Station financing still hard to come by
Before the holiday weekend RBR/TVBR asked several experts for their thoughts on whether the dismal market for broadcast financings had changed at all, for...
Coen on deck today
Back in December when he issued his ad spending forecast for 2008, Universal McCann Sr. VP and Director of Forecasting Bob Coen said “we...
Coen's ad forecast more pessimistic
Declaring that the US ad market is "even worse" than expected when he issued his initial forecast in December, advertising guru Bob Coen
InBev wants to oust A-B board
Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev raised the pressure on top managers at Anheuser-Busch Monday by moving to oust the brewer's board.InBev filed a consent solicitation statement...
Analysts even more negative on media
Two Wall Street analysts issued updates yesterday for pretty much all of the media/entertainment companies that they follow. They don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel
XM/Sirius continues to draw flak
If the FCC requires XM and Sirius to set aside a swath of spectrum for minority programming as a merger approval condition, Entravision is stepping forward to fill some of those satellite channels
Helms passes
Iconic former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms joined Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams by making July 4th his last day, passing away...
More “Fool”ish analysis on XM/Sirius
Motley Fool has been pushing the XM/Sirius merger for months now, and although many see the imminent possibility of FCC approval in the wake...
Thanks to all but engage in the Internet
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it,” but my add-on is – ‘Don’t take the Left fork, take the Right fork.” And that is the Internet digital fork we all must take
Credit markets still tight for broadcast deals
Broadcast station trading has been unimpressive this year. If you’re a regular reader of RBR/TVBR, you know that big deals have been few and far between. Radio One was under pressure
NAB Radio Board chief sounds off
Steve Newberry is President of more than just regional radio group Commonwealth Broadcasting -- he is also the newly-installed Chairman
WPP rebuffed by TNS again
Sir Martin Sorrell really wants to add Taylor Nelson Sofres to his WPP Group, but TNS is having none of it. TNS on Thursday...
Job cuts, job cuts everywhere
While broadcasting companies have certainly done some staff cutting in recent months, it is newspapers who are really having to cut in the face...
Non-competes on the way out in NY State
All that’s needed now is the signature of Gov. David Paterson (D) for non-compete restrictions on radio and television talent to be illegal in...
News Corp. to keep Ottaway
When News Corporation bought Dow Jones last year, Rupert Murdoch immediately put the Ottaway Newspapers group on the auction block. But the market for...