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He says http://www.rbr.com/media-news/the_silver_lining_of_recession.html Media News Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:35:00 -0500 A University of Maryland professor says that a deep and prolonged recession will be good for some entertainment businesses, and the top of his list are traditional broadcast television and radio http://www.rbr.com/media-news/analysts_foresee_further_drops_in_ad_spending.html Media News Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:37:00 -0500 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 Media News Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:40:00 -0500 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 Media News Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:27:00 -0500 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 Media News Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:46:00 -0500 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 Media News Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:07:00 -0500 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 Media News Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:40:00 -0500 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 Media News Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:36:00 -0500 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 Media News Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:43:00 -0500 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 Media News Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:51:00 -0500 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 Media News Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:21:00 -0500 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 Media News Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:21:00 -0500 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 Media News Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:36:00 -0500 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 Media News Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:02:00 -0500 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 Media News Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:56:00 -0500 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 Media News Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:38:00 -0500 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 Media News Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:50:00 -0500 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