WALL STREET
Tough 2008 in store
That's what Lehman Brothers are saying. They expect gains of 3.7% to 310.8B in total advertising over 2007 (and they think this year will be ...
Full story NYT Co. dissident bails
Both the Wall Street Journal and TheStreet.com report that Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has sold its entire 7.2% stake in the New York Times ...Tribune slides in October
The ink for the month of October was read at on-the-block Tribune Company. Consolidated revenues fell 9.3% to 383M. Publishing only suffered a 7.9% loss ...Arbitron reissues guidance
As a result of its decision to delay further implementation of PPM (see above), Arbitron is updating its previously issued guidance to reflect the resultant ...October down for Media General
Total revenues were down 11.8% at Media General to 97.1 million bucks. A lot of that was due to the broadcast division, where revenues fell ...Wall Street applauds Scripps split
Scripps shares jumped 8.6% on Tuesday after the company announced plans to split into two companies. The current E.W. Scripps Company will retain the newspapers ...DG prepares to raise cash
DG FastChannel has filed a shelf registration with the SEC to sell up to 3.5 million new common shares and up to 25 million bucks ...Bear Stearns analyst still a bear on radio
Bear Stearns analyst Vic Miller is out with new projections for 2008 - and he is not optimistic about radio, ranking the sector "Underweight" for ...Market reacts to dropped Hearst bid
The stock price of Hearst-Argyle Television declined 6% yesterday after Hearst Corporation dropped its bid to buy out public shareholders. Even so, the stock price ...Market reacts to dropped Hearst bid
The stock price of Hearst-Argyle Television declined 6% yesterday after Hearst Corporation dropped its bid to buy out public shareholders. Even so, the stock price ...Valuing the billboards at Entravision
Wall Street applauded last week when Entravision said it was looking into selling its outdoor advertising division (11/16/07 RBR #225). So, just what are those ...Tough sell for Univision Music Group?
Univision may end up getting less than expected from selling its Spanish record labels. The New York Post reports that bidders have been cutting their ...Up month for the Gray Lady
Radio is a tiny portion of the New York Times Company, so we don't know how WQXR-FM New York did specifically, but the overall company ...Hearst drops Hearst-Argyle bid
Hearst Corporation has abandoned its bid to buy out other shareholders of Hearst-Argyle Television for around 600 million bucks. The tender offer to buy out ...Up quarter for Nielsen
The Nielsen Company reported that Q3 revenues were up 11% to 1.19 billion. Part of that gain was from its media measurement businesses, including Nielsen ...
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Jose Lopez-Varela
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14 May, 2008 05:39:35
Halim,
Nice job, I commend you on the points you make in your post. The Acculturation process is very complex and truly require an expertise to ...
mark walker
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07 May, 2008 08:25:00
Paul- you are awesome! I am so glad to see you again!
Ray Somich
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05 May, 2008 07:11:27
As always, John Gorman tells it like it is, whether we want to hear it or not. How sadly ironic that radio's success has been ...
Jack Messmer
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04 May, 2008 10:25:01
Thanks for your comment.
Does anyone else want to weigh in supporting this move? Do the sweeps really matter that much these days?
Jack Messmer
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Tim Keating
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02 May, 2008 07:44:28
Am I the only one bothered by Nielsen's move from February 2009 Sweep to March 2009?
The announcement from Nielsen came as a surprise. ...