Sentence examples for underwriting spot from inspiring English sources

Facebook is in the final throes of deciding on underwriters for its initial public offering, and Morgan Stanley, Goldman and JPMorgan Chase are all considered contenders for the top underwriting spot.

The New York Post recently published a story alleging that Salomon hired a research analyst in order to land the lead underwriting spot for the IPO of AT&T Wireless.

The pair of investment banks presented IPO plans to Uber this fall, in hopes of landing the top underwriting spot in what will be one of the largest stock market debuts to date.

But when it came time to read what WNYC calls an "underwriting spot" -- and what critics disparage as commercials -- Mr. Post turned churlish.

The style was deliberately adjusted to make clear the distinction between the underwriting spots and the series, Mr. Yellin said.

"That's how they judge the program," he interjected, "by how well or sincerely you read the underwriting spots".

Today's students sell public-radio-like underwriting spots instead, and there are on-air community fundraising drives, as well as fundraising online.

Financing has come from foundations; early efforts to sell multimillion-dollar exclusive yearlong sponsor packages, which included public television underwriting spots, were unsuccessful.

The makers of "America in Primetime," a four-week documentary series on PBS that began Sunday, produced more than the show itself: they also produced underwriting spots for Unilever's Dove brand that are helping to pay for the program.

For the series, the creators, writers and actors behind prime-time television shows are interviewed, while the interviews in the underwriting spots are with unnamed Dove marketing and public relations executives, who discuss how the brand tries to relate to changing consumers.

It's a noncommercial radio station so we don't run commercials — we have underwriting spots which are almost like bullet points: "Bowery Presents joins you in supporting WFUV and presents Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theater". Fordham University is basically paying to keep our lights on, and then a bit is from government.