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...
AT&T targeting digital media
Make no mistake about it, telephone companies see themselves becoming more and more players in media, not just connecting people who want to talk...
Separation complete – Westwood One stands alone
Westwood One announced after the stock markets closed Monday that it had closed its transactions with CBS Radio to end CBS management of WW1,...
Where is the bottom?
Radio stocks ended February at an all-time low and TV stocks also slumped badly. But with the US economy teetering on recession and not...
Citadel's Farid Suleman Must Go
"In sports, when you lose, they fire the manager. In radio, when you lose, they fire the team. To borrow some Donald Trump imagery, 'Farid, you're fired'."
FCC upholds Smith's Mission with Nexstar
A complex and comprehensive series of agreements amounting to an LMA between Nexstar Broadcasting and Mission Broadcasting has been upheld by the FCC in...
AWRT attracts a quorum
Who needs an FCC open meeting when you have the American Women in Radio & Television Leadership Summit & Business Conference? At a time...
Democratic candidates raking it in
The presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says it attracted 35M in donations during the month of February, surpassing in one month its best...
Ed is right to be mad
As usual, my friend and former boss Ed Christian, has hit the nail on the head (2/29/08 RBR #42). How can we expect advertisers...
Declines posted by Entravision
Even the Hispanic media sector has not been spared from the soft ad market. Entravision reported that Q4 revenues were down 2% to 62.5...
New Belo announces first dividend
Belo Corporation announced its first dividend payment since the company was split in two earlier this month, with a new newspaper company split off...
Entravision selling billboards
Entravision Communications says it has a deal to sell its Outdoor division to Lamar Advertising Company for 100 million in cash. Entravision's outdoor advertising...
Saga’s year up, quarter down
Both radio and television were down a bit in Q4 at Saga Communications, with combined revenues down 1.9% to 37.5 million due to the...