http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-07-06T21:36:57-05:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/more_foolish_analysis_on_xm_sirius.html 2008-07-06T06:42:00-05:00 2008-07-06T06:42:00-05:00 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/washington-beat/fcc_diversity_committee_wants_csi_of_ppm.html 2008-07-06T06:35:00-05:00 2008-07-06T06:35:00-05:00 Dave Seyler One of the FCC’s advisory committees has taken aim at Arbitron. The issue is Arbitron’s stranglehold on the radio ratings business, its introduction of PPM http://www.rbr.com/radio/clear_channel_buyout_heading_into_the_homestretch.html 2008-07-03T11:32:00-05:00 2008-07-03T11:32:00-05:00 Jack Messmer It’s only taken 20 months, but the deal to take Clear Channel Communications private (more or less) should close the last day of this month. 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/radio/clear_channel_one_tender_a_go_one_not.html 2008-07-02T08:32:00-05:00 2008-07-02T08:32:00-05:00 Jack Messmer After repeatedly extending tender offers to buy back two bond issues simultaneous with closing its stock buyout, Clear Channel has now dropped one of the bond tenders. It has extended until July 30th http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/peacock_buys_weather_channel_for_3_5_billion.html 2008-07-06T14:57:00-05:00 2008-07-06T14:57:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The deal is done. NBC Universal announced Sunday that it had bought The Weather Channel and weather.com from Landmark Communications. Terms weren’t disclosed, but the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/fcc_won_t_shrink_bid_penalties.html 2008-07-06T06:40:00-05:00 2008-07-06T06:40:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Six broadcast companies withdrew bids during FM Auction No. 37 on seven CPs and watched as the sticks-to-be languished into Auction No. 62 where they http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/washington_puts_broadcasting_on_the_back_burner.html 2008-07-06T06:38:00-05:00 2008-07-06T06:38:00-05:00 Dave Seyler It has been a slow year in Washington for broadcasters – not necessarily a bad thing – and it figures to continue along those lines. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/credit_markets_still_tight_for_broadcast_deals.html 2008-07-03T06:40:00-05:00 2008-07-03T06:40:00-05:00 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 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/advertising/media_monitors_anheuser-busch.html 2008-06-30T20:18:00-05:00 2008-06-30T20:18:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci We asked Media Monitors to do a spot load analysis of Anheuser-Busch, after the hard news yesterday that the company is virtually scrapping its radio spend for the second half of this year