Russo on “The Fall of Citadel”
JL Media’s Rich Russo had a few thoughts on a recent anonymous article about Citadel from a former ABC Radio Networks employee. "I read with horror and a dropped jaw the article
Westwood One put on notice
Westwood One is the latest radio company to receive an official notice that its stock is facing delisting. The New York Stock Exchange notified...
What goes down sometimes rebounds back up
Remember yesterday when we warned you not to look at the stock chart below this space? Great news – it’s safe to look today....
Signs of the Times
Media General said that holding year-over-year losses for the month of August to a mere -4.4% was its best showing of the year. MG...
Take our word for it
There is a chart below this article. It’s an ugly chart. Do you want to enjoy the rest of your coffee? Then you don’t...
Stations chased down by political posse
Both the campaign of Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) use the internet to provide information about the candidate and to solicit campaign...
Employees telling Zell where to go
And that place would be the courtroom. One current and five former employees of the Los Angeles Times are suing Tribune and its relatively new honcho Sam Zell for actions detrimental to the employee-owned
The fall of Citadel
RBR recently received this scathing review from a former ABC Radio employee, who is still working in the industry and must remain anonymous. You will no doubt find it an interesting read
Election coverage recedes
Only 39% of the newshole was spent on Campaign 2008 during the week of 9/8/08-9/14/08, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism. That...
Rebound fails to float all boats
Wall Street traders shopped for bargains and turned the total market arrow back in the up direction in what was called a tumultuous day...
More PAC attacks
Third party political action committees are stepping up their on-air presence in the presidential and in select congressional campaigns. In many if not most...
Obama, McCain topped $110M in August
Barack Obama blew away his own personal monthly fund-raising record of $55M, collecting $66M during the month of August, and John McCain set a...
S-bomb slips through on Today
Matt Lauer of NBC’s Today Show was interviewing Norwegian base-jumper Hans Lange, who was describing a jump gone bad that could easily have had...
Lehman bankruptcy sinks stocks
Nearly all radio and TV stocks dropped Monday as Wall Street reeled from Lehman Brothers filing Chapter 11. The ranks of major investment banks was also reduced by Merrill Lynch
The Network Exception and Political Rates
We’re into the home stretch of the 2008 political season and the presidential election is upon us. Radio is receiving more attention than