http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-10-06T10:10:47-05:00 http://www.rbr.com/radio/arbitron_accelerates_cell_phone-only_sampling_for_diary_markets.html 2008-10-02T06:04:00-05:00 2008-10-02T06:04:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Arbitron customers in some diary markets won’t have to wait until the Fall survey next year to get what PPM markets already have – people http://www.rbr.com/media-news/2009_advice_keep_overhead_low_and_hang_on.html 2008-10-04T20:43:00-05:00 2008-10-04T20:43:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Don’t look for a recovery in 2009. Rather, Wachovia Securities bond analyst Bishop Cheen told RBR/TVBR in a recent interview, 2009 is going to be http://www.rbr.com/radio/arbitron_threatened_with_lawsuit_by_new_york_attorney_general.html 2008-10-05T01:30:00-05:00 2008-10-05T01:30:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has notified Arbitron that he intends to sue the company – charging that the ratings company has engaged in unlawful and http://www.rbr.com/media-news/newspapers_staggering_under_debt_loads.html 2008-10-02T06:02:00-05:00 2008-10-02T06:02:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The Minneapolis Star Tribune skipped a debt payment this week. That’s just one manifestation of the impact of tight credit and declining revenues for most http://www.rbr.com/media-news/no_lending_no_deals_m_a_on_hold.html 2008-10-01T19:56:00-05:00 2008-10-01T19:56:00-05:00 Jack Messmer When CBS Corporation announced plans to divest about 50 radio stations, the company indicated that talks were already underway and deals could be announced within 30 days. That was 64 days ago http://www.rbr.com/radio/arbitron_sues_new_york_ag_ppm_fired_up_in_8_markets_today.html 2008-10-06T03:51:00-05:00 2008-10-06T03:51:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Taking the offensive against New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Arbitron today filed suit in federal court to block any attempt by Cuomo to halt http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/time_warner_cable_subscribers_miss_football.html 2008-10-05T06:34:00-05:00 2008-10-05T06:34:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The deadline came without agreement on a new retransmission consent agreement, so LIN TV stations in 15 markets disappeared Friday from Time Warner Cable systems http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv-cable_ratings/week_one-broadcast_91_cable_9.html 2008-10-05T16:27:00-05:00 2008-10-05T16:27:00-05:00 RBR/TVBR A cable/satellite network (ESPN) scored a rare top 10 program ranking (football, of course) in the key 18-49 demo for the first week of the http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/10419.html 2008-10-05T11:44:00-05:00 2008-10-05T11:44:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Simultaneous Spanish translation has been available for some time now in the debates by candidates for President of the United States, but another language is http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv-cable_ratings/palin-biden_debate_a_ratings_winner.html 2008-10-05T06:39:00-05:00 2008-10-05T06:39:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Vice Presidential candidates normally get far less interest from the public that the people at the top of the ticket – but not this year.