Lovejoy was the Company’s Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. Mr. Lovejoy was a Vice President at Duff & Phelps LLC from September 2001 to March 2004. He worked in the financial advisory services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from April 1997 to September 2001.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Acting CFO | Current |
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Senior Vice President, Media Operations | Current |
Before joining Fisher, Mr. Bellavia, a 1994 Cornell Law School graduate, was an attorney with Washington Mutual, Inc. where he worked on corporate governance, securities and transactional matters, and treasury and finance support. Prior to that, he practiced law in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati where he represented large and small technology companies and venture capital firms on corporate and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | General Counsel, Secretary & Senior Vice President | Current |
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Secretary & Vice President | Former |
Mr. Dunlop became Sr. Vice President of Operations on August 31, 2007. Mr. Dunlop has held various positions with the Company since 1991, including Sr. Vice President Developing Media. From 1998 to April 2006, Mr. Dunlop served as Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s Seattle radio operations.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Senior Vice President, Operations | Current |
| Fisher Broadcasting Company | Vice President & General Manager, FRS | Former |
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Vice President, Development Media | Former |
Mr. Natha joined the Company as Vice President, Finance in November 2008 and was appointed Principal Accounting Officer in December 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Natha served as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Jones Soda Co., a beverage company until 2008. Before joining Jones Soda, Mr. Natha served as an associate with COF Selections, a professional CFO services firm from August 2005 to January 2006, a principal of B2BCFO, a CFO professional services firm, from March 2003 to July 2005, and Chief Financial officer of Washington Gaming Inc., a private real estate and gaming company, from January 2002 to December 2002. From October 2000 to December 2001, he served as senior manager of Accenture Inc. Mr. Natha is a Certified Public Accountant and received a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Concordia University and a Graduate Diploma of Public Accountancy from McGill University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Principal Accounting Officer & Vice President, Finance | Current |
Mr. Tamerlano was appointed Vice President Sales on August 9, 2007. He is also the Vice President and General Manager of KATU-TV (ABC) and KUNP-TV (Univision) in Portland, Oregon. Throughout Mr. Tamerlano’s 28-year career in broadcasting, he has gained extensive experience in broadcast sales. He has held sales management positions in the Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Portland markets, and had a strong sales career at Emmis, Lee Enterprises, and Gannett. Mr. Tamerlano joined Fisher in 2005.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Vice President, Sales | Current |
Ms. Aliabadi was appointed Vice President Human Resources of the Company on February 26, 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Aliabadi was the Chief Administrative Officer for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle from 2000 to 2007.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Vice President, HR | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Vice President, Interactive Networks | Current |
Ms. Minkarah became Vice President Business Development on March 1, 2009. Prior to that, she most recently served as the Vice President Market Development for the Company. From August 2002 to September 2007, Ms. Minkarah was the General Sales Manager for KOMO-TV, the Company’s flagship television station. Before joining the Company, she was Director of Sales for KTVX-TV (Salt Lake City), KCPQ/KTWB (Seattle) and WFTC-TV (Minneapolis).
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Vice President, Market Dev | Current |
Mr. McGuire joined the Company on January 2, 2007 as Vice President News and Programming. He is also the Vice President News and General Manager of Fisher Interactive Network. Mr. McGuire was with “The Daily Buzz”, a national syndicated morning show, from 2004 to December 2006. Prior to that, he was the News Director at KPTV, a Fox affiliate in Portland, Oregon.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Vice President, News & Programming | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | * | Current |
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Mr. Wortsman was elected as a director July 26, 2007. Mr. Wortsman is currently a private investor focusing on television content and feature film production. He is Senior Managing Partner of Frontera Productions LLC. He was President of Univision Television Group, the leading Spanish Language Media company in the United States from 1997 until the companies sale in April 2007 to a consortium of five Private Equity firms. Before joining Univision as Executive Vice President corporate Development in 1993, Mr. Wortsman held various Executive Positions at ABC, FOX and NBC owned Television and radio stations.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Chair of Board | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| aQuantive, Inc. | President & CEO | Current |
| Affiliate 2 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Nacdnw | President and CEO | Current |
| Microsoft Corporation | Head, Advertiser and Publisher Solutions (APS) Group | Current |
| Blue Nile, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| aQuantive, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Nacdnw | Board of Directors | Current |
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Director | Current |
| ABC Sports, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| ABC Sports, Inc. | General Manager | Former |
| General Mills, Inc. | Product Manager | Former |
| Gen Mills, Inc. | Former | |
| Blue Nile, Inc. | Director | Former |
| aQuantive, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Harvard University | MBA | Former |
| Stanford University | MBA Degree | Former |
| Harvard University | BA Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Deborah L. Bevier, 55, has been a director of Coinstar since August 2002 and was appointed the Board of Directors’ non-employee chairperson in October 2008. Ms. Bevier has been a principal of D.L. Bevier Consulting LLC (an organizational and management consulting firm) since May 2004. Ms. Bevier also served as president of Waldron Consulting, a division of Waldron & Co. (an organizational and management consulting firm) from July 2004 to April 2006. Prior to that time, from 1996 until 2003, Ms. Bevier served as a director, president, and chief executive officer of Laird Norton Financial Group and its predecessor companies (an independent financial advisory services firm). From 1973 to 1996, Ms. Bevier held numerous leadership positions with KeyCorp (a bank holding company), including chairman and chief executive officer of Key Bank of Washington. Ms. Bevier currently serves on the board of directors of Fisher Communications, Inc. (a media and communications company), F5 Networks, Inc. (an application traffic management software company) and Puget Sound Bank.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Coinstar, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Puget Sound Bank | Director | Current |
| F5 Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Wentworth, Hauser and Violich | CEO | Former |
| Wentworth, Hauser and Violich | President | Former |
| Coinstar, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| The Stonier Graduate School of Banking | Graduate Degree | Former |
| The State University of New York | BS In Economics | Former |
| State University of New York at New Paltz | B.S. In Economics | Former |
Mr. Graham has been a director since 1993. He is a member of the Company’s Planning and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Mr. Graham owns Cerberus Productions, LLC, a visual advertising production company based in New York City. He has been a Vice President and a Director of the O.D. Fisher Investment Company since 1989.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Mr. Warren has been a director since 1999. He is a member of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Warren has been a director of a private investment company since 1993. He was President of a privately held land development company from 1993 until 2004.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| NICOR NGV Corp. | CFO | Current |
| NICOR Energy Services Company | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Northern Illinois Gas Company | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| D.M. Dykstra & Co | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Nicor Advanced Energy | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Nicor Inc. | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Northern Illinois Gas Company | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Whitney Equipment Company, Inc. | Industrial Division Manager, Secretary, Treasurer | Current |
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | Member | Current |
| Belle Vue | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Puget Sound Energy, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Puget Energy, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| University of Washington | Mechanical Engineer | Former |
| University of Washington | bachelor's of arts degree in business administration | Former |
| Fisher Communications Inc. | member | Former |
Mr. Warren has been a director since 1992. He serves as Chair of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and is also a member of the Executive and Audit Committees. Mr. Warren has been a professor of Physics; Director, W.M. Keck Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Oregon State University since 1991. He has been a director and Vice President of a private investment company since 1999.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Communications Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Executive News
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Fisher Communications and Zooppa.com Host User-Generated Video Competition
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Fisher Communications and Zooppa.com Host User-Generated Video Competition
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Fisher Communications rolls out 43 hyperlocal Web sites serving Seattle neighborhoods
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Zooppa and Fisher Communications Take Social Advertising Hyper-Local With Video Block Party
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Fisher Communications Partners With Zooppa.com to Host
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Fisher Communications Partners With Zooppa.com to Host User-Generated Video Competition in Seattle; Videos to Be Posted on KOMO's New Hyperlocal Neighborhood Sites
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Zooppa and Fisher Communications Take Social Advertising
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Brier Dudley Former aQuantive CEO opts to stay in Seattle and join Madrona
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Ex aQuantive boss McAndrews joins Madrona Venture Group
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Madrona Hires Microsoft Ace
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Brian McAndrews on Holding Companies' 'People' Problem
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Former aQuantive CEO Brian McAndrews Joins Madrona Venture Group as a Managing Director
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