Taking issue with Jim Boyle
This reader doesn’t think much of the suggestions for the radio industry from CL King analyst Jim Boyle (3/4/08 RBR #44).WOW--That is the biggest...
Debut makes its debut
Yesterday marked the first quarterly Wall Street conference call for Debut Broadcasting, which just this week announced the purchase of its sixth and seventh...
Bush vows to veto any Fairness Doctrine
President George W. Bush was welcomed at the National Religious Broadcasters convention in Nashville yesterday as he delivered something the broadcasters wanted to hear...
Lee Abrams jumps to Tribune
Zell, Michaels and Abrams, what a team! Some people would find each and every one of them to be overbearing, off-the-wall and just plain nuts.
Spitzer apologizes, but doesn’t resign
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer read a brief statement apologizing to his family and the public yesterday after he was identified by the New...
Send the “suits” packing
The Citadel debacle is the latest example of what happened when Radio was taken over by the "suits" on Wall Street who did not...
Week of learning and planning
What I saw and learned at Annual 4A's conference was excellent and lived up to their theme of 'Digital changes everything' but if you...
Moody’s turns negative on Univision
RBR/TVBR wasn’t the only one to notice that Univision is coming up well short of its projected 500 million bucks from divestitures. Moody’s Investors Service affirmed its debt ratings for the Hispanic media giant, but changed its rating outlook to negative.
Ed is mad, Tom is sad
I have to join Ed Christian (2/29/08 RBR #42) when he laments the lack of professionalism that sees radio commercial rates on the streets...
Clear Channel extends tender
Some folks on Wall Street got excited last week by a rumor that the 26.7 billion bucks deal was going to closing on Thursday. That didn’t happen.
CEOs skittish about the future
Chief Executive Magazine regularly keeps takes the temperature of the denizens of America's corner offices, and what it's found this time is enough to...
PTC takes its case to ABC/Disney shareholders
PTC is not the only group to take stock of a company, literally and then use the shareholder meeting as a forum to air its opinions. Al Sharpton has done it.
Minorities shopping more online
Online shopping by African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics and other minorities has increased dramatically during the past five years, according to a report from The Media Audit....
Asset sales continue at Univision
No one was using 500 million as a target for asset sales in yesterday’s Univision quarterly conference call. The newly private company, which still...
Dean prepared to welcome FL, MI to convention
The Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan didn't even amount to beauty contests, since the two states jumped the gun on Super Duper Tuesday...