Not too late to lure shoppers
The latest Rasmussen survey of the progress of American holiday shoppers shows that a mere 22% of them have completed the task. And here’s...
Univision gets a downgrade
Moody’s Investors Service says the weak advertising market is putting pressure on revenues and cash flow for Univision. The company’s ratings have been downgraded and Moody’s says
Tribune paychecks to go out
Tribune Company says the federal bankruptcy judge handing its Chapter 11 cases has approved the “first-day motions” submitted with its bankruptcy filing. That means...
Oh no! 2008 extended
If you’re like us, you are good and ready to put the year 2008 into the history books and get on with the process...
Future of journalism?
Newspapers are still a major primary source of news and information, but their business model has been put into distress, largely due to the...
Reed Elsevier calls off biz pub sale
After 10 months of shopping Reed Business Information (RBI), Reed Elsevier has pulled the business publications unit off the auction block. With pricing about half what had been expected back in February
We Don't Need No Steenking Bail-out!!!
In the interest of full disclosure: At the advent of the so-called 2000 Tech-Wreck my partners and I decided to monetize our equity in...
Boyle on the beach
Jim Boyle is the latest broadcasting/entertainment/media analyst to be sent packing in a Wall Street cost-cutting move. CL King & Associates has told the...
Coverage chart getting back to normal
The media has certainly begun to spread its attention around again in the aftermath of the 2008 election season - and there's been plenty...
Tribune says it was totally aboveboard
Tribune Company says that nobody from the corporate office has ever tried to influence staffing decisions at the newspaper Chicago Tribune, neither as a...
Who does Tribune Company owe?
If all of the creditors of Tribune Company show up, the bankruptcy judge in Delaware might need a circus tent to hold the hearings....
Was Blagojevich going to Zell with a handbasket?
It’s not every day a sitting governor is charged with peddling an open US Senate seat, as is the case with Rod Blagojevich of...
Bain closing in on Reed pubs
The Sunday Times of London reported that TPG has pulled out of the bidding for Reed Business Information, which Reed Elsevier is trying to...
Equity Media files Chapter 11
RBR/TVBR has learned that Equity Media Holdings filed a Chapter 11 petition yesterday in Federal Bankruptcy Court. The move came just before an Arkansas...
CNN Headline News adds Clark Howard
CNN Headline News announced Dial-Global syndicated radio show host and money coach Clark Howard will debut a new weekend program on 1/3. Every week,...