Fitch rates new CBS senior notes
Fitch ratings issued its rating on the $500 million in senior notes priced Tuesday by CBS: “Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB' rating to CBS Corporations' (CBS) $500 million ten-year senior unsecured note
Retrans fees no long term strategy
Retransmission, in my opinion, has injected much needed liquidity into the content marketplace. Currently broadcast groups are counting on retrans fees to make up...
Many Americans bypass products with offensive ads
Maybe there is such a thing as bad publicity – and the kind of publicity that may negatively affect some is the kind they...
Moody’s rates the new bond issue by CBS
Moody’s Investors Service says the new issue of a half billion dollars in senior unsecured notes due 2020 by CBS Corporation will positively impact the company’s liquidity, since the proceeds will be used to retire some bonds coming due
CBS Corporation is doing some financial reworking
CBS Corporation has sold $500 million of new 10-year bonds and plans on using the proceeds to redeem a like amount of bonds from three issues that...
New group concerned about census undercount
It is not news that every ten years, the Census Bureau has a difficult time getting an accurate count of African American and Hispanic...
Whitman single-handedly rejuvenating CA broadcast revenues
Former eBay executive and current Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is spending an average of $4 on advertising, which may not sound like much until you find out the time frame is per
Arbitron responds and takes its commitment seriously
The authors of the recent Harker Research blog have deliberately overlooked Arbitron’s long history of initiatives
NAB board election results
The National Association of Broadcasters has announced the results of the 2010 NAB Radio and Television Board elections. The two-year terms of the newly...
What’s a UK newspaper worth these days? Not much
Why buy a single copy of a daily newspaper when you can buy the entire company for the same price? That may be the...
Barclays analysts raise 2010 advertising forecast
Anthony DiClemente and George Hawkey at Barclays Capital have turned more bullish on the US advertising market for 2010. They’ve raised their forecast
TV and radio commentator uses newspaper to react to email blast
Perhaps it’s a sign of the times – a relatively minor conflict on the contemporary political landscape turns into multimedia melee. Former Air America and current MSNBC host Rachel Maddow used a newspaper ad to respond to an email blast
Gen2Media/Emmis reality show “The Wizards NYC” airs on MTV2
Gen2Media, a video technology company offering an Online Video Platform, video production, and online video advertising, announces episodes of “The Wizards NYC,” a show...
Nasdaq sets Sirius XM hearing for April 29th
Sirius XM says it has received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC that a hearing is set for April 29th on whether to continue the listing of the satellite radio company on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Sirius XM has been out of compliance with Nasdaq’s $1
CPB to fund initiative for local radio/TV reporting
With an aim to countering a decline in local journalism nationwide, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced funding for a major journalism initiative that...