Independent examiner sought for Tribune
The US Trustee’s office is backing an effort by bondholders to have an independent examiner investigate the 2007 buyout of Tribune Co., now in...
Coalition presses for FCC diversity action
A broad group of minority organizations continues to prod the FCC to action on numerous issues before it of concern to their constituents. They’ve fired off yet another letter on the topic to FCC Chairman
Broadcasters well-represented at SC FCC meet
The FCC Quadrennial Review Road Show officially opens in Columbia SC on 2/23/10, and the lineups for the two panels are well-stocked with broadcasters...
Broadcast Super Bowl ads drive web traffic
A new survey released by Integrated Media Measurement Inc. found that almost a third of a group of Super Bowl viewers visited the website of one of the advertisers between the end of the game and midnight that same evening. Of a group of consumers
Analyst raises CBS revenue expectations
With quarterly earnings reports heating up, Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker is expecting improved reports from most broadcasting companies
Reed continues to sell off US publications
Reed Business Information-US has sold more of its trade publications. Canon Communications LLC announced that it has a definitive agreement to acquire four media...
Scarborough expands cell phone-only sampling
With more and more US households cutting the cord, research companies are moving to include cell phone-only (CPO) households in their market samples. Scarborough...
Toyota damage creates domestic opportunity
The self-inflicted wounds of Toyota have opened a hole big enough to drive a truck through – as long as it’s a domestic truck....
Forecast sees improvement for all media in 2010
RBR-TVBR recently reported on the reasoning of Barclays Capital analysts Anthony DiClemente and George Hawkey as they raised their 2010
Bye Bayh: Another senator heads for the exits
When 2010 began, it was the Republican Party that had the most open Senate seats to defend this year, but Democratic retirements in Connecticut, North Dakota and now Indiana, with the surprise exit announcement from Evan Bayh (D-IN), the gap is closing
WVIA-TV signal restored after fire; radio next
The Scranton Times Tribune reports broadcast programming has been restored to most households in that market following a devastating Friday blaze that destroyed the...
What if radio charged for its content?
Content is king. How content is distributed is less important than the quality of content. Radio people intuitively understand that. New-media people didn’t, but recent events suggest they will quickly find out. Amazon, the current king of e-readers
More Reps calling it quits
A spate of retirement announcements has hit both the Democrats and the Republicans, and the bipartisan nature of the exodus has given both parties...
Campaign finance bill on the way
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, Democrats are crafting legislation to restore curbs on corporate political spending. One remedy would involve “reasonable access to television time” for candidates under corporate attack
Nielsen has even found a buyer for Kirkus
Although it was shut down in December, The Nielsen Company has now found a buyer for Kirkus Reviews.Businessman Herb Simon, owner of the NBA...