The Hub Network, a multi-platform joint venture between Hasbro Inc. and Discovery Communications, earned recognition at the 2013 Daytime Emmy Awards, Hasbro announced Sunday. more

Gannett Co. Inc. and Belo Corp. have entered into a definitive merger agreement for Gannett to acquire the multimedia company for $1.5 billion in cash and the assumption of $715 million in existing debt, for a total value of roughly $2.2 billion. more

The nonprofit environmental news source ecoRI News, which was founded in Rhode Island in 2009, is launching a sister site – ecoMass.org – in order to cover environmental and social-justice news in Massachusetts. more

(Updated, 4 p.m.) Statistics on local television stations’ news show ratings and demographics in the May sweeps have been announced, based on data from the Nielsen Co. WJAR-TV NBC 10 led the way with eight of the top 10 news shows in the region, but Eyewitness News on WPRI-TV CBS 12 and Fox Providence also showed impressive gains in several time slots. more

Media General Inc. – parent company of WJAR-TV NBC 10 – and privately-held New Young Broadcasting Co. Inc. announced a definitive agreement Thursday to combine the two companies in an all-stock merger transaction. more

(Updated Wednesday, June 5, 9 a.m.) Providence Business News has changed the way our PBN.com visitors access news and information on the site. Beginning at noon Monday, we moved to what is known as “metering,” a model of accessing online content that is used by The New York Times, the Financial Times and other popular publications. more

(Updated, 11:48 a.m.) KVH Industries Inc., a provider of guidance and Internet systems for the maritime and defense industries, has acquired Headland Media Ltd., a multinational commercial provider of news, entertainment and training content, KVH announced Monday. more

Providence Business News has announced the awardees of the Best Places To Work competition, which recognizes companies – large and small – based on surveys of employees and management reports. more

Lin TV Corp. saw its bottom line drop even as revenue rose 36.6 percent during the first quarter of 2013, the company reported Thursday. The decrease came about thanks to an increase in operating expenses as well as a more than doubling of depreciation and amortization expense recognized in the period. more

The Providence Journal and Rhode Island Monthly garnered the most winners in the Rhode Island Press Association’s annual editorial contest, which were presented Friday evening as part of the association’s annual banquet and Rhode Island Journalism Hall of Fame induction ceremony, held at the Quonset “O” Club. more