Ames Straw Poll puts the focus in Iowa
Whether or not Iowa Republicans pick the winner of the contest for the party’s 2012 presidential nomination is debatable – but there is little...
Wall Street in freefall on Monday
Stock prices plunged on Monday, following the move late Friday by Standard & Poor
DG Q2 revenue up 17%
DG, provider of digital ad delivery and other media solutions, reported its Q2 increased 17% to $67.9 million, compared to $58.2 million in Q2...
USA downgraded by S&P; When will the economy come back?
My first talk show was back in the early 70’s. At that time almost everything was MADE IN THE USA. Factories that employed 20...
Comcast offers up $10 internet to low-income families
The new program, “Internet Essentials,” will provide discounted Internet service and computers to low-income families. Ironically, a similar program, dubbed “TV Essentials” was offered...
Fred Imus, brother of Don Imus, dies at 69 (video)
Younger brother of well known WABC and Fox Business Channel host Don Imus was found dead in his trailer Saturday at his home in...
US debt downgraded by S&P
If you thought the past week was a wild ride on Wall Street, just get ready for Monday! Long after the markets had closed Friday Standard & Poor
U.S. debt rating downgraded to AA+
Standard & Poor's downgraded the debt rating of the U.S. from AAA to AA+ and said the outlook was negative. July 23, 2011 RBR-TVBR reported the latest research which showed: 5,000+ Voters speak on debt crisis: Obama doesn't get it - it happen on Obama's watch
Jim Gammon dead at 77
James A. Gammon was both a veteran communications attorney and a veteran media investment banker/broker. He died Wednesday (8/3) at age 77.
Gammon was co-founder...
Venue-based digital advertising getting noticed
Take a public location, slap up a video screen and run some advertising and people will notice
Soccer socks Univision in Q2
2010 FIFA World Cup brought lots of ad revenue to Univision in Q2 last year, so the comps were huge this year. Both radio and TV saw revenues decline, but if you factor out the soccer impact it was an up quarter for Univision.
Greg Walden takes FCC to task on standstill surprise
Not only was nobody aware that the FCC was considering injecting a standstill provision into the resolution of MVPD carriage disputes, suggested House Communications...
Radio One gets big boost from TV One
The numbers got a lot bigger in Radio One’s Q2 financial report, owing to the consolidation of figures from TV One now that Radio...
Radio and TV both down for Entravision
Q2 went the wrong way for Entravision, with net revenues down 6% to $50.3 million and EBITDA down 18% to $15.6 million. Both radio and TV saw revenues decrease. "During the second quarter of 2011, we faced challenging comparisons
Merlin investor buying Global Traffic Network
Global Traffic Network provides traffic reports to radio and TV stations outside the United States, so it won’t have anything to offer to the...