http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-07-06T00:41:10-05:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/2008_political_headed_for_the_record_books.html 2008-07-02T13:04:00-05:00 2008-07-02T13:04:00-05:00 Dave Seyler In 2004, all presidential candidates spent about $500M during the campaign. Much has already been spent during a hotly contested Democratic primary, and the winner http://www.rbr.com/media-news/8456.html 2008-07-02T16:36:00-05:00 2008-07-02T16:36:00-05:00 Jack Messmer While broadcasting companies have certainly done some staff cutting in recent months, it is newspapers who are really having to cut in the face of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/news_corp_to_keep_ottaway.html 2008-07-02T16:35:00-05:00 2008-07-02T16:35:00-05:00 Jack Messmer When News Corporation bought Dow Jones last year, Rupert Murdoch immediately put the Ottaway Newspapers group on the auction block. But the market for newspapers http://www.rbr.com/media-news/non-competes_on_the_way_out_in_ny_state.html 2008-07-02T16:35:00-05:00 2008-07-02T16:35:00-05:00 Jack Messmer All that’s needed now is the signature of Gov. David Paterson (D) for non-compete restrictions on radio and television talent to be illegal in New http://www.rbr.com/media-news/dems_keep_pressure_on_xm_sirius.html 2008-07-01T08:05:00-05:00 2008-07-01T08:05:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Five members of the Minnesota House of Representatives delegation have joined the chorus of legislators calling for more concessions in exchange for approval of the proposed XM/Sirius merger http://www.rbr.com/media-news/elections_from_all_over_rule.html 2008-07-01T18:04:00-05:00 2008-07-01T18:04:00-05:00 RBR/TVBR Well, maybe politics wasn't all that was going on, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism survey for 6/23/08-6/29-08, but it did lead the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/54_win_murrow_awards.html 2008-07-01T05:45:00-05:00 2008-07-01T05:45:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Out of 3,459 entries, the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) has awarded 77 2008 Edward R. Murrow Awards to 54 news organizations. ABC News won a total of six http://www.rbr.com/media-news/cnet_now_part_of_cbs.html 2008-06-30T06:05:00-05:00 2008-06-30T06:05:00-05:00 Jack Messmer CBS Corporation closed on its $1.8 billion acquisition of CNET networks and merged the company into an expanded CBS Interactive. Quincy Smith has moved up to CEO of CBS Interactive from http://www.rbr.com/media-news/vss_acquires_majority_stake_in_brand_connections.html 2008-06-30T14:02:00-05:00 2008-06-30T14:02:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS), a private equity firm focused on media, information and education industries, has acquired a majority stake in Brand Connections. The company http://www.rbr.com/media-news/senators_propose_xm_sirius_conditions.html 2008-06-30T09:30:00-05:00 2008-06-30T09:30:00-05:00 Dave Seyler How does providing leased access for 50% of the channel capacity of the merged XM/Sirius entity grab you? Three US senators think that would be an entirely reasonable condition to impose