Shared Services 202 – Consolidating Credit and Collections
While we talk a lot about the ways that communications technology can disrupt our traditional business models
6th Annual RBR-TVBR Financial Roundtable (video)
From our May, 2011 Manager's Business Report (MBR): The world of broadcast financing is changing rapidly as M&A activity is finally picking up in...
Tips for Navigating Through the Bankruptcy Courts
Not only are our industry’s credit and collections professionals dealing with a larger number of clients in bankruptcy, they are facing new and different problems. One of the most noteworthy
Important Steps in Building Authentic Social Media
Great social media is all about finding community passion then facilitating that tribe to discuss, share and support one another. However, when looking for
Nine Deadly Deal-Making Sins (Part 1)
The lawyers who wrote Profitably Buying and Selling Broadcast Stations are experts at the technical aspects of buying and selling broadcast stations. But over time they’ve also become experts
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY Part I – Even with limited staff, what you need...
Imagine the worst. You’ve cut your news staff and most of your programming is syndicated
Rules for Tagging Time and Channel on News IDs
In last week's column I talked about how to pack loads of information into just a few words when writing news IDs. Sentence fragments are the key to successful IDs. You can pack a lot of
Getting Back To Basics In The C-Suite
When there’s a lot going on, we often push the fundamentals aside and forget the basic skills that have been part of our success. Project management has been a central part of Michelle LaBrose's success from the beginning of her career. So, when the founder and "Chief Cheetah" of Cheetah Learning is faced with new challenges, she remembers one acronym: "IPEMC."
The Wisdom of Observant Friends
The Wisdom of Observant Friends: (The WOOF Factor) -- Conversations with today’s movers and shakers. The WOOF Factor is an ongoing series of articles...
How mobile technology is defining the future of video
After more than a decade of waiting, the electronics industry is finally making some major progress towards unifying the mobile and living room television...
Ohio Adopts Flawed Political Advertising Rules
With the mid-term election of 2010 over and a new year, I thought we would have a bit of quiet time in political broadcasting...
There’s a Chicken in the Room
The reason we get so many “chicken poop” orders from local direct clients is because there is a chicken in the room, and it’s...
"Content is King" and other conversation enders
As is typical modern day American media thinking, buzz words have often replaced action. I call them "conversation enders" because they are generally
Broadcasting stocks got hammered in Q3
RBR Exclusive: After a strong first quarter 2011 has been all downhill for broadcasting companies on Wall Street. Both the RBR Radio Index and...
An Important Audience-Research Agenda for 2012
The event brought together some 200 researchers and other industry professionals