Small markets holding up
With all the talk about large and medium market revenue losses it is interesting that we local small market broadcasters are doing relatively well: Neuhoff’s radio markets
Sander: NAB to move swiftly to fill top job
Following last week’s resignation by NAB President & CEO David Rehr, NAB Joint Board Chair Jack Sander assured RBR/TVBR in a Friday interview
CBS buying back debt
A day after reporting Q1 earnings and having its top execs point to brighter days ahead, CBS Corporation on Friday announced a cash tender...
RBR/TVBR observation: Senator Kerry is right…and wrong
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) kicked off a hearing on the “Future of Journalism” by declaring that “newspapers look like
CEOs seeing through the gloom
Chief Executive magazine takes the temperature of US CEOs on a monthly basis, and has results for April. They show a marked improvement over...
From wardrobe to government malfunction
An editorial in the Minneapolis Star Tribune suggests its time for the FCC to move on from Janet Jackson’s fateful 9/16s of a second...
Redstone and Moonves see business starting to turn
CBS Corporation Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone kicked off the company’s quarterly conference call with his declaration of “clear signs” that the
Salem weathers tough Q1
Total revenue was down -10.7% to $48.3M at religious specialist Salem Communications for Q1 2009. The drag on the total was its core broadcast...
Saga holds up better than some others
Q1 revenues were down 17.2% to $26.1 million (17.7% same station) for Saga Communications, which was at least a double digit number with only...
DG FastChannel Q1 up 42%
DG FastChannel reported record Q1 results. Consolidated revenue for the first quarter 2009 was $41.4 million compared to $29.2 million in the same period...
The News of David Rehr
The news of David Rehr’s resignation as Eddie Fritts’ replacement at the NAB was not nearly as surprising as the instant analysis from people in the media who are not actually in the business of
David Rehr’s Resignation
David Rehr’s departure couldn’t have come at a worse time. David is the quintessential “Washington Insider”. Unfortunately, his heft and clout proceed from his roots in the Republican Party
Swine flu changes complexion of newshole
The pirates of Somalia briefly took the journalistic media's attention away from a hard focus on the economic crisis awhile back, and now the...
Flu telethon raised $100K
Liberman Broadcasting announced that its successful telethon on Friday night raised nearly $100,000 to aid Mexican victims of the swine flu epidemic. "Siempre Unidos"...
Entravision Q1 down $14 million
Entravision’s Q1 net revenue decreased to $41.7 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2009 from $55.7 million for the three-month period ended...