Reed batting out RBI
Reed Business Information, the US business mag division of English-Dutch Reed Elsevier, is on the block. It includes choice communications titles such as Variety,...
Court ruling is for the birds
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ordered the FCC to conduct a study of the effect of communications...
Election coverage cools to red hot
Coverage of the 2008 election campaign was ratcheted back in the week after Super Duper Tuesday, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism...
Hearst-Argyle hops on the schedule
It's been a relatively quiet week for broadcasting on the quarterly conference call front, with just three companies -- Radio One, Fisher and Entercom...
Another media frontier
Hey, we have an idea! Let's combine the old-fashioned human sandwich sign with the latest in video technology! DAMN! Already done. Beryl's World/IMC has...
Media mavens filling the beach
The biggest growth category for media companies has been the unemployed category, according to a study from Ad Age. It says that you have...
Hulu CEO to keynote NAB Show
NAB announced that Jason Kilar, CEO of Hulu, will present a keynote address during the NAB Show on Wednesday, April 16. Hulu is an...
Where will we find the next generation of engineers?
A new study that examines the number of engineering graduates coming out of our nation’s engineering schools reveals a mixed picture of how prepared...
Providence fires back
Providence Equity Partners says it was "surprised and disappointed" by Clear Channel's decision to launch a lawsuit to force the pair's 1.2B television station...
MIM avoids scapegoating guns for gun violence
And in so doing, Morality in Media President Robert Peters decided instead to scapegoat television, music lyrics and video games. There are other items...
Florida ad tax being reconsidered…again
Florida abolished the sales tax exemption on advertising 20 years ago after six months on the books and replaced it with a one-cent hike...
Stop Talking the Talk – Start Walking the Walk
By engaging in the business environment that is now here - Digital Media. This is not a cheap shot but a wake up call....
Clear Channel tries to put some pep into PEP
The deal to take radio giant Clear Channel private will be much easier to accomplish if the side deal to send CCU’s television group...
Inside the minds of the DOJ's antitrust lawyers
RBR/TVBR has now been able to look over the court filings by the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division in its civil settlement with...
Think tanker wants to free XM/Sirius
Daniel Ballon, a fellow at the Pacific Research Institute of San Francisco, was given space at Philly Online to shill for the merger of...