No bidding war likely for Gemstar-TV Guide
Analyst Alan Gould of Natixix Bleichroeder says the sale price of 2.8 billion bucks for Gemstar-TV Guide was disappointing. But he also doesn’t see...
Social networking IPO this week
How much is Wall Street really willing to bet on the social networking craze? We’ll find out this week as Classmates Media Corporation prices...
Fidelity cuts Clear Channel stake
Once the largest institutional shareholder of Clear Channel Communications, FMR Corp., parent of the Fidelity Mutual Funds group, has been selling off most of...
News Corp. finds buyer for Gemstar-TV Guide
The long nightmare is over for News Corporation. Macrovision has agreed to buy Gemstar-TV Guide for 2.8 billion bucks. That’s a tiny fraction of...
Iraq beats out campaign for Q3 coverage
It has seemed almost impossible to avoid news of the presidential campaign, even back in the third quarter when the final vote was still...
NABOB tries to shoot down big group backers
The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters said that equity backer participation in certain large broadcast groups was granted contingent on divestitures in markets...
Wachovia sees 4.4B in political dollars in the pipe
The crystal ball used by Marci Ryvicker and her crew at Wachovia Capital Markets seems to be tuned to the same key as other...
Stan Elgart comments
Both Tom Sheldon and Stan Campbell have interesting but opposite views on the future of radio.Both have merit but show a lack of knowledge...
Sheldon on Campbell
It was with initial disdain that I read Mr.. Campbell's bitter old opinion in Tuesdays RBR. Then after further thought I felt rather sorry...
R.I.P – P.P.M.
At this thanksgiving time we should all be thankful the PPM train is leaving the station and hopefully no one is aboard except the...
Tribune cuts borrowing
Tribune Company still has lots of cash flow, so it is tapping cash on hand to reduce the amount it needs to borrow to...
Analysts worry about ad slowdown
Even with a big political year on the horizon, two Wall Street analysts have cut their 2008 estimates for broadcasting stocks, citing concerns about...
Oh where, oh where has our industry (Radio) gone?
From my viewpoint as someone who has worked all angles of radio over the past 20+ years, where reps use to get together and trade...
GOP strife ignites campaign coverage
Republican candidates for president spared neither tooth nor claw during their 11/28/07 CNN/YouTube debate, and the resulting verbal bloodshed assured that the 2008 campaign...
CRB establishes new royalty rates for satellite radio performance fees
On 12/3, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) issued its determination and order setting the royalty rate payable by XM and Sirius under the statutory...