FCC upholds Smith's Mission with Nexstar
A complex and comprehensive series of agreements amounting to an LMA between Nexstar Broadcasting and Mission Broadcasting has been upheld by the FCC in...
AWRT attracts a quorum
Who needs an FCC open meeting when you have the American Women in Radio & Television Leadership Summit & Business Conference? At a time...
Democratic candidates raking it in
The presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says it attracted 35M in donations during the month of February, surpassing in one month its best...
Ed is right to be mad
As usual, my friend and former boss Ed Christian, has hit the nail on the head (2/29/08 RBR #42). How can we expect advertisers...
Declines posted by Entravision
Even the Hispanic media sector has not been spared from the soft ad market. Entravision reported that Q4 revenues were down 2% to 62.5...
New Belo announces first dividend
Belo Corporation announced its first dividend payment since the company was split in two earlier this month, with a new newspaper company split off...
Entravision selling billboards
Entravision Communications says it has a deal to sell its Outdoor division to Lamar Advertising Company for 100 million in cash. Entravision's outdoor advertising...
Saga’s year up, quarter down
Both radio and television were down a bit in Q4 at Saga Communications, with combined revenues down 1.9% to 37.5 million due to the...
RTNDF awards gathering in the offing
The Radio-Television News Directors Foundation is set to hand out awards. CNN's John Roberts will emcee the 3/17/08 event at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in...
Billion dollar bye-bye
It's right there in the headline of the New York Times OpEd page: "I'm Not Running for President, but..." If anybody here at RBR...
Univision Music Group sold to Universal
Universal Music Group is the winning bidder to acquire Univision Music Group, which has been for sale since Univision Communications was taken private. The...
Nielsen reorganizes business media operations
Two of what had been six groups have been combined at Nielsen Business Media, with industry veteran Gerry Byrne joining the company as Sr....
LIN exceeds expectations
Q4 was a strong quarter for LIN Television. Although revenues were down 15% to 108.6 million, that was due to the lack of political,...
Mixed quarter for Washington Post Co.
Education remained the growth driver in Q4, with revenues up 21%, while overall revenues gained 8% to 1.13 billion. However, earnings per share fell...
A bring-your-own-ballot election
Corporate proxy contests aren't quite like voting in a primary or general election. Shareholders at Media General are receiving ballots for the April 24th...