Permission-based email campaigns get results
A study from Epsilon Strategic Services confirms that the use of email by retailers can generate favorable relationships and strengthen the bond between the...
Consumers spent more in January
Unfortunately, however, that trend is not expected to have legs as most citizens are putting cash away for what looks like a prolonged series...
Sirius XM delays annual SEC filing
Satellite radio company Sirius XM said it is notifying the SEC of a delay in filing its annual 10-K report, but that the filing...
And still more on Bud/InBev
The best way to combat InBev’s new moblike tactic of paying in 120 days is to allow stations to change our policy and start charging interest on late payments
Belo amends bank credit facility
Belo has gotten itself some leverage breathing room by redoing its loan deal with its bank group. "Belo was in compliance with the terms...
Redstone not out of the woods yet
National Amusements Inc. (NAI), the company through which Sumner Redstone controls both CBS Corporation and Viacom, has struck a deal with lenders to restructure...
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...