http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-12-03T19:52:37-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/second_half_recovery_sure_in_2009.html 2008-08-23T10:47:00-05:00 2008-08-23T10:47:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The Conference Board has taken the economy’s temperature, and the reading is not encouraging. "The recent decline in gas prices isn't enough to overcome all http://www.rbr.com/media-news/newspapers_slipping_as_news_source.html 2008-08-19T21:41:00-05:00 2008-08-19T21:41:00-05:00 RBR/TVBR Online news sources and continued growth by cable outlets are seemingly conspiring to take a bite out of newspaper uses - just over a third http://www.rbr.com/media-news/campaigns_ratify_debate_schedule_report_funding.html 2008-08-21T16:11:00-05:00 2008-08-21T16:11:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The campaigns of John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) have agreed to the debate schedule put forth by the Commission on Presidential Debates. They http://www.rbr.com/media-news/college_presidents_pushing_lower_drinking_age.html 2008-08-21T06:09:00-05:00 2008-08-21T06:09:00-05:00 Dave Seyler You can hardly find a more distinguished and respectable demographic than college and university presidents. Did you know that they are organizing to push for http://www.rbr.com/media-news/spectrum_sprinkling.html 2008-08-20T11:19:00-05:00 2008-08-20T11:19:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Outside of Dallas, a trio of communities have banded together to upgrade communications for their fire and police departments. The first responders of Cedar Hill, http://www.rbr.com/media-news/hispanic_groups_well-positioned_for_2008_election.html 2008-08-18T10:52:00-05:00 2008-08-18T10:52:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Earlier in the year Hispanic broadcasters were mobilizing their listeners, urging the eligible to get registered and to vote in this year’s primaries and again http://www.rbr.com/media-news/campaign_knocked_off_the_top_slot.html 2008-08-19T18:46:00-05:00 2008-08-19T18:46:00-05:00 RBR/TVBR We wouldn't have believed it if we hadn't seen it with our own eyes. Sure it's the doldrums before the national conventions. We're still surprised, http://www.rbr.com/media-news/surge_in_youth_vote_could_benefit_broadcasters.html 2008-08-19T15:54:00-05:00 2008-08-19T15:54:00-05:00 Dave Seyler After taking several presidential elections off, proportionally speaking, voters under the age of 30 injected themselves into the electoral process in a big way during http://www.rbr.com/media-news/pandora_losing_hope.html 2008-08-18T14:48:00-05:00 2008-08-18T14:48:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Internet music source Pandora is highly successful. It claims 1M listeners and is said to be adding 40K new listeners daily via its tie to Apple’s iPhone. Even more importantly, it has managed to monetize http://www.rbr.com/media-news/follow_the_money.html 2008-08-18T15:53:00-05:00 2008-08-18T15:53:00-05:00 Dave Seyler John McCain (R-AZ) had a good July when it comes to fund-raising, but Barack Obama (D-IL) fared almost twice as well, according to reports. McCain http://www.rbr.com/media-news/billion_dollar_man.html 2008-08-15T15:44:00-05:00 2008-08-15T15:44:00-05:00 Dave Seyler That’s what George W. Bush may shortly become. He is said to have raised $968M for himself and for other candidates since he took office http://www.rbr.com/media-news/tribune_hartenstein_zell.html 2008-08-17T08:19:00-05:00 2008-08-17T08:19:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Tribune Co has appointed Eddy Hartenstein, former CEO of DirecTV as publisher of the LA Times, the paper said Saturday. Hartenstein will oversee Tribune's largest http://www.rbr.com/media-news/buffalo_legends_to_be_enshrined.html 2008-08-15T11:53:00-05:00 2008-08-15T11:53:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The Buffalo Broadcasters Association has named six inductees for the 12th year of the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame. ESPN Football Analyst Ron Jaworski heads http://www.rbr.com/media-news/9364.html 2008-08-14T15:42:00-05:00 2008-08-14T15:42:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Back in June News Corporation proposed to buy out other shareholders of NDS Group in league with the Permira Advisers private equity group for $60 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/broadcast_gains_can_t_match_print_decline_at_tribune.html 2008-08-13T06:59:00-05:00 2008-08-13T06:59:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Tribune Company reports that Broadcasting & Entertainment revenues rose 4% to $409 million in Q2, including a 2% gain in television revenues. Meanwhile, Publishing revenues http://www.rbr.com/media-news/cox_a_seller-to-be_in_print.html 2008-08-13T17:04:00-05:00 2008-08-13T17:04:00-05:00 Jack Messmer It may be known as a buy-and hold company, but Cox Enterprises announced that it intends to sell the Austin American-Statesman, its affiliated operations including http://www.rbr.com/media-news/chester_smith_dead_at_78.html 2008-08-13T17:00:00-05:00 2008-08-13T17:00:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Television group owner Chester Smith has died at age 78. His Sainte Partners II owns a group of full- and low-power TV stations in California http://www.rbr.com/media-news/fee_for_all.html 2008-08-11T06:10:00-05:00 2008-08-11T06:10:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The regulatory fees charged to licensees of the Federal Communications Commission are not generally the biggest ticket overhead items on a station’s budget, but money http://www.rbr.com/media-news/dueling_eds_freshen_coverage.html 2008-08-12T16:48:00-05:00 2008-08-12T16:48:00-05:00 RBR/TVBR Yeah, yeah, the 2008 campaign is still the top story, but it dipped under the 25% mark overall, and came in #2 on the online http://www.rbr.com/media-news/obama_opens_fire_in_florida.html 2008-08-12T15:40:00-05:00 2008-08-12T15:40:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The Wall Street Journal notes that Barack Obama (D-IL) has dropped about $6.5M in advertising in all major Florida media markets, an expenditure that thus