Radio, break this awful cycle already!!!
I have watched now for nearly 10 years as radio has self destructed. Save for a few pockets o f success, May I say RADIO SUCKS!!! We all know that
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A reader responds to our story on Google leaving the radio business: Google spent millions to learn a lesson that almost any mom-and-pop radio station operator could have taught them
Free local media webinar to be hosted by Second Street
Second Street Media Solutions is sponsoring a free webinar for local media management to learn how they can profit from the exponential growth of...
Reporters shield back on the agenda
The House of Representatives approved a bill allowing reporters to protect sources last year, only to have the measure wither in the Senate, which...
Midway Games files Chapter 11
Sumner Redstone’s sale of his controlling stake in a strangely-structured deal started a financial chain of events that has now led Midway Games to...
Journal: Q4 down for broadcasting, worse for print
Broadcasting revenue fell 6.4% in Q4 at Journal Communications, with TV down 5.5% and radio off 7.8%. For the company’s newspapers, the drop was...
New Yorkers resist soft drink tax
It’s not as if New York citizens don’t already pay a sales tax and a deposit fee on sodas, says Nelson Eusebio, Chairman of...
When did marketing become wasteful?
Recently, several companies which have received TARP funds have come under fire for certain marketing expenses. We can all acknowledge that bonuses for poor...
Redstone sees debt deal soon
In the quarterly conference call by Viacom, Sumner Redstone said he was close to a deal with his lenders to restructure the $1.6 billion of debt at National Amusements Inc. (NAI)
Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger called gift to Obama
The way BusinessWeek media critic Jon Fine sees it, the proposed merger of concert promotion giant Live Nation and ticket selling giant Ticketmaster is...
A plug from the Prez
If you blinked, you might have missed it. But NAB President/CEO David Rehr didn’t. We refer to Barack Obama’s statement, while discussing the situation...
Fairness awareness
No sooner did Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) backpedal as furiously as possible away from comments on reinstating the Fairness Doctine than Tom Harkin (D-IA) pedaled...
Analyst sees no silver lining for broadcast stocks
Wachovia analyst Marci Ryvicker certainly has a cheery outlook on the round of radio and TV quarterly conference calls getting underway
Sinclair suspends dividend
Sinclair Broadcast Group reported that Q4 revenues were down only 0.8%, but that Q1 is expected to be down in the low to mid...
Sirius XM stock in freefall on bankruptcy reports
Shareholders stand to get nothing if the satellite radio company files Chapter 11 to thwart a takeover by EchoStar. Sirius XM’s stock lost more...