“Cuz” and “Doc” among honorees
Legendary DJ “Cousin Brucie” Morrow, pictured, is to be honored with one of the 2008 Ward L. Quaal Pioneer Awards by the Broadcasters Foundation...
President postpones ad campaign kick-off
The White House felt it might be seen as opportunistic to announce Office of National Drug Control Policy advertising campaign aimed at preventing the...
Clinton leads the pack in press coverage
If there's no such thing as bad publicity, then the US media pack is doing Hillary Clinton (D-NY) a world of good by keeping...
Terrence Elkes dead at 73
Former Viacom President Terrence Elkes has died of a heart problem at age 73. Elkes was hired as General Counsel of Viacom a year...
Bergeron to host Golden Mike gala
Tom Bergeron will emcee the 2008 Broadcasters Foundation of America Golden Mike Award in honor of the Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks and the...
Feedback on pacings and PPM
Regarding "National Pacings Dismal for Q1" (1/23/08 RBR #15).Thank you for showing what the RAB/Forester Study showed in 2005 regarding the future of radio billing...
The good news: pullback on campaign coverage
But the bad news? That's because the economy is tanking. The troubles with the housing bubble and subprimes, the weakening dollar and the canaries...
The cross-utility of sales advice
Sales consultancy Associates Interactive has taken note of soft holiday sales in the retail electronics field, and provided some pointers to pick things up...
Taking the bloom off the berg?
According to new Gallup Poll, there does not appear to be much of a public appetite for a third party candidate at the moment....
CEOs like Texas, Nevada and North Carolina
These states finished one-two-three in a survey of chief executive officers conducted by Chief Executive Magazine. The key for the top two was the...
Ion set to complete going private
Citadel Investment Group’s CIG Media is now the majority shareholder of Ion Media Networks, but there’s still some details to attend to so the...
Publishing powers quarter for Meredith
While newspaper publishers are suffering, Meredith Corporation posted earnings growth of nearly 30% in fiscal Q2 (September-December) for its magazine publishing operations. Broadcasting revenues...
Bargain hunting time
Are there bargains to be had in the stock market these days? Analyst David Miller at SMH Capital (Sanders Morris Harris) is telling clients...
More noise around Bloomberg
Do you feel a draft? It might be coming from the Draft Bloomberg Committee, a bipartisan effort aimed at drawing the ex-Democratic ex-Republican and...
Like father, like son…and like daughter
Two of Rupert Murdoch’s adult children are in the news for deals they’ve cut to build their own media empires. Lachlan Murdoch has teamed...