Email Marketing

Email ad effectiveness still questionable

Advertisements that arrive in a person’s virtual mailbox are doing a bit better than they were two years ago.
Meredith

Meredith mag deal looks like a broadcast strategy

It’s not a wedding – more like a co-habitation
Wells Fargo Securities

Cable/satellite outlook mixed

Q4 is traditionally a slow time for the MVPD business

CBS squeaks by ABC for Wednesday win

ABC had the top two shows, but CBS was more consistent as it won night’s 18-49 derby 2.1/7 to 2.1/6. However, CBS’s edge in...
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Trading: All’s well that ends in Wellsville

An upstate New York radio group is adding another station to its collection,
Bonten Media Group

Things are looking up for TV group Bonten

Wall Street umpire Moody’s Investor Service thinks it’s doing a good job dealing with debt
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Price revealed for Alpha-Buckley deal

Now we know how much Alpha will be paying.

Broadcast stocks grow as others fall

Concerns about global stability and fears that many stocks are overpriced were said to have driven many to the more stable bond market. But...

Westwood One preps stations for news change

NBC News Radio will no longer be under the Westwood One umbrella as of 12/15/14
Computer

To really scam, it takes a computer

It is very possible to use broadcast advertising to run a scam...
Rick Buckley

Deal in the SLO lane keeps family legacy alive

Although it’s not obvious, a San Luis Obispo deal will keep the family in the business
RAB / Radio Advertising Bureau

RAB reboots popular sales tools

It’s called the Instant Background Reports Library

NBC wins Tuesday while upstart CW takes 3rd

The Voice did the trick for NBC Tuesday night, and NCIS episodes fueled CBS’s 2nd-place finish. Perhaps the big story was CW flashing into...

NAB’s Mago will go into retirement

It was perhaps fitting that we have so often seen Jane Mago’s name at the bottom of so many NAB FCC filings
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Done deal in Indiana

The Original Company is now the proud owner of a Boonville IN radio station