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Entravision hurt by tough TV comps
TV lagged due to tough comps in Q2 at Entravision, while radio was up, so companywide revenues were down 4% to 76 million. "We continue ...
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TV lagged due to tough comps in Q2 at Entravision, while radio was up, so companywide revenues were down 4% to 76 million. "We continue ...Radio One pacing down after down quarter
Radio One's stock was down yesterday after it reported Q2 revenues down 6% to 86.1 million, with about half of that shortfall attributed to its ...Fisher revenues up, earnings flat
TV revenues were up 4% in Q2, but radio was down 5%, giving Fisher Communications a revenue gain overall of 3% to 41.3 million. On ...Beasley beats its guidance
Q2 turned out a bit better than Beasley Broadcast Group had expected, with revenues up 8.2% to 34.8 million, or 1% on a same station ...Lincoln revenues nearly flat
Lincoln Financial Group reported its Q2 results this week. Revenues were down 0.2% to 57.4 million for the broadcasting subsidiary, Lincoln Financial Media, and station ...Retrans softens down quarter for Sinclair
Q2 revenues from continuing operations were down 1.4% to 161.4 million for Sinclair Broadcast Group, with local down 0.8% and national off 9.2%, primarily because ...Disney beats the Street, buys Club Penguin
The Walt Disney Company is entering the virtually world by acquiring Club Penguin for 350 million bucks. CEO Bob Iger says the online virtual reality ...Digital hot for Entercom
Entercom CEO David Field noted that revenues from digital operations (websites and such) nearly doubled in Q2 and, for the first time ever, amounted to ...Cox Radio on target
Cox Radio reported Q2 revenue growth of 0.7% to 118 million, meeting Wall Street expectations, with CEO Bob Neil hailing revenue growth in the company’s ...Dow Jones total price tag put at 5.6 billion
That tally in a joint statement by Dow Jones & Company and News Corporation includes nearly 5.1 billion that News Corporation will pay to buy ...Regent settles with shareholders
Cablevision buyout vote next month
Cablevision has set a shareholder vote for October 24th on the pending offer from the Dolan family to buy out all other shareholders for 36.26 ...Still money to be made on Cumulus stock
Depending on when the buyout deal goes to closing, Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller is telling clients that they can make an annualized return of ...Fidelity owns big chunk of Sinclair
Mutual fund giant Fidelity (FMR Corp.) has filed an update with the SEC on its holdings in Sinclair Broadcast Group. In all, FMR holds 6,316,797 ...
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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 ...