http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-09-05T07:09:05-05:00 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/heading_off_escape_routes_for_junk_food_ads.html 2008-08-12T10:35:00-05:00 2008-08-12T10:35:00-05:00 Dave Seyler It doesn’t really do much good to rid the airwaves of ads trying to hook children on unhealthy foods and beverages if they turn around http://www.rbr.com/media-news/karmazin_endangered_ceo.html 2008-08-09T23:49:00-05:00 2008-08-09T23:49:00-05:00 Dave Seyler There are organizations out there that keep track of endangered species, and there’s a similar list over at Fortune.com has enumerated the ten most endangered CEOs in America today http://www.rbr.com/media-news/ge_making_lots_of_money_from_beijing_olympics.html 2008-08-11T14:59:00-05:00 2008-08-11T14:59:00-05:00 Jack Messmer It’s not just the NBC Universal broadcasts of the 2008 Summer Olympics that are raking in the bucks for General Electric. That’s a billion bucks, http://www.rbr.com/media-news/pac_attack_house_dems_engage_in_rapid_response_policy.html 2008-08-07T14:37:00-05:00 2008-08-07T14:37:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Conservative political group Freedom’s Watch is using its campaign warchest to go after select Democratic House candidates. The Democrats aren’t