Ratings strong, ad sales lagging for SBS
Spanish Broadcasting System has some of the top radio stations in some of the largest US markets and CEO Raul Alarcon noted in yesterday's...
Regent growing auto business at the local level
Regent Communications beat Wall Street expectations for Q2 and CEO Bill Stakelin says the company is on track to book 100 million bucks in...
GreenStone’s Jim LaMarca on the 8/17 shutdown
We reported yesterday on the imminent GreenStone Media shutdown (8/7/07 RBR 153)and asked VP/Operations Jim LaMarca what was behind the problems the company faces,...
Dems take aim at consolidation
Netroots bloggers met with Democratic presidential candidates in Chicago over the weekend at the YearlyKos Convention, and one of the things that came up...
National Geographic expands
It's known for its magazine. But the iconic publishing outfit has long been involved in television and film enterprises, and has been active online....
Gray hits low end of guidance
"It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad," said President Bob Prather as he reported Q2 results for Gray Television. Revenues were down 2% to...
Cumulus sued over buyout
A class action law firm, Holzer Holzer & Fistel, announced that it has filed suit on behalf of Cumulus Media shareholders against the company,...
Talkers spread out the topic smorgasbord
During the week of 7/22-27/07, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, talkmeisters stuck to their usual script, in which they take the...
Re-evaluating the media mix
By Bill ReynoldsHere's a radical idea: let's try to make media planning decisions based on what works, rather than on what "everybody" thinks will...
Post-Newsweek revenues down only slightly
TV revenues were down only 1% in Q2 for The Washington Post Company, with the Post-Newsweek station group bringing in 87.9 million bucks, despite...
Edwards takes aim at News Corp.
Presidential candidate John Edwards (D-NC) is calling for all Democratic candidates to return any donations from News Corp. executives in light of the company's...
Newspaper editor assassinated
That may sound like a headline from a third world country, but this happened Thursday in the USA. Chauncey Bailey, editor of the Oakland...
Slew of upgrades from BofA
Bank of America analyst Jonathan Jacoby isn't a bull, but at least he's no longer a bear when it comes to radio stocks. Stock...
Post-Newsweek revenues down only slightly
TV revenues were down only 1% in Q2 for The Washington Post Company, with the Post-Newsweek station group bringing in 87.9 million bucks, despite...
PPMs not being carried
Regarding PPMs not being carried by their survey participants during their (up to 2 years) survey period, why not build them into a cell...