Sinclair lowers expectations
Citing the “difficult financial and economic environment,” Sinclair Broadcast Group has revised downward its guidance to Wall Street for Q3. The company had said...
Ghosts haunting 2008 broadcast scene
Is your airtime being haunted by ghosts? There has been an epidemic of sightings for ghost advertising during the 2008 election cycle. There is precedent for the genre, notably from the Swiftboat Veterans
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Once Upon a time there lived an Emperor (radio stockholders) who was so worried about his clothes (stock value) he didn’t know what to do
Google's plan for radio
Almost as quietly as it began, Google celebrated its 10th birthday this past September. Hard to believe the search giant has become an advertising business heavyweight in just
Stations ignore Stevens request on DSCC ads
Embattled Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) has been trying to get Alaska radio and television stations to stop running ads that are coming from into...
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...