http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-12-03T20:18:31-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/analysts_foresee_further_drops_in_ad_spending.html 2008-10-08T05:37:00-05:00 2008-10-08T05:37:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital have both issued updates on what they see ahead for ad-supported industries. Both expect 2009 to be even http://www.rbr.com/media-news/mostly_quiet_on_the_statehouse_front.html 2008-10-10T16:40:00-05:00 2008-10-10T16:40:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The presidential election is commanding headlines every day, and yet another spirited battle is being waged over control of Congress, where Democrats are trying to http://www.rbr.com/media-news/taco_bell_partners_with_indie_rockers.html 2008-10-10T15:27:00-05:00 2008-10-10T15:27:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Taco Bell named 100 artists to its 2008 Feed the Beat lineup as it once again hooks up America’s up-and-coming rock acts as they hit http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wpp_lays_claim_to_tns.html 2008-10-09T18:46:00-05:00 2008-10-09T18:46:00-05:00 Jack Messmer With nearly 82% of Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) shareholders saying yes to a buyout by WPP Group, it looks like Sir Martin Sorrell has won the prize. All that remains is to close the $1.9 billion deal http://www.rbr.com/media-news/somebody_still_has_some_money.html 2008-10-07T05:07:00-05:00 2008-10-07T05:07:00-05:00 Jack Messmer If you assumed that private equity has dried up because of the current turmoil in the financial markets, think again. Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst reports that US private equity firms raised $222.6 billion http://www.rbr.com/media-news/obama_putting_more_ammo_on_the_air.html 2008-10-08T10:40:00-05:00 2008-10-08T10:40:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Barack Obama is way ahead of John McCain with it comes to advertising in the final stages of the 2008 campaign, spending almost triple the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/everwell_tv_signs_for_arbitron_custom_study.html 2008-10-08T15:36:00-05:00 2008-10-08T15:36:00-05:00 Jack Messmer What’s Everwell? It provides free digital televisions in doctors office waiting rooms to deliver health video content. Arbitron, the radio ratings company, will be measuring http://www.rbr.com/media-news/2009_advice_keep_overhead_low_and_hang_on.html 2008-10-04T20:43:00-05:00 2008-10-04T20:43:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Don’t look for a recovery in 2009. Rather, Wachovia Securities bond analyst Bishop Cheen told RBR/TVBR in a recent interview, 2009 is going to be http://www.rbr.com/media-news/ban_bonanza_in_california.html 2008-10-07T15:51:00-05:00 2008-10-07T15:51:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Proposition 8 is hot. Real hot. The California ballot initiative seeks to limit marriage to a union between a man and a woman, or in http://www.rbr.com/media-news/bailout_continues_to_trump_election.html 2008-10-07T15:21:00-05:00 2008-10-07T15:21:00-05:00 RBR/TVBR Of course, in a way, the financial crisis feeds directly into the national conversation about the 2008 election, but in terms of direct media coverage, http://www.rbr.com/media-news/moody_s_launches_broad_review_of_broadcast_ratings.html 2008-10-06T01:21:00-05:00 2008-10-06T01:21:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Radio and television companies are facing another round of potential, if not likely credit rating reductions by Moody’s Investors Service. “Moody's expects rated issuers will face significant revenue http://www.rbr.com/media-news/detaxing_big_media.html 2008-10-06T15:36:00-05:00 2008-10-06T15:36:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The Center for American Progress Action Fund notes that plans by a John McCain administration to cut corporate taxes by 25%-35% would benefit big media. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/newspapers_staggering_under_debt_loads.html 2008-10-02T06:02:00-05:00 2008-10-02T06:02:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The Minneapolis Star Tribune skipped a debt payment this week. That’s just one manifestation of the impact of tight credit and declining revenues for most http://www.rbr.com/media-news/no_lending_no_deals_m_a_on_hold.html 2008-10-01T19:56:00-05:00 2008-10-01T19:56:00-05:00 Jack Messmer When CBS Corporation announced plans to divest about 50 radio stations, the company indicated that talks were already underway and deals could be announced within 30 days. That was 64 days ago http://www.rbr.com/media-news/biafn_expands_with_new_media_acquisition.html 2008-10-05T11:38:00-05:00 2008-10-05T11:38:00-05:00 Jack Messmer BIA Financial Network (BIAfn) analyzes lots of media transactions, but this time it is the one actually doing the M&A deal. BIAfn announced that it http://www.rbr.com/media-news/minnesota_polling_stations_the_final_frontier.html 2008-10-02T15:50:00-05:00 2008-10-02T15:50:00-05:00 Dave Seyler ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN and the Associated Press are banding together to eliminate the last state in the union that restricts their ability to http://www.rbr.com/media-news/who_do_you_trust.html 2008-10-02T10:46:00-05:00 2008-10-02T10:46:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Credibility is stock in trade for journalists, and a new study commissioned by a newspaper/online information provider found that broadcasters are among the most trusted http://www.rbr.com/media-news/webcaster_settlement_act_headed_for_white_house.html 2008-10-01T10:42:00-05:00 2008-10-01T10:42:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Negotiations between web streamers and SoundExchange will be allowed to continue, as the Senate seconded the House on a bill to extend the deadline until http://www.rbr.com/media-news/bailout_trumps_the_election_again.html 2008-09-30T16:10:00-05:00 2008-09-30T16:10:00-05:00 RBR/TVBR For the second week in a row, the major troubles afflicting the US financial system outdrew attention from the media, which has spent most of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/gag_order_struck_down.html 2008-09-30T10:54:00-05:00 2008-09-30T10:54:00-05:00 Jack Messmer A three-judge California appeals court panel has ruled unanimously that the order by a trial judge barring the Orange Country Register from publishing stories about