Minorities shopping more online

Online shopping by African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics and other minorities has increased dramatically during the past five years, according to a report from The Media Audit....

Asset sales continue at Univision

No one was using 500 million as a target for asset sales in yesterday’s Univision quarterly conference call. The newly private company, which still...

Dean prepared to welcome FL, MI to convention

The Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan didn't even amount to beauty contests, since the two states jumped the gun on Super Duper Tuesday...

AE responds to the buyer

Respectfully in response to Jim La Marca’s comments on supply and demand (3/4/08 RBR #44):  It is refreshing to hear a buyer complain about...

On Fox topping the ratings

Isn’t it sad that one GAME show running three-days-a-week, for one quarter of a year, can propel one network to the top spot?I guess...

Regent topped industry, sees quarter getting better

Smaller markets have been outperforming the big ones, so Regent Communications CEO Bill Stakelin was happy to report that his company outperformed the radio...

Cox Radio posted gains in 2008 and Q4

Cox Radio CEO Bob Neil has stuck to his guns, refusing to add inventory or push shorter spots, and his contrarian result is that...

Clinton win good for business

With key victories in Texas and Ohio, Hillary Clinton (D-NY) has justified staying in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination with Barack Obama...

Split cleared by IRS

The E. W. Scripps Company says it has received a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service confirming the tax-free status of the...

Salem ahead of expectations, but tough sledding ahead

Salem Communications reported Q4 revenues of 59.1 million, down only 0.2% from a year ago and better than the 58 million projected by the...

Disagreeing with Bob Neil

Bob Neil is a blowhard.  He’s been one for decades.  He’s the CEO equivalent of Rush Limbaugh.  He loves to hear himself speak and...

Journalists expand their attention span

It was ever so slight a change, but for the first time in quite awhile, it took a 2% share of available news time...

Ed Christian is mad

Mad enough to turn down business if he thinks the buyer is trying to take advantage of the fact that everybody and his brother...

More on Ed Christian’s anger

For so many years as a buyer of radio time, I was reminded repeatedly by stations and reps about the "laws of supply and demand" when...

Univision Music price revealed

Univision Communications revealed in an SEC filing that Universal Music Group is paying 153 million for Univision Music Group. Here is how the money...