Univision Music Group sold to Universal
Universal Music Group is the winning bidder to acquire Univision Music Group, which has been for sale since Univision Communications was taken private. The...
Nielsen reorganizes business media operations
Two of what had been six groups have been combined at Nielsen Business Media, with industry veteran Gerry Byrne joining the company as Sr....
LIN exceeds expectations
Q4 was a strong quarter for LIN Television. Although revenues were down 15% to 108.6 million, that was due to the lack of political,...
Mixed quarter for Washington Post Co.
Education remained the growth driver in Q4, with revenues up 21%, while overall revenues gained 8% to 1.13 billion. However, earnings per share fell...
A bring-your-own-ballot election
Corporate proxy contests aren't quite like voting in a primary or general election. Shareholders at Media General are receiving ballots for the April 24th...
SBS – Mega TV launches in PR-radio invited!
Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) hosted a party last night to celebrate the launch of Mega TV over DirecTV Channel 169 in Puerto Rico (last...
Election coverage finding a level?
Journalists expended 44% of available time and space on the 2008 campaign during the week of 2/18/08-2/24/08
Time to think differently
In your very good article on saving radio you suggest a lot of "changing thinking ideas." Some of our thinking is so habitual that...
Arbitron revises post-Apollo outlook
A day after pulling the plug on Project Apollo (2/26/08 RBR #39), Arbitron issued revised guidance to investors. The company said it still expects...
CBS “not seeing a recession”
That declaration came from CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves in his quarterly conference call with Wall Street analysts after the company reported Q4 revenues...
Give ’em credit
Equity Media Holdings announced that it had entered into a new credit facility with Silver Point Finance LLC and Wells Fargo Foothill Inc. If...
Young faces Nasdaq delisting
Since its stock price has been below a buck for over 30 consecutive days, Young Broadcasting has received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq...
One less afternoon newspaper
For the second time in recent months, E.W. Scripps Company has shut down a struggling afternoon newspaper. The Albuquerque Tribune published its last issue...
Clear Channel TV sale reportedly resolved…almost
There’s no official confirmation yet from either side, but both the Wall Street Journal and New York Times websites reported yesterday that Clear Channel...
Saving Radio? This reader thinks that is the wrong approach
EXCELLENT content! Wrong title! When you get the mindset you are in it to save it you play to "not lose." When you are...