Shopping / Christmas / Holiday

Ho, Ho, Hooray! Holiday Sales To Hit A New High

Forget about Election Day. The holiday shopping season has already started, and retailers are anticipating a banner year for sales. According to newly released data from eMarketer, low unemployment, strong income growth and high consumer confidence will combine to make the 2018 Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa shopping season an exceptionally strong one for retailers. Both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retailers are poised to benefit.

Ways To Help Reduce Stress While Working From Home

Given the myriad challenges many in broadcast media have been faced with due to the novel coronavirus, we are pleased to share the many ways the late Irwin Pollack believed one could best deal with tension, strain and pressure in challenging times.
CVS Pharmacy

Who’s Big At Broadcast Media In the Healthcare/Pharmacy World?

Ranking number one among all advertisers, one friend to Radio aired 85,799 spots in September — up from 73,302 instances in August. That's according to Media Monitors advertising data covering the period between August 1 and September 30, 2021.
Rosemary Ravinal

Use Brevity to Grab and Keep Attention

Veteran PR executive and public speaking expert Rosemary Ravinal notes that three of her clients "are challenged by verbosity" in this column. Each has a different reason. What's her solution? "Brevity is the art of getting to the point. It’s in demand. And even those who do a lot of talking for a living can learn."

Doug Banks: Turning up the heat on the ride home (audio)

Doug Banks, recently picked up by American Urban Radio Networks after 12 years at Citadel Media/ABC, began his radio career as an on-air personality...

Interview: DJ A-OH, PD of 103.5 The Beat

The flip from CCME’s WSHE Adult Hits “Variety 103.5” Miami was made 10/11/13 to “The Beat—Miami’s

Keys To Small-Market Success, From West Central Iowa

There's an AM/FM combo in West Central Iowa that has been singled out for its success, in many ways, by Media Information Bureau columnist Ken Benner. These stations have not only achieved perfect scores in alternative broadcast inspection program (ABIP) inspections, but are also fiscally fit and community leaders. Benner recently asked the stations' owner, Mike Dudding, what his secret of his success has been. Here's what Dudding had to say.

Making Your Deals Sing: The Lyrical Guide To Top Transactions

In the world of M&A transactions, many are successful … and almost as many fail. Now, think about many of the songs you hear. Joyful, happy songs appear along sad ones. In the second of a two-part report, DEFcom Advisors CEO Doug Ferber offers his “lyrical guide to successful broadcast transactions.”
Shopping

Take This, COVID-19: We’re Still Holiday Shopping In Stores

As COVID-19 pandemic concerns haven't abated much since mid-March, will the holiday shopping season be a largely digital affair? No, a new study finds.

Horowitz: ‘Persistent Gaps’ in U.S. Media’s Black Representation

New research from Horowitz finds that some 75% of Americans who identify themselves as Black say that seeing characters and communities representative of their race, portrayed in positive ways — as well as having a Black actor in a leading role — positively impacts their decision to watch a television program or feature film.

Broadcast News Brand Loyalty? Two ‘Big Four’ Networks Rule

A survey of more than 95,000 consumers between the ages of 16 and 65 from across the U.S. has yielded fresh insights into brand loyalty as it pertains to select news programming — potentially potent data as the 2024 political advertising season heats up. It presents good news for NBC and ABC.

Joe Uva: Univision CEO

Broadcasting Media Partners (the investor group including Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Thomas H. Lee Partners, and Saban Capital Group),...

Kevin Cuddihy, Univision Television Group President

Kevin is responsible for overseeing all operations for the 62 O&O television stations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, including ad sales and local...

A State Senator’s Fight Brings WFSB Back To Optimum

After eight weeks, Optimum subscribers in Connecticut regained access to their local CBS affiliate, WFSB-3 in Hartford, Friday afternoon. The end of a bitter impasse came after a state senator sought to bring Meredith and Optimum parent Altice USA together to resolve their differences. In this RBR + TVBR INFOCUS report, we talked exclusively to this legislator right at the moment she excitedly learned of the battle's end.

Radio Listeners Prefer Terrestrial Radio Over Online Radio

On average, more than 25% of Americans say they listen to terrestrial radio several times a day, whereas 15% listen to the radio online. That bit of encouraging news comes from the just-released Dimension study from Kantar Media. The research was conducted between Nov. 30 and Dec. 12, 2017. We have your first look at this revealing data.