XM/Sirius: Halt or alter
The Consumers Union and a consortium of public broadcasters have weighed in with the FCC to halt or alter the wedding. CU cites heavily...
Less equity for private equity
Private equity funds, like the two prepared to buy Clear Channel Communications the end of this month, raised $132.7 billion in the first half...
Equity on notice
Nasdaq has notified Equity Media Holdings that the company is deficient in meeting Nasdaq requirements for the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors....
Health advocates launching campaign
Health Care for America Now bills itself as “an unprecedented coalition of major organizations including labor unions, large community-based membership groups, women's groups, DC...
FTC pleased with alcohol ad self-regulation
The Federal Trade Commission says the marketing responsibility exhibited by manufacturers and distributors of alcoholic beverages has come a long way. In particular, it...
Campaign still unshakable from coverage spotlight
However, the Project for Excellence in Journalism coverage charts show that the media realizes that there are in fact other stories out their worthy of note. The 2008 campaign remained the top story
Station financing still hard to come by
Before the holiday weekend RBR/TVBR asked several experts for their thoughts on whether the dismal market for broadcast financings had changed at all, for...
Coen on deck today
Back in December when he issued his ad spending forecast for 2008, Universal McCann Sr. VP and Director of Forecasting Bob Coen said “we...
Coen's ad forecast more pessimistic
Declaring that the US ad market is "even worse" than expected when he issued his initial forecast in December, advertising guru Bob Coen
InBev wants to oust A-B board
Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev raised the pressure on top managers at Anheuser-Busch Monday by moving to oust the brewer's board.InBev filed a consent solicitation statement...
Analysts even more negative on media
Two Wall Street analysts issued updates yesterday for pretty much all of the media/entertainment companies that they follow. They don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel
XM/Sirius continues to draw flak
If the FCC requires XM and Sirius to set aside a swath of spectrum for minority programming as a merger approval condition, Entravision is stepping forward to fill some of those satellite channels
Helms passes
Iconic former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms joined Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams by making July 4th his last day, passing away...
More “Fool”ish analysis on XM/Sirius
Motley Fool has been pushing the XM/Sirius merger for months now, and although many see the imminent possibility of FCC approval in the wake...
Thanks to all but engage in the Internet
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it,” but my add-on is – ‘Don’t take the Left fork, take the Right fork.” And that is the Internet digital fork we all must take