Starting Monday, Providence Business News is inaugurating PRlink, a service that guarantees press releases sent to the newsroom of PBN are seen and evaluated, while at the same time offering a paid, self-publishing option that guarantees placement of submitted press releases on PBN.com, among other things. more

Lin Media, which owns WPRI-TV CBS 12, announced three key management promotions on Wednesday. more

During the third quarter of 2012, Media General Inc. – parent company of WJAR-TV NBC 10 – saw losses widen due to higher expenses but revenue soar due to political advertising and the Olympics coverage. more

LIN Television Corp., the wholly-owned subsidiary of LIN TV Corp., completed its acquisition of 13 television stations or network affiliates from New Vision Television. more

Providence Business News was named a “Distinguished Newspaper” by the New England Newspaper & Press Association for the second time in the last three years at the organization’s 2012 Fall Conference Thursday. more

The Providence Journal parent company A.H. Belo is looking to sell the paper’s “non-core” real estate holdings for $18.85 million, reported WPRI.com, cutting nearly in half the value it placed on the properties late in 2008. more

Media General Inc., parent company of WJAR-TV NBC 10, sold its last remaining newspaper – The Tampa Tribune – to Tampa Media Group Inc. more

A.H. Belo Corp., the Dallas-based parent company of the Providence Journal and three other daily newspapers, has been upgraded from “sell” to “hold” by TheStreet Ratings. more

PBN.com is sporting a new, streamlined look. The revamped website features a simplified page design that offers readers easier access to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts’ most comprehensive collection of business news. more

Sixteen Rhode Island companies - including VMS Alarms - and three from neighboring Bristol County, Mass., were named as some of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States on an Inc. Magazine 2012 list. more