The need for TV, cable and iPod is shrinking
The Pew Research Center repeated a long-standing survey to determine what Americans consider to be a necessity as opposed to a luxury. Television surprisingly straddles the dividing line
GSTVs Nielsen on Location Media Pocketpiece Reports hit milestone
Gas Station TV (www.gstv.com), a Destination Media company and the leading digital television network at the pump, has reached the one-year anniversary of the release of its Nielsen
GM to cut 23,000 jobs by 2011
CNNMoney.com reports General Motors announced plans to cut 23,000 U.S. jobs by 2011, drop its storied Pontiac brand and slash 40% of its dealer...
Univison renews retrans for Verizon’s FiOS
American Spanish TV giant Univision Communications announced that it has secured a multi-year carriage agreement with Verizon’s FiOS TV. The deal covers the entire...
Wall Street takes a breather
Friday, the traders on Wall Street took a day off from fretting and selling off, and the result was a slate of modest gains....
Alcohol back on watchdog radar
A coalition of organizations is pushing both Congress and the administration to update the nation’s policies regarding alcohol, and here’s the shocker – at this point it doesn’t say a thing about
The Mahlman Company launches “Asset Improvement Confederation”
Directed at both lenders and broadcasters in radio and television, The Mahlman Company has assembled a confederation of 25 experienced and active experts in...
RBR/TVBR observation: Reflections on Las Vegas 2009
It may be the worst of times when it comes to the economy in general and advertising spending in particular, but the 2009 NAB Show
Radio Shack converts a profit
Finally, a report showing a consumer electronics retailer gaining some benefit from the DTV transition. Instead of riding a wave of digital receiver sales...
Broadcasters moving into mobile marketing
There was big excitement at the NAB Show over new portable devices which consumers will soon be using to watch broadcast television. But there...
Now if pirates hijacked the economy
Then you'd really have a story. The Somalian pirates have proven so irresistible to media with cameras (network TV and cable) that it came...
Broadcasters swim against the tide
The stock market was jittery again – bank shenanigans, what else? – but broadcasters managed to dip into the black inkwell for a change....
Knight Commission, PBS take on journalism
The sorry state of the print journalism business is getting lots and lots of attention. Now The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of...
FCC diversity committee gets set for new start
The FCC’s Diversity Advisory Committee is now officially rechartered almost to the end of 2010, and is getting set to meet and start tackling its assigned
Journal Q1 Broadcasting revenues down 20.5%
Journal Communications’ Q1 revenue of $106.8 million decreased 20.4% compared to $134.3 million in Q1 ‘08. Operating loss was $0.6 million compared to operating...