Online video engine Blinkx buys Burst ad net
Blinkx spent $30 million for the online advertising network Burst Media. Burst sells ad space packages across hundreds of websites. Unique audience numbers of...
Salem Communications goes to church
Religious and conservative talk radio continue to be the main business lines at Salem Communications, but the company is increasingly involved in non-radio businesses....
CEOs at odds with consumers when it comes to confidence
After several months of economic confidence surveys that were routinely sunny regardless of what group was being surveyed, consumers have started to get a little antsy. But according to the
Marquee matchup for 2012 Virginia US Senate seat
A matchup that for some time has been expected moved light years closer to reality in the great state of Virginia. The retirement of...
Sirius XM trying to buy in notes
Sirius XM Radio would like to buy back any or all of its $98 million of 3.25% Convertible Notes due later this year. It first offered $1,007.50 per $1,000 of face value and has now increased that to $1,010. The tender deadline is still the same, April 20
LOL: Freston waiting for Redstone's thank you (video)
Tom Freston was famously fired as CEO of Viacom by Sumner Redstone because he let Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation outbid him and buy MySpace...
NCAA March Madness on Demand sees 63% increase
The 2011 NCAA March Madness on Demand (MMOD) presented by Turner Sports, CBS Sports and the NCAA delivered the significant increase in total visits YOY across...
NAB offers emergency assistance to broadcasters
When disaster strikes, broadcasters are often at their very best, remaining on air under all types of conditions to provide vital information to their...
White House likely to stand firm on network neutrality
Should the Resolution of Disapproval to deprive FCC net neutrality regulations currently working its way through the House of Representatives also
DG acquires MIJO Corporation
The deal expands DG's global media services platform for broadcast and online advertising more deeply into Canada: On 4/4 DG bought privately-held MIJO Corporation...
Feds probing Pandora and other app makers
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is apparently investigating whether some of the information collected by many iPhone and
Gores Group reported to be in CKX bidding
CKX Inc. owns the
Journalists warned about long-distance diagnosis temptation
High-profile news events sometimes provide a platform for members of the mental health community to go on air and discuss that topic in relation...
Retail may be first to feel consumer confidence decline
When consumers are feeling spunky, they are ready to open their wallets and consume. But when economic conditions put them into a funk instead
Blockbuster bids due Monday
There are reported to be several parties bidding in a US Bankruptcy Court auction Monday (4/4) for Blockbuster. RBR-TVBR observation: Should Dish emerge the winner you can bet that Charlie Ergen knows exactly what he wants Blockbuster for.