http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-05-16T00:32:29-04:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6720.html 2008-04-03T16:20:00-04:00 2008-04-03T16:20:00-04:00 Jack Messmer Liberty Media already owns effective control of DirecTV through the 41% stake it bought from News Corporation, but Liberty is now pushing close to outright http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6650.html 2008-04-01T16:16:00-04:00 2008-04-01T16:16:00-04:00 Jack Messmer LBI Media, the parent company of Liberman Broadcasting, reported that Q4 net revenues increased 0.5% to 27.7 million, primarily due to higher ad revenue from http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6599.html 2008-03-30T10:47:00-04:00 2008-03-30T10:47:00-04:00 Jack Messmer The Delaware Chancery Court has handed Barry Diller a big victory, ruling that he can go ahead with his plan to split IAC/InterActive Corp. into http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6564.html 2008-03-27T14:32:00-04:00 2008-03-27T14:32:00-04:00 Jack Messmer Ion Media Networks no longer has public stock, but it does have public bonds so it is still making public reports on its finances. Broadcast http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6548.html 2008-03-26T18:00:00-04:00 2008-03-26T18:00:00-04:00 Jack Messmer Now that the Clear Channel buyout has collapsed, what is the company worth going forward? Wall Street analysts are saying the trading price is likely http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6521.html 2008-03-25T16:48:00-04:00 2008-03-25T16:48:00-04:00 Jack Messmer ACME Communications reported that Q4 revenues from continuing operations increased 8% to 8.4 million bucks. That was largely due to the inclusion of “The Daily http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6474.html 2008-03-24T15:13:00-04:00 2008-03-24T15:13:00-04:00 Jack Messmer What is Radio One going to do with the cash from its 137.5 million bucks sale of KRBV-FM Los Angeles to Bonneville International? CEO Alfred http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6473.html 2008-03-24T10:13:00-04:00 2008-03-24T10:13:00-04:00 Jack Messmer The sector is so out of favor that the entire contingent of Wall Street analysts focused primarily on broadcasting stocks could easily fit in a single New York City taxi. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6457.html 2008-03-23T10:24:00-04:00 2008-03-23T10:24:00-04:00 Jack Messmer The two satellite radio companies operating in the US may be burning through cash like Eliot Spitzer in a hotel room, but at least they’re http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6454.html 2008-03-23T19:19:00-04:00 2008-03-23T19:19:00-04:00 Jack Messmer Players are not talking so the only thing we can say for sure is that if the deal doesn’t close, there will be lawyers racing to the courthouse to sue someone. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6429.html 2008-03-20T11:22:00-04:00 2008-03-20T11:22:00-04:00 Jack Messmer Will the 26.7 billion bucks buyout close next week, or won’t it? Rumors are flying that some of the lenders want out. But Thomas H. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6413.html 2008-03-19T18:17:00-04:00 2008-03-19T18:17:00-04:00 Jack Messmer Westwood One announced that Gores Group has closed the second tranche of its investment in WW1. It bought an additional 7,142,857 shares of WW1 stock http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6395.html 2008-03-19T15:09:00-04:00 2008-03-19T15:09:00-04:00 Jack Messmer A blog item on adrants.com prompted our interest yesterday. It recounted word from a “tipster” that Interep would be filing bankruptcy within the next month. Knowing that Interep’s 99 million bucks in outstanding bonds aren’t due until July 1, we at RBR/TVBR put in calls to Interep executives. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6393.html 2008-03-19T20:07:00-04:00 2008-03-19T20:07:00-04:00 Jack Messmer It now looks like closing of the deal to take Clear Channel Communications private won’t be this week. The company’s bond tender, which had been http://www.rbr.com/media-news/wall-street/6333.html 2008-03-16T18:35:00-04:00 2008-03-16T18:35:00-04:00 Jack Messmer The share price of Bear Stearns & Company plunged 47% on Friday to close at 30 bucks amid worries that the investment banking and brokerage