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Angry shareholders at ACME
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 ...
Full story Liggins has plans for that dough
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 ...Continuing the “Bear” essentials
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. ...Satellite radio subscribers slip
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 ...Clear Channel tender bumped again
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....Clear Channel has everyone guessing
Gores Group invests more in WW1
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 ...Clock ticking for Interep
Clear Channel tender pushed back
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 ...Bargain basement sale of Bear Stearns
The share price of Bear Stearns & Company plunged 47% on Friday to close at 30 bucks amid worries that the investment banking and brokerage ...DG FastChannel raising cash
Lenders have stepped up to the plate to provide DG FastChannel with new senior debt facilities totaling 145 million bucks. The lending consortium was arranged ...Lenders give Cumulus buyout thumbs up
Cumulus Media said in an SEC filing that members of its lending group holding more than 50% of its debt have given their consents to ...Q4 down quarter for Gray
Gray Television had some changes in its station portfolio from one year to the next, so Q4 revenues on an "as reported" basis were down ...Debut makes its debut
Yesterday marked the first quarterly Wall Street conference call for Debut Broadcasting, which just this week announced the purchase of its sixth and seventh radio ...Moody’s turns negative on Univision
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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?
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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. ...
Charlie Ferguson
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02 May, 2008 05:40:09
As a 2-book Condensed Market that doesn't even get trends from Arbitron, one can foresee some real struggles with some particularly aggressive agencies. Since ...