The truth, the faux truth, and nothing but the faux truth
Viacom wants 1B from Google's popular video-sharing site YouTube, saying that the cable destination unfairly benefits from allowing Viacom content to be posted in...
Eight Democrats commit to Univision debate
Univision and the University of Miami say eight candidates for the Democratic nomination to become President of the United States have agreed to appear...
Preaching to the choir
Washington Post media watchdog Howard Kurtz has published some observations on the candidates' television habits in the early going of what is being routinely...
Icahn knows how to play the spread
Carl Icahn may be known as a corporate raider, but he is also an arbitrageur. With Clear Channel's stock trading well below the price...
Revenues down for SWMX, but so are losses
SWMX reported that Q2 revenues were down 100K to 600K, which was attributed to a change in strategy for the company, which operates SoftWave...
Regent fires back
After being sued last week by Riley Investment Management, which is trying to force a special shareholders meeting (8/10/07 RBR #156), Regent Communications has...
Up quarter for Ion
Ion Media Networks reports that Q2 revenues increased 3% to 55.5 million, mainly due to higher rates realized for direct response advertisements, partially offset...
ACME: Q2 down, Q3 up
ACME Communications reported that net revenues from continuing operations, decreased 4% to 8.3 million for Q2, saying the drop reflects a 6% decline in...
Double digits for Liberman
LBI Media Holdings, the parent company of Liberman Broadcasting, reported that Q2 revenues rose 11% to 32.5 million, with both radio and TV up....
Small decline for Barrington
Barrington Broadcasting Group reports that Q2 gross revenues were down 1.8% to 34.2 million, with local up 5.7% while national was down 6.3% and,...
Phil Rizzuto dead at 89
Phil Rizzuto, the New York Yankees hall of famer who went on to a long career in radio and TV, has died at age...
Rutgers player sues CBS, Imus
On the same day that CBS settled the threatened lawsuit by fired morning host Don Imus, both CBS and Imus were sued by one...
Diffuse coverage during second disaster week in a row
During the week of 8/5/07-8/10/07, the Project for Excellence in Journalism from a great deal of disagreement between the five media it tracks as...
Revenues and sales expenses down for Interep
Interep reports that Q2 commission revenues declined 14.7% to 16.1 million. "The majority of this 2.8 million decrease is attributable to the termination of...
Any bargains out there?
RBR readers know that radio stocks have fallen dramatically this summer. Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller notes that broadcast stocks have fallen 32% in...