Labels leave Lovett penniless
Who woulda thunk it? Lyle Lovett hasn’t earned a dime from an album sale during nearly two decades of making albums. This would be...
Checking the Less is More math
RBR/TVBR Exclusive - Critics say Less is More has been a failure for Clear Channel Radio - that it dug a revenue hole the company will never crawl out of. But Clear Channel management continues to insist
Marconi finalists announced
From markets ranging from New York, NY to Hugo, OK, the finalists have been named for the 2008 NAB Marconi Radio Awards. NAB also...
Slashing Emmis estimates
CL King analyst Jim Boyle called the double digit drop in revenue pacings for the current fiscal quarter (June-August) at Emmis Communications “stunning” and has sharply reduced his estimates
KSWD-FM "The Sound" launches wiki
The Sound – KSWD-FM/Los Angeles –announced the launch of The Sound wiki on www.TheSoundLA.com. The Sound wiki’s primary focus is to collaborate and discuss...
Media Monitors gets patent
Media Monitors announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved the issuance of patent #US 7,386,047 B2 for the company’s method for determining...
Kodak adds radio to its new theatre HD player
Kodak unveiled a new approach for finding and listening to AM/FM radio via its new digital home entertainment device – the Theatre HD Player. ...
Dissident fires another shot at Emmis
Despite his dissatisfaction with Emmis Communications management, Frank Martin has bought more shares of Emmis for Martin Capital Management. The investment firm and its...
Emmis revenues down, but operating income up
For its fiscal Q1 (March-May), Emmis Communications reported that net revenue was $86.8 million, compared to $87.3 million for the same quarter of the...
Emmis pacing down double-digits
Emmis Communications stock fell again yesterday after the company reported that June domestic radio revenues were down 11% and that the rest of its fiscal Q2 is looking much the same
Limbaugh’s deal provokes continued response
Iconic radio yakmeister Rush Limbaugh will be raking in a series of significant paydays through his new deal with Premiere/Clear Channel
Group launches anti-Dobson campaign
The public gets to vote this year on who is inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame at the Museum of Broadcast Communications. That’s...
Noted black entrepreneur launches Business Talker on CBS/DC
Fortune 100 companies want him on their boards. Former President George H. W. Bush asked him to lead a commission on business development. Now,...
Low cost HD Radios to hit stores
iBiquity Digital announced the all-important $100 price point for HD Radio receivers has been smashed. The new under $100 HD Radio devices from Coby,...
Congressional work on royalties likely done for 2008
The attempt to impose performance royalties on broadcasters has made it out of the subcommittee level, but we didn’t expect it would get much...