Univision rides the Hispanic wave
Hispanic is the place to be demographic-wise, and that’s exactly where Univision is. Its radio and television properties, concentrated in the largest Hispanic markets,...
Coming to a courtroom near you: Parton v. Stern?
Country icon Dolly Parton is said to be weighing lawsuit to former radio icon and current Sirius yakmeister Howard Stern. Stern and his crew...
On newspaper ads against radio…
Tribune newspapers recent radio attack ads on Long Island and Los Angeles are exactly what Radio needs to raise advertiser awareness of radio benefits. I hope they run more! Why?
Broadcasters ride the inflation wave
The wave was caused by a lack of inflation, actually – the latest report wasn’t as bad as feared, despite rapidly escalating food and...
Liberman rides new station into the black
Get a new station, increase your income – that’s the story at Liberman Broadcasting Inc. Its overall revenues for Q1 2008 were up 5%...
Is the Armey mounting a sneak attack?
We always thought former legislator Dick Armey (R-TX back in the day) was opposed to unnecessary taxation. But he’s expected to testify before Congress...
Will top ticket candidates freeze out 527s?
The usefulness of 527s really was thrown into question by the belated FEC fines. The 527 clause exists to protect issue-oriented organizations and their right to promote their views.
On the missing Houston station
Despite what was stated in RBR this morning, Arbitron DID NOT discover this problem by themselves and then notify clients – it was another example of clients finding the problem.
Gobbling up Hearst-Argyle shares
Hearst Corporation continues to increase its stake in Hearst-Argyle Television, despite having been rebuffed in a bid to take the TV group private at...
Disney's media networks to develop ad, research lab
The Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company announced the development of an emerging media and advertising research lab in conjunction with Professor...
Cyclone eats into campaign coverage
But the week of May 5-11 was still all about the battle for president, on the Democratic side, according to the Project for Excellence...
Arrow-matic day on the Street
The action was all on the radio side. It looks like Clear Channel’s privatization is getting close to being a done deal – its...
Dolans beat Murdoch to Newsday
The cross-ownership complications put in play by the Rupert Murdoch/News Corporation play for Long Island icon Newsday are off the table. Cablevision has come...
Emmis says it’s seen the bottom
“We felt a few months ago that we were at the bottom,” said Emmis Comm. CEO Jeff Smulyan. After trailing peers for a period of time, he said the company was catching up, pulling even and poised to pull ahead in many instances.
More on Farid Suleman…
Stop! Enough already! If I read one more comment from Farid Suleman about how he is going to fix Citadel's dismal performance I'm going to...