Second source sees Tate as possible merger wildcard
We were the first source – FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate is a Republican and usually seems to prefer as hands-off a stance as...
All units down at Journal
Journal Communications reports that May revenues were down 4.1% for its radio group and 5.9% for its TV group. That actually looks good compared...
CBC not interested in XM/Sirius crumbs
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus saw the 4% set-aside for women and minorities mentioned in the XM/Sirius merger package sanctioned by FCC Chairman...
Stand up and deliver or stand up and be posted?
The subject of posting radio seems to the topic dujour of late in the industry. Personally I have gotten a little tired of reading why radio can’t
Martin repeals law of competition?
That’s what many will be saying on news that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is prepared to give thumbs up to the long-pending proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.
You can’t be serious about XM/Sirius
At least the writers of a new OpEd in the Tennessean have proven not be actual musicians. That perhaps partly explains why Tim DuBois and Butch Spyridon of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau
Organizations back FCC on profanity
It will come as no surprise to veterans of the 21st Century indecency wars to learn that the Parents Television Council has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court supporting
Struble timeline: What's old is new
RBR found a fascinating Q&A with Bob Struble, the CEO of Ibiquity. In case you don’t know, Ibiquity is the company responsible for HD Radio. I say “fascinating” because the interview is almost two years old and, yet, it reads like it could have happened yesterday.
Scripps ready to split
Splitting The E.W. Scripps Company in two won approval Friday at the company’s annual shareholders meeting. The outcome was never in doubt, since only...
On multicasting diluting TV audiences
I would like to respond to the recent TVBR observation regarding broadcasters cannibalizing their own audience by diluting (multicasting) on their station’s
XM/Sirius rendevous approaching?
Who knows? Sam Brownback (R-KS) has reacted to allegations that XM and Sirius may have misrepresented the facts in testimony supporting their merger and...
Radio: Local direct selling is changing
Taddeo to shops - Drop Dead: Seems Jack Taddeo, among the latest to weigh in on the posting issue, is suggesting operators in the...
Shakeup at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Former ABC Entertainment President Susan Lyne has stepped down as President and CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. The company has promoted Wenda Harris...
Response to Rex Tackett on posting
OH Rex (6/11/08 RBR #114), how right you are!!! I've been complaining to the RAB for years that they are on the WRONG side of several major issues and here's another one. They've needed to stop pushing NTR and start teaching basic radio sales for years, but haven't.
ESPN chief pushing multiple platforms
Television is still the big growth driver, but ESPN President George Bodenheimer told the Deutsche Bank 2008 Media and Telecommunications Conference that his company...