Gary Arlen: Live from CES Las Vegas (audio)

Gary Arlen: Gary Arlen, President of Bethesda, MD-based Arlen Communications, gives RBR-TVBR his annual report from the show. This one is yet again a record-breaker...

Mobile devices put intense pressure on retailers

Goal of many retail outlets is to simply get customers in the door

Resetting the bar for Emmis Communications

Emmis Communications reports its fiscal Q3 (September-November) financial results on Thursday morning. Emmis, however, is a very different company than a year earlier, so it is necessary to do some math to find the comparable numbers

CBS, Showtime add Jim Rome as host, contributor

Jim Rome is taking his “Jim Rome Is Burning” show from ESPN to the new CBS Sports Network to launch “Rome,” a new half-hour...

Disney family may be in the mix to bid on Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the marquee franchises in Major League Baseball, and the troubled tenure of the McCourt ownership regime has...

Barclays analyst drops Disney stock to hold

It’s not that Anthony DiClemente dislikes The Walt Disney Company, but the Barclays Capital analyst notes that the shares have gone up in price...

Microsoft adds Fox News, Sesame Street, Comcast to XBox

News Corp. content from Fox Television, Fox News, Twentieth Century Fox Films and The Wall Street Journal will be available on the Xbox device...

Watchdog takes on Disney in Florida (video)

The Institute for Liberty is a small business advocacy based in Washington DC, and it has taken an interest in an attempt by the Florida legislature to approve the creation of destination resorts in the state, and to

Buyer's remorse for Michael Powell on expletives

Powell says that it makes no sense to treat broadcasters differently than other program services in an era where 85% of all television viewing takes place on MVPDs where the two types or program service operate side by side.

Mobile ad company Millennial Media files IPO

Millennial claimed approximately 200 million unique users worldwide in December, with about half in the US.

Illinois Broadcasters Foundation launches new scholarship program

Members of the Illinois Broadcasters Association (IBA) are being urged to create local scholarships for students pursuing an education for a broadcasting career. To...

Meredith purchases a property from Disney

Both Meredith Corporation and The Walt Disney Company are familiar names to RBR-TVBR readers. However, this transaction doesn