A commentary on the upcoming beer wars
Editor:Had to smile when I read the headline, "Anheuser-Busch to go against microbrews" in this morning's RBR.So Goliath plans to put David in his...
New Hampshire sets date for presidential primary
New Hampshire set January 8 as the date for its primary vote in the U.S. presidential election. "It's earlier than we had imagined not...
Democratic candidates won't cross picket lines
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards announced Wednesday he and wife Elizabeth have canceled a visit this week on ABC's "The View" because of...
BEA scholarships awarded
Thirteen students from twelve different campuses were awarded scholarships in the Broadcast Education Association's 2008-2009 competition. The winners were selected by the BEA Scholarship...
October down for Media General
Total revenues were down 11.8% at Media General to 97.1 million bucks. A lot of that was due to the broadcast division, where revenues...
Radio Advisory Council chair responds to Arbitron
Steve Sinicropi, Chairman of the Arbitron Radio Advisory Council and VP/GM of Cox Radio Greenville, sent RBR this response to the comments published Wednesday...
Up month for the Gray Lady
Radio is a tiny portion of the New York Times Company, so we don't know how WQXR-FM New York did specifically, but the overall...
Tough sell for Univision Music Group?
Univision may end up getting less than expected from selling its Spanish record labels. The New York Post reports that bidders have been cutting...
Valuing the billboards at Entravision
Wall Street applauded last week when Entravision said it was looking into selling its outdoor advertising division (11/16/07 RBR #225). So, just what are...
Debut lays out growth plans
Debut Broadcasting Corporation, one of the tiniest public companies in broadcasting, reported that Q3 revenues were 834,270 bucks, down 3.8%. The company said that...
Small market ratings debate continues
Ferguson back to ArbitronI read Arbitron Sr. VP Thom Mocarsky's comments (11/15/07 RBR #224) about the issues we've had with Arbitron in Northern Michigan...
Up quarter for Nielsen
The Nielsen Company reported that Q3 revenues were up 11% to 1.19 billion. Part of that gain was from its media measurement businesses, including...
Arbitron, 20 years behind the times
Arbitron continues to verify it is 20 years behind the times with the PPM. My Sellers quit carrying pagers that long ago because they...
Equity reports up quarter
Q3 revenues were up 5% to 7.5 million for Equity Media Holdings, and if you adjust for the sale of its former station in...
DirectTV says bye-bye to NYSE
Satellite TV company DirecTV announced that it will move its stock listing from the New York Stock Exchange to Nasdaq, effective December 3rd. Despite...