Canadian conglomerate strikes major media merger
Bell Canada holds 15% of key multimedia Canadian group CTV, worth $200M. It has a deal to acquire the remaining 85% for $1.3B, and with assumed debt added in, the total value of the deal balloons to $3.2B. The deal will bring CTV
The 2019 Gracies Leadership Award Goes To Berner
The President/CEO of Cumulus Media will be honored by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation with an award presented annually to women executives "who have made a significant impact on the media industry, while also spurring to action and emboldening other female leaders."
Bounceback: XM/Sirius
It's no secret that RBR has been a vocal opponent of the proposed XM/Sirius merger. Truth be told, any good attorney could argue either side with substance and aplomb
Bonneville announces cost-cutting measures
With no public stock and a private owner with a very long horizon (The Mormon Church), Bonneville International has long been regarded as one...
Subscription video users prefer TV shows over movies
Subscribers to major subscription video services watch four times as many TV shows as movies – and they are just as likely to gravitate...
NBC Universal sold $4 billion in senior notes
In a move related to its pending merger with Comcast, NBC Universal priced an offering of $4 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes. The bond sale was announced by NBCU’s current
Comcast calls over a half billion in bonds
If you hold Comcast Corporation’s 7.00% Senior Notes due September 2055 you’re going to be cashed out a bit early. Make that a lot...
Ad spend to increase under 5% next year
Borrell Associates is forecasting a moderate increase in overall ad spend for 2011, with continued strong growth for online advertising, including mobile. Overall, advertisers...
Election fever afflicts the media
For once, the 2008 campaign category did not completely dominate the media newshole, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism report for 11/3/08-11/9/08....
A New VP/GM For Sinclair’s Boise Duopoly
She most recently was marketing sales manager for Sinclair’s KUTV-2 in Salt Lake City. Now, she’s heading back to Idaho to head up the company’s two television stations in the state’s biggest market.
Car Affordability Improves
A great statistic contain in a report from Requisite Press on buying automobiles
Radio 2016: A digital report card for today, a look at tomorrow
RBR-TVBR exclusive: As the country looks at two Presidential Candidates with some very different ideas on how this country should be run, pundits are...
Call for Entries Opens for 48th Annual Gracie Awards
“The Gracie Awards celebrate and honor truly exceptional content by, for and about women. We are more committed than ever to honor the remarkable work by so many in our creative community,” said AMWF President Becky Brookst. “As our most important fundraiser of the year, the Gracies enables the Foundation to deliver on its promise to further the connection, education and recognition of women in media.”
Harbinger names its NYT Co. nominees
The Harbinger hedge fund and its partner in putting pressure on the New York Times Company management, Firebrand Partners, have named the four people...
From Videographer To Top Boss For Cook
The new VP/GM of Nexstar Media Group's Lafayette, La., operations has been named. It is an individual who is "extremely familiar" with the market and the broadcast TV company's CBS affiliate in the market. He started as a videographer at the station's news department in 1997, and spent 17 years there.