http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-09-07T07:04:27-05:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/xm_sirius_halt_or_alter.html 2008-07-09T06:58:00-05:00 2008-07-09T06:58:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The Consumers Union and a consortium of public broadcasters have weighed in with the FCC to halt or alter the wedding. CU cites heavily redacted http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wpp_makes_hostile_bid_for_tns.html 2008-07-09T11:44:00-05:00 2008-07-09T11:44:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Having been rebuffed in several bids to acquire Taylor Nelson Sofres on friendly terms, Sir Martin Sorrel has now decided to bypass the TNS board http://www.rbr.com/media-news/campaign_still_unshakable_from_coverage_spotlight.html 2008-07-08T00:24:00-05:00 2008-07-08T00:24:00-05:00 RBR/TVBR However, the Project for Excellence in Journalism coverage charts show that the media realizes that there are in fact other stories out their worthy of note. The 2008 campaign remained the top story http://www.rbr.com/media-news/more_foolish_analysis_on_xm_sirius.html 2008-07-06T01:42:00-05:00 2008-07-06T01:42:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Motley Fool has been pushing the XM/Sirius merger for months now, and although many see the imminent possibility of FCC approval in the wake of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/ftc_pleased_with_alcohol_ad_self-regulation.html 2008-07-08T16:31:00-05:00 2008-07-08T16:31:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The Federal Trade Commission says the marketing responsibility exhibited by manufacturers and distributors of alcoholic beverages has come a long way. In particular, it applauded http://www.rbr.com/media-news/8560.html 2008-07-08T17:23:00-05:00 2008-07-08T17:23:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Private equity funds, like the two prepared to buy Clear Channel Communications the end of this month, raised $132.7 billion in the first half of http://www.rbr.com/media-news/health_advocates_launching_campaign.html 2008-07-08T16:32:00-05:00 2008-07-08T16:32:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Health Care for America Now bills itself as “an unprecedented coalition of major organizations including labor unions, large community-based membership groups, women's groups, DC think http://www.rbr.com/media-news/station_financing_still_hard_to_come_by.html 2008-07-07T16:33:00-05:00 2008-07-07T16:33:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Before the holiday weekend RBR/TVBR asked several experts for their thoughts on whether the dismal market for broadcast financings had changed at all, for good http://www.rbr.com/media-news/coen_on_deck_today.html 2008-07-07T16:30:00-05:00 2008-07-07T16:30:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Back in December when he issued his ad spending forecast for 2008, Universal McCann Sr. VP and Director of Forecasting Bob Coen said “we don’t http://www.rbr.com/media-news/inbev_board_anheuser-busch.html 2008-07-07T10:43:00-05:00 2008-07-07T10:43:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev raised the pressure on top managers at Anheuser-Busch Monday by moving to oust the brewer's board.InBev filed a consent solicitation statement with http://www.rbr.com/media-news/xm_sirius_continues_to_draw_flak.html 2008-07-07T02:15:00-05:00 2008-07-07T02:15:00-05:00 Dave Seyler If the FCC requires XM and Sirius to set aside a swath of spectrum for minority programming as a merger approval condition, Entravision is stepping forward to fill some of those satellite channels http://www.rbr.com/media-news/2008_political_headed_for_the_record_books.html 2008-07-02T13:04:00-05:00 2008-07-02T13:04:00-05:00 Dave Seyler In 2004, all presidential candidates spent about $500M during the campaign. Much has already been spent during a hotly contested Democratic primary, and the winner http://www.rbr.com/media-news/8489.html 2008-07-03T16:39:00-05:00 2008-07-03T16:39:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Sir Martin Sorrell really wants to add Taylor Nelson Sofres to his WPP Group, but TNS is having none of it. TNS on Thursday (4/3) http://www.rbr.com/media-news/helms_passes.html 2008-07-06T11:47:00-05:00 2008-07-06T11:47:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Iconic former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms joined Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams by making July 4th his last day, passing away at http://www.rbr.com/media-news/credit_markets_still_tight_for_broadcast_deals.html 2008-07-05T15:40:00-05:00 2008-07-05T15:40:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Broadcast station trading has been unimpressive this year. If you’re a regular reader of RBR/TVBR, you know that big deals have been few and far between. Radio One was under pressure