Lincoln set to pull the trigger
Despite a huge price reduction from original expectations, RBR sources confirmed last Friday that Lincoln Financial Group is set to swallow hard and exit...
Carmel Group revisits XM/Sirius
Research firm Carmel Group has been retained by the NAB to study the proposed merger between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. They...
Analysis – What about the public interest?
RBR News AnalysisWhat about the public interest?The battle lines have been drawn for the latest attempt by the FCC to reform its media ownership...
PUBLISHER'S PERSPECTIVE
At the stroke of midnight 12/31/07 we shout "Happy New Year 2008!" Let me be the first to say now Happy New Year, as...
XM optimistic on merger and OEM sales
Retail sales of XM Satellite Radio receivers are below expectations, but XM CEO Nate Davis says OEM sales have more than counteracted that decline...
Close encounter in NY Galaxy
A major portion of a multipronged deal in the Utica-Rome NY market has come to closure. According to Kalil & Co., Ed Levine's Galaxy...
REACH Media taps Gary Bernstein as programming head
Radio One and REACH Media have joined forces to bring aboard former Superadio Networks chief Gary Bernstein, to run and expand Syndication One, effective...
WPHH-FM Hartford changes format
Yesterday Urban WPHH-FM Hartford became fm104one, airing the deepest music playlist with the longest uninterrupted music sweeps and widest selection of music in Connecticut. ...
CBS Radio taps Michael Weiss, Reorganizes
Reorganizes market responsibilities as CBS Radio announced Interep's CBS Radio Sales President Michael Weiss is being hired by the company to be in charge...
Withers bats at CCU while batting for broadcasters
The Commerce Committee hearing on the Future of Radio heard testimony from a wide variety of industry players, and there could have been room...
Ticket price lawsuits get class action OK
A federal judge in Los Angeles has granted class action status to a bunch of different lawsuits from several states alleging that Clear Channel...
Satellite radio sales still falling
Retail sales of XM and Sirius receivers were down 30% in September, according to NPD data. And Bank of America analyst Jonathan Jacoby notes...
Vox finds home in Indiana
Bruce Danziger, Dan Barlow and Keith Thomas are taking their Vox Communications Group into a new state - Indiana. Blackburn & Co. reports that...
Another PPM holdout signs up
Cumulus Media (and its related Cumulus Media Partners) is the latest major group to sign a contract to subscribe to PPM data from Arbitron....
Spring 2007 National Satellite Audience Estimates
Arbitron has issued its first satellite radio ratings--a National Satellite Report for Spring 2007. Included are estimates for Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6AM to Midnight...