http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-11-19T17:30:57-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/radio/11360.html 2008-11-18T10:29:00-06:00 2008-11-18T10:29:00-06:00 Jack Messmer The first sweep of all 50 markets won’t come until the spring of 2009, but The Nielsen Company is jumping right into the US radio ratings business http://www.rbr.com/radio/11366.html 2008-11-18T17:44:00-06:00 2008-11-18T17:44:00-06:00 Jack Messmer Despite the loss of nearly all revenue from the 50 markets where Nielsen plans to launch its new radio ratings service next year, Arbitron says http://www.rbr.com/radio/11341.html 2008-11-18T01:14:00-06:00 2008-11-18T01:14:00-06:00 Jack Messmer Look out Arbitron! There’s a new competitor in US radio ratings – and a big one. Cumulus Media has completed its RFP process for ratings in its markets http://www.rbr.com/radio/11337.html 2008-11-17T09:30:00-06:00 2008-11-17T09:30:00-06:00 Jack Messmer No more will Arbitron have to install and pay for a conventional land line when a cell phone-only household joins a PPM panel. The company says it has found off-the-shelf technology that will do the trick http://www.rbr.com/media-news/advertising/11325.html 2008-11-17T09:13:00-06:00 2008-11-17T09:13:00-06:00 Carl Marcucci RAB CEO Jeff Haley has sent out and posted a note from Betsy Lazar, Executive Director, Advertising and Media Operations, General Motors, that asks help from the radio biz on getting the government bailout http://www.rbr.com/radio/11359.html 2008-11-18T10:06:00-06:00 2008-11-18T10:06:00-06:00 Carl Marcucci In response to Nielsen’s proposed entry into the radio ratings business announced yesterday, Eastlan Ratings President/CEO Mike Gould suggests, “the announcement is absolutely inconsistent with what we are http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv-cable_ratings/11363.html 2008-11-18T16:45:00-06:00 2008-11-18T16:45:00-06:00 RBR/TVBR The first post-election interview with President-elect Obama and his wife, Michelle, gave "60 Minutes" its biggest audience in early a decade and was the most http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/11362.html 2008-11-18T10:32:00-06:00 2008-11-18T10:32:00-06:00 Jack Messmer Westwood One has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange that its stock will no longer trade on the NYSE, effective with the market http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/11361.html 2008-11-18T16:31:00-06:00 2008-11-18T16:31:00-06:00 Jack Messmer Fox failed to match the ESPN bid by Monday’s deadline, so the official announcement came yesterday: The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) to determine the US http://www.rbr.com/media-news/11358.html 2008-11-18T15:42:00-06:00 2008-11-18T15:42:00-06:00 RBR/TVBR According to the latest Project for Excellence in Journalism report for the week of 11/10/08-11/16/08, making sense of the 2008 elections was still the top