Sunday, September 29, 2024

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...

Comment on the FCC proposing limits

Joseph Emert's comment on the FCC proposing limits on the number of applications one entity can file in the upcoming NCE FM window (8/14/07...

AP signs with Teletrax

Teletrax announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement to track video usage for the Associated Press (AP), the world's oldest and largest...

Revenues down 2.4% for Allbritton

Fiscal Q3 (April-June) revenues declined 2.4% to 58 million bucks for Allbritton Communications. As you would expect, most of that was due to a...

No Gannett buyout on tap

Internet bloggers jumped to conclusions last week by reading a lot more into a routine SEC filing by Gannett than was really there. The...

Journal Broadcast under attack

Two employees of Journal Broadcast Group's Milwaukee radio and TV operation were attacked last week by a pack of stray pit bulls outside the...

Gannett launches 100+ local mobile sites

Breaking news, sports, weather and other must-have local information now can be accessed easily by mobile phone users in more than 100 local markets,...

Strong quarter for Univision

It's not political revenues, but soccer that made for tough comps at Univision. Q2 net revenues were down 6.9% over all to 562.2 million,...

Mixed bag for the press in Pew poll

The opinion of the average citizen on the quality of journalism these days is somewhat of a mixed bag, according to a study just...

Former broadcaster leaving SEC

Roel Campos announced plans to step down from his seat on the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a month to return to the...

Nielsen completes Telephia buy

The Nielsen Company has completed the acquisition of San Francisco-based Telephia, a leading provider of syndicated consumer research to the telecom and mobile media...

Some TV in Univision asset sales

Univision's new private equity owners haven't announced any asset sales yet, but in the company's quarterly conference call CFO Andrew Hobson indicated that the...

Universal Music makes equity investment Loud.com

Universal Music Group said it has acquired a stake in the operator of hip-hop/urban social networking website Loud.com (a.k.a. battlerap.com). The deal is part...

DG FastChannel Q2 revenues up 43%

DG FastChannel, a provider of digital media services to the advertising, entertainment and broadcast industries, reported Q2 revenue of 21.7 million compared to 15.1...

Saga Q2 net income relatively flat

Saga Communications reported Q2 net operating revenue increased 1.8% over the comparable period in 2006 to 38.4 million and operating income was approximately flat...