SNL Financial begins communications and media sector.Following its recent acquisition of the assets of Kagan Research LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (see accompanying article), SNL SNL Saturday Night Live SNL Sandia National Laboratories SNL School for New Learning (Depaul University) SNL Springfield News-Leader (Missouri newspaper) SnL Sweet N Low SNL Standard Nomenclature List Financial of Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville is an independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of King George III of the United Kingdom. , has launched SNL Media & Communications. The new division will provide "full-scale coverage" of the telecom, wireless, cable, satellite, broadcasting, entertainment, publishing, advertising, and new media industries. Those are the same areas covered by Kagan's publications and research services, but NL/NL was unable to confirm whether the acquisition and the launch are related. SNL Media & Communications is the company's 4th "vertical market," joining financial institutions, real estate, and energy. "The lack of a consolidated electronic information source in the media and communications field presented a gap we felt SNL could fill with our trademark level of depth and accessibility," said Dan Seideman, SNL group director. "We've integrated all relevant information into a single, accurate database that's available online and updated around the clock." SNL Media & Communications coverage includes more than 260 companies spread across the sector and provides data and metrics unique to each sub-industry, such as subscriber counts, churn rates, revenue per user, advertising revenue splits, EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become , free cash flow, and leverage statistics. Additional content includes comprehensive M & A data, capital offerings, conference call transcripts, investor presentations, and institutional ownership. Users can also access asset-level and regulatory data such as Wireless License ownership with mapping and demographics; and ARMIS ARMIS Automated Reporting and Management Information System (FCC) ARMIS Adhoc Reports Management Information System or Local Phone Regulatory Financials sourced from the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. . SNL Media & Communications Report News is also a major focus of the new sector with breaking stories posted online in real time; e-mail alerts; RSS feeds; exclusive Q & As; and the daily newsletter, SNL Media & Communications Report. Mike Chinn is president of SNL Financial, which has offices in Ahmedabad, India; Arlington, Virginia; Pakistan; Jersey City, N.J.; London, England; and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . SNL Financial, One SNL Plaza, Charlottesville, VA 22902, 434-977-1600, www.snl.com |
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