Radio revenue: Taking a look at predicting the weather
Happy days are here again. The latest revenue predictions are out, and they are up. In March, BIA/Kelsey forecasted a 1.5% increase for 2010, and 2-4% gains over the next few years
Gray Television sells $365 million in new bonds
A private placement of $365 million in senior secured second lien notes due 2015 was priced on Wednesday by Gray Television. The offering carries...
Analysts spell out takeaways from the NAB Show
After spending last week at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Wells Fargo Securities high-yield bond analyst Bishop Cheen and equities analyst Marci Ryvicker
Democrats see Republicans in March and outraise
Despite a political climate that has most analysts seeing red – as in ripe for Republican gains on the network red/blue election maps –...
A&E Television, Extreme Music launch "Scoreganics Production Music"
A&E Television Networks announced a creative collaboration with Extreme Music, the worldwide production music unit of Sony/ATV Music Publishing resulting in Scoreganics Production Music,...
TV recovery stronger than radio at Journal Broadcast Group
Television revenue growth outpaced radio in Q1 at Journal Broadcast Group. According to Journal Communications CEO Steve Smith, TV is also the stronger performer...
Cox Enterprises reports revenue drop in 2009
Privately owned Cox Enterprises doesn’t disclose a lot of financial information to the public. However, it has announced that total 2009 revenues were $14.7...
FCC sets up another media ownership workshop
The date and venue of the next installment of the FCC’s Quadrennial Review road show is now officially on the calendar. Stanford CA will...
Broadcasting leading the way for Journal Communications
Revenues at Journal Broadcast Group were up 8.6% in Q1. Even so, the newspaper business was still down and Journal Communications saw total revenues...
Democrats ready to dig in on defense
Political prognosticators have been coming to the conclusion that it is not a good year to be in incumbent, and since they have a...
RadioTime releases Android app
RadioTime, developer of technology for finding and listening to radio online, announced the immediate availability of its mobile app for the Android smart phone...
Moody’s less gloomy about newspapers
It can hardly be called “bullish,” but at least Moody's Investors Service has changed its Industry Sector Outlook for the US newspaper sector to...
Jeff Smulyan responds to "FM receivers in cell phones" issue
Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan responded to RBR-TVBR’s recent story (Getting FM into cell phones may not come quickly)
FCC’s NBP architect on the way out
There was never any secret about the fact that Blair Levin considered being Executive Director of the Omnibus Broadband Initiative at the Federal Communications...
Gannet results bode well for two media
Multimedia corporation Gannett suffered revenue reversals in Q1 2010, but they were not nearly as severe as they were the prior year, and were...