http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-08-29T20:47:47-05:00 http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/sportscaster_on_gop_ticket.html 2008-08-29T10:17:00-05:00 2008-08-29T10:17:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate. Not much is known about Palin's views on http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/abc_news_producer_arrested.html 2008-08-28T05:23:00-05:00 2008-08-28T05:23:00-05:00 Jack Messmer ABC News says producer Asa Eslocker was arrested after police in Denver ordered him to leave a public sidewalk outside a hotel where the ABC News investigative unit was attempting http://www.rbr.com/radio/obama_campaign_carries_ayers_fight_to_wgn.html 2008-08-28T05:52:00-05:00 2008-08-28T05:52:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The campaign of Barack Obama (D-IL) has asked supporters to flood Tribune’s WGN-AM Chicago with phone calls to protest the booking of Stanley Kurtz on http://www.rbr.com/media-news/advertising/carat_lowers_ad_forecasts.html 2008-08-27T19:34:00-05:00 2008-08-27T19:34:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Ad buying giant Carat has revised downward its worldwide advertising expenditure forecasts. 2008 ad growth is now projected to be 4.9%, down from the previous projection of 6%. US growth is http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/final_olympic_tally_214_million.html 2008-08-27T19:33:00-05:00 2008-08-27T19:33:00-05:00 Jack Messmer That’s how many US viewers watched some part of the NBC Universal telecasts over the 17 days of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. The count had already broken the previous record before the final day http://www.rbr.com/media-news/five_still_chasing_the_cubs.html 2008-08-26T20:49:00-05:00 2008-08-26T20:49:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Tribune Company CEO Sam Zell confirmed that five bidders remain in the running for the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field and he hopes to have a deal by the end of the year. Zell didn’t identify any of the bidders http://www.rbr.com/radio/tallying_the_debt_at_cc_media.html 2008-08-28T05:25:00-05:00 2008-08-28T05:25:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Just how much debt did CC Media Holdings end up with when all was said and done with the Clear Channel buyout? The answer is $20.8 billion. According to details in the quarterly report http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/ftc_shoots_down_another_scammer.html 2008-08-28T15:57:00-05:00 2008-08-28T15:57:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The advertising medium of choice for Zoilo Cruz’s International Marketing, but false advertising is false advertising, so we hereby note that the company has been http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_transactions/9638.html 2008-08-28T15:57:00-05:00 2008-08-28T15:57:00-05:00 Dave Seyler $1M WKRB-AM/WKAI-FM & WLMD-FM Macomb IL (Macomb, Bushnell IL) from WPW Broadcasting Inc. (Don Davis) to Colchester Radio Inc. (Nancy L. Foster). $50K escrow, $50K http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_deals/close_encounter_in_alexandria.html 2008-08-28T15:56:00-05:00 2008-08-28T15:56:00-05:00 Dave Seyler The sale of KWDF-AM Ball LA to Wilkins Communications is a done deal, according to broker John Pierce, who handled the transaction. Art Moore’s NWLA