A look at magazine revenues: FY 2010
Consumer magazines, one of the hardest-hit media in the recession, has closed 2010 with an increase of 3.1% in rate-card-reported revenue for the year,...
NHMC wants to examine hate speech in wake of Arizona shootings
The murderous rampage that took place at a Tucson, Arizona shopping center has opened the door to a wide-ranging discussion on the topic of...
Verizon to launch iPhone 4 next month
As had long been rumored to break AT&T’s exclusivity of carrying bandwidth for the device, Verizon Wireless announced 1/11 it will launch the iPhone...
John Kaufman EVP Business Operations at CC Radio
The former SVP/Revenue Management is now EVP Business Operations, effective immediately. He’s responsible for CC Radio’s Sales Operations Center, National Sales Directors Office, Revenue...
Moody's likes Univision's additional bond buyback
Univision Communications has been aggressively buying back some of its expensive bonds, jumping back in with a second buyback offer after the first one...
Sales departments did well in 2010 and expect better 2011
According to Alexander Group, sales professionals had an unexpectedly good 2010, and sales departments are expecting further growth in the year ahead. To take...
Hefner OKed to buy back Playboy
58 years after launching Playboy magazine as a private company, Hugh Hefner has convinced the board of directors of Playboy Enterprises to sell the company back to him. The going private transaction comes as 84-year-old Hefner
Univision tender offer oversubscribed
After successfully tendering to buy back $460 million of its senior notes due 2015 – an offer which was greatly oversubscribed – Univision Communications...
David Schutz on CES trends
The President/Hoffman Schutz Media Capital tells RBR-TVBR the mood at CES was upbeat. “The surge in attendance means companies feel optimistic enough to spend...
Moody's sees fewer US media defaults but more overseas
Media companies led the tally for speculative grade (junk) debt defaults in 2010. That
MSNBC taps Ted Williams for voiceovers (video)
And the offers keep rolling in for Ted Williams, the Columbus, OH homeless man whose golden voice has garnered him national attention. Now MSNBC has...
Former Huffington exec pendulum-swings to Glenn Beck website
Betsy Morgan was at the helm of left-leaning website Huffington Post from 2007 to 2009, which is causing comment about her new gig. She will be tacking hard right to run the bridge at Glenn Beck
A snapshot of CES 2011 (audio)
Gary Arlen:
Gary Arlen, President of Arlen Communications, a Bethesda, MD media research firm, spoke with RBR-TVBR 1/7 from the show. He’s a veteran CES...
A homeless man understands integration better than most media companies
He started with print (a cardboard sign with a message) on a street corner. Next,
Gray Television paid down $50 million in debt last year
Throughout 2010 corporate CEOs and CFOs proudly pointed out in their quarterly conference calls that their companies had been using free cash flow to...