http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-11-20T09:11:28-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/another_farewell_las_vegas.html 2008-04-19T23:34:00-05:00 2008-04-19T23:34:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Each year as we head home from the NAB Show in Las Vegas we try to figure out what we’d learned from this convention that we didn’t know before we touched down at McCarran International Airport. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/7125.html 2008-04-24T15:30:00-05:00 2008-04-24T15:30:00-05:00 Dave Seyler And we mean REALLY south, all the way to South America. The vast media conglomerate is picking up 17K advertising faces in Argentina, Brazil, Chile http://www.rbr.com/media-news/big_payday_for_fisher.html 2008-04-23T06:24:00-05:00 2008-04-23T06:24:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Fisher Communications’ stock jumped yesterday after Liberty Mutual Group announced a 6.2 billion bucks deal to acquire another insurance company, Safeco Corporation. Fisher owns 2.3 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/7099.html 2008-04-23T05:32:00-05:00 2008-04-23T05:32:00-05:00 Dave Seyler A lot of attention is on the presidential contest right now, but another fierce battle for Congress is percolating away just underneath the surface. But as usual, some districts figure to be hotter than others. Today, we'll identify ten where the cash spigot is open full throttle. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/7090.html 2008-04-22T18:27:00-05:00 2008-04-22T18:27:00-05:00 RBR/TVBR The Ps dominated the top of the Project for Excellence in Journalism during for week of 4/14/08-4/20/08, as in Pennsylvania, Pope and polygamy. And the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/7087.html 2008-04-22T16:29:00-05:00 2008-04-22T16:29:00-05:00 Jack Messmer According to the New York Post, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman is “putting the screws to Les” Moonves in an attempt to oust him as CEO http://www.rbr.com/media-news/news_corp_set_to_buy_newsday.html 2008-04-22T16:27:00-05:00 2008-04-22T16:27:00-05:00 Jack Messmer There were several reports yesterday, including one in Newsday itself, that News Corporation is on the verge of a deal to buy the Long Island http://www.rbr.com/media-news/journal_laments_weak_economy.html 2008-04-22T16:25:00-05:00 2008-04-22T16:25:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Q1 revenues were down 6.2% to $134.3 million at Journal Communications, with CEO Steven Smith noting that the company’s TV stations in Las Vegas, Ft. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/7068.html 2008-04-22T15:39:00-05:00 2008-04-22T15:39:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The strategic funds set up by members of Congress can play a big role in the endgame of an election. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee http://www.rbr.com/media-news/7050.html 2008-04-21T15:28:00-05:00 2008-04-21T15:28:00-05:00 Dave Seyler It still has quite a ways to go (and may not get there), but as of the end of March, 859.4M in contributions have been http://www.rbr.com/media-news/7053.html 2008-04-21T05:30:00-05:00 2008-04-21T05:30:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci The third annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Powerful Brands ranking issued by market research and consulting firm, Millward Brown, proves that brands are becoming ever http://www.rbr.com/media-news/7006.html 2008-04-20T04:16:00-05:00 2008-04-20T04:16:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The FCC is still in ponder mode as it considers the proposed merger of satellite audio services XM and Sirius. At least one Fool is wondering what the hold up might be, and the holiday elves are left without direction on manufacturing for the year-end rush. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/7014.html 2008-04-18T14:22:00-05:00 2008-04-18T14:22:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The public information activities of Hispanic multimedia giant Univision have gotten the attention of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), which is http://www.rbr.com/media-news/nab_multi-platform_world.html 2008-04-16T13:15:00-05:00 2008-04-16T13:15:00-05:00 Jack Messmer “Business as usual just doesn’t cut it anymore,” said Sheau Ng, NBC Universal VP of Consumer and Broadcast Technology, as he discussed the moves that http://www.rbr.com/media-news/las_vegas_nab_gathering_drew_crowd.html 2008-04-16T18:13:00-05:00 2008-04-16T18:13:00-05:00 Jack Messmer As the NAB Show in Las Vegas wraps up today, the NAB announced that the event drew 105,259 attendees. Within that there were 28,310 international http://www.rbr.com/media-news/6961.html 2008-04-16T15:43:00-05:00 2008-04-16T15:43:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Advertising revenue is down in the consumer magazine business, according to the Publishers Information Bureau. Q1 2008 is said to have suffered a decrease of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/6821.html 2008-04-09T10:41:00-05:00 2008-04-09T10:41:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Is obscured nudity a basis for a finding of broadcast indecency? The FCC has been sitting on two such cases dating back to 2003. Now http://www.rbr.com/media-news/6953.html 2008-04-15T16:16:00-05:00 2008-04-15T16:16:00-05:00 RBR/TVBR Finally, coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign cooled off a little bit, as measured by the Project for Excellence in Journalism during the week of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/6943.html 2008-04-15T15:51:00-05:00 2008-04-15T15:51:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Black Entertainment Television founder Bob Johnson (who has since moved on from the company) defended the earlier comments of former Rep./VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY), http://www.rbr.com/media-news/pittman_internet_does_not_compete_with_radio_television.html 2008-04-16T03:07:00-05:00 2008-04-16T03:07:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Bob Pittman may be known to most of the world as an Internet visionary, but he was a broadcaster first and he told the NAB