Broadcaster weighs in on performance tax
I agree with the RBR observation, that even if the performance tax is enacted to collect from broadcasters, most of the money collected will stick to the hands of the corporate thieves
Another great day – NOT
The dearth of good financial news made for another long day on Wall Street. There were ups and downs among broadcast issues – for...
Nota rosado time at Univision
We believe, given our imperfect Spanish, that nota rosado is a way to say pink slip, and Hispanic media giant Univision is handing out...
Is Durbin dishing out stealth Fairness Doctrine?
Broadcasters and Republican sponsors of legislation banning reintroduction of the Fairness Doctrine had plenty of reason to celebrate the Senate’s overwhelming approval of just...
Lamar Advertising down 16% in December
Outdoor ad giant, Baton Rouge-based Lamar Advertising, said last week that the "bottom dropped out" of its sales in December as the declining national...
Univision Communications pink slips 300
Happened Friday, 2/27/09, and joined a long list of never ending cuts by media companies. Univision is the latest to hand out the pink...
Broadcasters enjoy mildly contrarian day
It wasn’t much to write home about, but at least on a day when the general markets served back and forth and ended up...
Scripps scraps Rocky Mountain News
The E.W. Scripps Company will cease publishing longtime Denver institution The Rocky Mountain News after today’s edition, bringing an end to operational losses that...
Careful how you use that internet
In regards to your RBR/TVBR observation (Equity watchdog see tough 2009)http://www.rbr.com/media-news/13052.html I agree with you completely, but with one caveat. Both radio and TV stations...
BFA rewards quality with Quaal award
The winners of the 2009 Broadcast Foundation of America Ward L. Quaal Pioneer Awards will be awarded at the NAB Convention this upcoming April....
No serious plans for Sirius DirecTV bundle
At least not yet – that’s the word from Liberty Media Corporation CEO Greg Maffei, who sees his company’s $530M loan to the debt-challenged...
Senate nixes return of Fairness Doctrine
Legislation promoted by Jim DeMint (R-SC) to prevent the FCC from breathing new life into the Fairness Doctrine was added as an amendment to...
Royalties: Who is to blame?
In my nearly 30 years in radio, I've been a part time DJ, a music director, a PD, an Ops manager, and now I...
TV can’t salvage miserable Post quarter
The Washington Post Company was actually earning money from some of its divisions Q4 2008, especially its broadcast television wing, which enjoyed an operating...
NAB praises Obama Fairness stance
The National Association of Broadcasters said it was glad to hear President Obama come out against reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine. But that doesn’t...