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Volume 24, Issue 206, Jim Carnegie, Editor & Publisher
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Monday Morning October 22nd, 2007
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Radio News ®
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 Miami station deal a win-win
That's the way Bear Stearns analyst Victor Miller sees the 12.25 million sale of WTPS-AM Miami (10/19/07 RBR #205). In his view, Radio One dumped a format that was losing money and Salem got a better signal for a format that is making money. Miller estimates that WTPS, with an African American Talk format, was bringing in about a million bucks in annual ad revenues for Radio One, but costing twice that to operate. But Salem was earning 400-500K in EBITDA from WKAT-AM, whose Religious teaching programs now move to the much stronger signal, which will adopt the Miami heritage calls WMCU, recently given up as a Miami non-commercial Religious station was sold to a public radio entity. Not only should Salem get higher profits from the 50kw signal, but it can now try something else on the 5kw signal. What's next? "Salem could ultimately launch a Spanish-language teach/talk station with WKAT or sell the asset," suggests Miller.
RBR observation: Let's put it out there, the format was not the area of specialty of Radio One. 2008 is the beginning of a new two year business cycle and any business operator that is stretched beyond their level of expertise will see their rubber band snap. To bring shareholder value and or profit to any business in our media world today get focused on your strengths and improve on you weaknesses. Miller is correct - Radio One dumped a format that was losing money and Salem got a better signal for a format that is making money. Learn from this.
Shareholders reject vote equality
A proposal to give current non-voting Class A shares the same voting rights as Class B shares at News Corporation found little support at Friday's annual shareholders meeting. The proposal, which was opposed by Rupert Murdoch and the company's board, was voted down 77% to 23%. There was quite a bit of talk about News Corporation's newest project, Fox Business News, during the session. Activist investor Evelyn Davis tried to pry some additional information from CEO Murdoch about just where he wants FBN to go with its programming, but he declined to offer specifics, calling it "a work in progress." Murdoch later said he expects News Corporation to spend up to 200 million on FBN over the next three to four years as it tries to topple CNBC from leadership in business TV, just as Fox News Channel did with CNN in all news TV. But while traditional media is still strong for News Corporation, new media is growing fast. Murdoch said he would not be surprised to see revenues for Fox Interactive Media top one billion bucks in the new fiscal year.
RBR observation: Although Murdoch only holds about 30% of the voting shares at News Corporation, it is hardly surprising that most other Class B shareholders joined with him in refusing to eliminate the dual class share structure. There are slightly less than one billion Class B shares outstanding, but around 2.2 billion Class A. So, the Class B shareholders - who were the only ones who got to vote - were being asked to dilute their own voting power to less than a third of what they currently have.
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 Martin ownership plans
draw immediate fire
The watchdog community was ready, and the aiming seemed already to have been done, when FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced his intention to try for a media ownership vote on 12/18/07. Most who commented were against any further deregulation. A coalition of watchdogs, StopBigMedia.org, released a statement noting that it was "shocked by the FCC's secret timetable," and already has a click-and-send message ready for people to fire off to their representatives in Congress. It reads, "A report in the New York Times reveals that the FCC is moving forward with a secret timeline to vote on sweeping changes to media ownership rules. This is just the most recent in a long series of FCC moves to avoid public scrutiny. I strongly urge you to call for Congressional oversight hearings on media ownership. Media is a life-and-death issue for me and my community, and the FCC has not done enough to study the impact that more consolidation would have on diversity, localism, and competition. The FCC is poised to make the same mistake it made in 2003, when it ignored unprecedented public outcry, and had to be reined in by the courts. Help hold the FCC accountable. Please call immediately for oversight hearings on media ownership."
Although alarms are being sounded and barricades manned by watchdogs, many believe that Martin's deregulatory goals may be relatively modest, given the popular, judicial and legislative hurdles thrown before the 2003 ownership effort. He has frequently stated his support for ending or relaxing the restrictions on newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership. Both the National Association of Broadcasters and the Newspaper Association of America have asked for that relaxation. NAB has also pointed out that allowing small-market television stations some of the same duopoly benefits that are available in larger markets may be a necessity for their continued solvency, but has not recently called for much else in the way of further deregulation.
RBR observation: It's interesting that a likely push for cross-ownership comes just as many multimedia companies are or are considering splitting their broadcast and print properties into separately-run entities. While watchdogs opposing any move of any kind are still on fire, business interests in favor of action, short of companies like Tribune, may be less so. Stay tuned.
Communications sector betting on Democrats
The communications/electronics industry is ranked 7th out of 13 business sectors in terms of donating cash into the 2008 political races. It's responsible for over 28M in donations, 68% of which has gone to Democratic candidates, according to a study from The Center for Responsive Politics. In all, nine of the 13 sectors (one of them is the standard grab bag "other" and another is the only slightly more descriptive "miscellaneous business") gave a plurality to the Democrats. The two strongest categories for Democrats are labor and lawyers/lobbyists. Republicans enjoy their greatest support from construction and energy/natural resource interests.
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Dow Jones settles lawsuits
Dow Jones & Company says in an SEC filing that it has come to terms with shareholders who had sued to block the company's sale to News Corporation for 5.6 billion bucks. The lawsuits had charged that no proper auction of Dow Jones was ever conducted because of the long-time resistance of the Bancroft family to sell the company, which they controlled through super-voting shares. Although the Bancrofts did open the door to competing offers, the lawsuits claimed that some terms of the deal with News Corporation restricted other companies from bidding. But that has now all been settled. Dow Jones will pay 895K of the plaintiffs' legal fees and has agreed to make public the internal financial forecasts which were provided to News Corporation. Those forecasts show Dow Jones management projecting that some 234.5 million in operating income this year would grow to 337.4 million in 2009.
RBR observation: Why the plaintiffs persisted in their lawsuits after the Bancrofts reluctantly agreed to sell the company and open the bidding to all comers is beyond us. Several potential bidders looked at the company, but there was no indication that anyone was even contemplating a bid that would have come close to matching News Corporation. Dow Jones shareholders got top dollar for the company in a deteriorating market.
 Letter auction raises over 2M
Did the folks in the Clear Channel mailroom in San Antonio realize they were handling merchandise worth over two million bucks when a letter to CEO Mark Mays came in from Capitol Hill? The charity auction on eBay of the letter from 41 Senate Democrats demanding that Mays denounce Rush Limbaugh (10/16/07 RBR #202) concluded Friday with a winning bid of 2,100,000 from Maryland philanthropist Betty Casey. That was the record charity auction on eBay, topping the previous 800K-plus paid for a Jay Leno motorcycle to benefit tsunami victims. Proceeds from the letter auction will go to a charity that provides scholarships for the children of US Marines and police officers killed in the line of duty. Despite his differences with Limbaugh, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took to the Senate floor Friday to praise the charity auction effort. Limbaugh has pledged to match the auction take, so The Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation stand to get over four million bucks.
RBR observation: The really funny part is that Reid said he'd talked with Mays about the letter auction and that they never thought it would raise much money. So, he was amazed to see the tally go over the two million mark. Somehow, we doubt that it was Sen. Reid's signature that drove the price up. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were among the senators who signed the letter. By the way, RBR looked up the political contribution records of Betty Casey and found that she mostly gives money to GOP campaigns - but recently donated to the Obama campaign as well.
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Arbitron gets an upgrade
CL King analyst Jim Boyle has upgraded Arbitron's stock to "Accumulate" from "Neutral" and fixed a target price of 54 bucks. When Arbitron conducted its quarterly conference call last week, management reaffirmed its full year guidance for 2007 and indicated it was comfortable with its informal projection of double-digit revenue growth in 2008, whereas Boyle had expected the company to back off a bit.
Riley heavying up on Regent
Having succeeded in placing two of its picks on the board of Regent Communications, Riley Investment Management has bought up more of the company's stock. According to an SEC filing, Riley bought an additional 153,091 Regent shares on October 16th for 2.42 each. Riley, which had been pressuring Regent CEO Bill Stakelin to sell off assets, now owns 1,844,784 Regent shares.
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Ad Business Report TM
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 Study: auto ad mix
and must evolve
According to a new research study of new-car buyers conducted in cooperation with R.L. Polk & Co, new-car buyers find the Internet to be one of the most helpful media sources for information throughout the entire car-shopping process. And the Internet is second only to the dealer visit - where consumers interact with and test drive the car - as the overall most useful source of information throughout the entire car-shopping process. While, according to the study, 42% of new-car buyers said the Internet was the most helpful source of information during their car buying process, only 8% said television was the most helpful source of information, 2% said direct mail was the most helpful source and only 1% said radio or newspapers were the most helpful sources.
However, 2006 National Automobile Dealers Association data indicated 27.3% of dealer advertising dollars were spent on newspapers, 19.5% was spent on television and 18.1% was spent on radio, while only 11.5% of dealer advertising dollars were spent on Internet. Direct mail accounted for 10.2% of dealers' advertising spend and 13.4% was attributed to "other" sources. In 2005, according to NADA data, 9.9% of dealer advertising dollars were spent on Internet advertising. When searching the Internet for new cars, 27% of new car buyers said dealer inventory was the most important piece of information they wanted. In searching the Internet, 36% of new-car buyers said the original manufacturers sites were the most useful of the Internet sites they searched. 20% said third-party car sites were the most useful sites and 18% said individual dealer sites were the most useful sites.
RBR observation: Ok what did you just learn? 27.3% of dealer advertising dollars were spent on newspapers and as print that is tossed in your driveway goes unread it is time to spend more effort with the local dealers as radio is the one medium that can do remotes. Now we can bang on your heads about this but you know the answers and the value of local remotes. The next key is your stations website where you can post a link to the dealers site or better yet post his inventory with photos on your site. (Note: RBR will be getting into more Ad Business with websites soon.)
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Talkers double down on 2008
According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, the 2008 presidential campaign dominated the newshole for the week of 10/7-12/07 with 15% of the coverage -- stories tied at #2 only got 6%. Talkers were even more focused on the campaign, handing it 33% of their available time and space. Immigration was one of the #2 news stories, as it was with talkers who slightly elevated it to 8%. From there the order of focus diverged. Talkers made domestic terrorism #3/7%, compared to #7/3% over in the news room. Back on the campaign trail for a moment, two media figures figured prominently in the discussions, both pro and con. One was actor Fred Thompson, who has moved back into the political arena and participated in his first debate; the other was TV/cable talker Chris Matthews, who moderated it.
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The price is write
Or, in the interests of GC (grammatical correctness), the prices of two radio deals have been written into contracts which in turn have been filed with the FCC. That's how we know that Skip Weller's GAP West is paying Clear Channel 74.776M for stations in a number of western markets, including Cheyenne/Laramie and Casper WY; Billings, Bozeman, Missoula & Shelby MT; Duluth MN-Superior WI; and Idaho Falls-Pocatello & Twin Falls ID. Meanwhile, Tom Joyner is paying 4.4M for a quintet of stations in Decatur IL. Four of the stations are actually licensed there, with the fifth nearby in Monticello IL.
NRG Media continues to work its portfolio
Norman Waitt and Mary Quass have been active buyers and sellers of late, and we learn from Kalil & Co. that they're into the spin cycle again. Nebraska stations KNEN-FM Norfolk and KTCH-AM/KCTY-FM Wayne are headed for Michael Flood's Red Beacon Communications. Flood is part-owner of KUSO-FM in Albion NE. The foursome will form a regional group. If you start in Wayne and head southwest at about a 45 degree angle, you'll pass through Norfolk at about the 20 mile point and hit Albion at the 60 mile point.
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How moot can you get?
Is mooter a word? If not, can we coin it, as in it doesn't get much mooter than this? Anyway, the parade of out-to-lunch license renewal challenges continues. Michael Erickson, Gerald John Mehrab and Ralph Amitrano Jr. fired off identical petitions to deny a license renewal to Multicultural Radio Broadcasting's WNYG-AM Babylon NY. Their beef? They were concerned that the station was going to pull up stakes and move to Elizabeth NJ. There was only one problem with that contention: Multicultural's application to make that major move was denied. The FCC noted that the objections were therefore moot, but took advantage of the situation to go on the record with a simple fact: The time to object to a city of license change is when the city of license change is applied for. Applying for such a move is perfectly within Multicultural's rights and in no way impugns its fitness as a licensee, so the petitions to deny the renewal would have gone nowhere regardless of which way the thumbs were pointing on the Babylon-to-Elizabeth matter.
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Media, internet coalition sets copyright rules
A coalition of major media and web companies issued a set of guidelines for handling copyright-protected videos on user-generated sites. However, YouTube was not part of the pact, as it just rolled out its own technology to filter copyrighted videos once they've been posted. Companies that did join on include Disney, Viacom, CBS Corp., NBCU, News Corp., Microsoft, MySpace, Veoh Networks and Dailymotion. The guidelines require sites to use filtering software that blocks all content media companies flag as being unauthorized from being posted without permission before they're posted, not after. They also require websites to identify other sites that repeatedly try to upload unauthorized content and either block those sites or remove links to them. Internet companies will be required to have the technology in place by the end of the year.
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 WGA authorizes strike;
What it means to ya
The Writers Guild of America voted Friday in LA to authorize a strike against studios, networks and producers if the two sides can't agree on a new contract (the current one expires 10/31). More than 90% of members voted to authorize a walkout if WGA negotiators determine that a fair and reasonable contract cannot be negotiated with studios and networks. Members cast 5,507 votes, the highest turnout in Guild history, surpassing the previous Guild record of 4,128 votes cast in the 2001 MBA contract ratification. Talks are set to resume today.
TVBR observation: The real culprit of the potential strike is New Media, everyone wants a piece of the action, called Money. A Strike is not new news but what does it mean to the Fall season? Well not much yet even if the strike is a go as the programming influence would not hit until around December. But if there is a STRIKE look for - Scripted shows getting hit first and then the TV screen would get a heavy dose of unscripted programming with more reality and game shows for fill or like being saturated with tons of the American Idol. The networks would pull out the reruns of the scripted programming which could be good and give the viewer a chance to catch up on the endings they missed this year of top rated shows. TVBR checked with a few in the biz for their observations and if there is a strike most said it would be good for newbie programs that struggle every season just to stay on the air as the networks would be slower to pull anything off that has original content. The impact on the big screen would be next to nothing compared to TV as we all know it takes forever to make even a crappy film.
So let's see what today brings as the last strike by the WGA was in 1988 and it cost the industry around 500 million bucks. Now do the math today and see what that same 500 million will be as it is all about the money. Finally, nobody is stuck on stupid here so do not think for a second that producers, or networks and the studio's are not prepared as you can bet they all have contingency plans and are ready for the October 31 deadline.
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Transactions: 9/3/07-9/7/07
Radio trading made somewhat of a comeback in the first week of September. It wasn't all that amazing or anything, but when you consider four weeks of August yielded only 33.09M worth of value, this week's 32.364M looks pretty good. Also encouraging was that six separate transactions managed to clear the 1M hurdle, so it wasn't a case of one agreement providing virtually all of the cash changing hands. Clear Channel was a shadow on the TV side, as a pair of stations it sold were resold.
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Total Deals
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11
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AMs
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6
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FMs
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11
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TVs
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2
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Radio Transactions of the Week
NRG expands into Lincoln
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TV Transactions of the Week
TV group expands with CCU pass-alongs
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__FIRST__ __SECOND__,
here is another transaction brokered by Kalil & Co., Inc.
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900K KAYH-FM/KOFC-AM Fayetteville-NW Arkansas (Fayetteville AR) from Family Vision Ministries/William B. Disney & Martha J. Disney to Community Broadcasting Inc. (Richard P. Bott, Charles M. Watkins, Sherley E. Bott). 600K cash, 300K note. KOFC-AM is commercial, KAYH-FM is noncommercial. [File date 10/9/07.]
600K KSJM-FM Wichita KS (Winfield KS) from Carter-Sherman Broadcast Group Inc. (Michael L. Carter) to Mid-America Ag Network Inc. (Lawrence E. Steckline). 20K escrow, balance in cash at closing. [File date 10/9/07.]
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Déjà vu on Wall Street?
Stocks took a tumble Friday, the 20th anniversary of the "Black Monday" crash. This time it was rising oil prices and continued problems in the credit markets that sparked the sell-off. The Dow Industrials dropped 367 points, or 2.6%, to close at 13,522.
Almost all radio stocks were lower. The Radio Index plunged 2.188, or 1.8%, to 118.115 - its lowest point since October 17, 2000. Radio One saw its Class A stock fall 5.2% and its Class D 4.4%, despite its deal to sell its lone Miami station to Salem. Even worse, Journal Communications plunged 6.9%, with no news to account for the sharp drop.
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Here's how stocks fared on Friday
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Arbitron
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ARB
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47.40
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+0.86
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Google
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GOOG
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644.71
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+5.09
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Beasley
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BBGI
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7.43
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+0.01
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Hearst-Argyle
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HTV
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23.03
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-0.05
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28.70
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Journal Comm.
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JRN
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8.58
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-0.64
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CBSa |
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28.67
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-0.77
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Lincoln Natl.
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LNC
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64.14
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CDL |
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Radio One, Cl. A
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ROIA
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3.44
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-0.19
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Clear Channel
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CCU
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37.83
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-0.13
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Radio One, Cl. D
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ROIAK
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3.50
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-0.16
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Cox Radio
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CXR
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12.20
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-0.44
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Regent
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RGCI
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2.41
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-0.02
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Cumulus
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CMLS
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10.24
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-0.21
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Saga Commun.
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SGA
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7.59
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-0.05
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Debut Bcg.
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DBTB
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1.02
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unch
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Salem Comm.
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SALM
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7.96
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-0.27
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Disney
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DIS
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33.81
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-0.97
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Sirius Sat. Radio
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SIRI
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3.55
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-0.11
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Emmis
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EMMS
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5.26
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-0.02
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Spanish Bcg.
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SBSA
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2.73
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-0.07
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Entercom
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ETM
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17.49
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-0.53
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SWMX
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SMWX
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0.04
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unch
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Entravision
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EVC
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9.46
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-0.39
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Westwood One
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WON
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2.25
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-0.09
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Fisher
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FSCI
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47.55
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XM Sat. Radio
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XMSR
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15.01
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-0.61
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Ad Business Report
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New-car buyers find the Internet to be one of the most helpful media sources...
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NRG Media continues
To work its portfolio, Waitt & Quass have been active buyers & sellers...
Washington Business Report
How moot can you get?
Is mooter a word? If not, can we coin it, it doesn't get much mooter than this...
Monday Shakers & Makers
Radio, NRG expands into Lincoln
Television, Group expands w/CCU pass-alongs...
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Radio Media Moves
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ABCRN's Cynthia Young goes non-profit
ABC Radio Networks Director, Marketing for News and Talk Cynthia Young has left ABC Radio Networks after "nine fantastic years" and will be heading up marketing and communications for non-profit, Rebuilding Together, which works with community affiliates across America to create safe and healthy homes for at-risk families, elderly and most recently, with the Heroes at Home program to rebuild homes of disabled servicemen. Her new contact info is [email protected]
WLOQ-FM Orlando promotes two
Gross Communications announced the promotions of Ken Marks to Vice President and General Manager, and Jennifer Rabaja into the full management responsibilities of Local Sales Manager. Two months ago WLOQ-FM GM Rick Weinkauf, announced his retirement. Jennifer Rabaja, LSM, will now assume all local sales management responsibilities.
Thiele named OM for Salem New York
Peter Thiele has been promoted to Operations Manager for Salem Media of New York, assuming responsibility at WMCA-AM 570 and WWDJ-AM 970 effective immediately. He was Program Operations Manager for Salem San Francisco.
Ruby Anik Director of Brand Marketing
J. C. Penney announced that Ruby Anik will join the Company as senior vice president and director of brand marketing, effective 11/26. Anik will oversee the development and execution of the Company's brand marketing strategy, clearly articulating the retailer's offering of style, quality at smart prices, and ensure the consistent execution of the JCPenney brand in all messaging. She comes to JCPenney from Best Buy, where she served most recently as senior vice president, marketing communications and business operations.
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Examining
Hollander rumors
There have been plenty of rumors floating around lately regarding what former CBS Radio CEO Joel Hollander will do when his non-compete is up with CBS Radio. The most recent was that he was bidding on Lincoln Financial Media with his new private equity backers (10/19/07 RBR #205). Others heard over the last six months include he will be buying WQCD-FM NY from Emmis and turning it into a Country format; That he will be heading back to Westwood One; that he might be in touch with Univision; that he might start his own business; and that he might be working with Citadel/ABC under Farid Suleman. According to Hollander's confidants, the Westwood rumor is definitely not true; the rest is still "possible."
Albuquerque stations knocked out from wind
Thursday morning's drive to work was a quiet one as several Albuquerque radio stations lost power. High winds knocked a tree into two power lines that supplied electricity to several radio towers at the top of the Sandia mountain. One of the affected companies, Citadel, told the local Action 7 News all radio station owners banded together to help get emergency to their transmitters.
Subaru selects Carmichael Lynch for creative, media
Interpublic announced today that its Carmichael Lynch unit has been selected by Subaru of America as lead agency for the client's creative and media assignments. Carmichael Lynch won the account without a review. Carmichael Lynch will be tasked with advancing the current Subaru marketing efforts, further strengthening the Subaru brand and increasing the effectiveness of Subaru's regional marketing operations.
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International
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PPM goes to China
People in China will soon be carrying Portable People Meters to measure their radio listening. TNS, which licenses PPM from Arbitron for international markets, announced that CSM Media Research will launch a PPM field test in Beijing ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics. CSM is a joint venture of TNS and China's CTR Market Research.
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Arbitron on target, focused on PPM
CEO Steve Morris reiterated that growth for Arbitron will begin in 2008 after a "trough year" in 2007 to get PPM off the ground. Q3 revenues were up 6.4% to 96.5 million, but EBIT dropped 15.4% to 27.2 million, largely due to costs for the PPM rollout. That was in line with the company's guidance and Wall Street expectations.
RBR observation: Morris was even asked about whether he expected anything of significance to come out of the planned test in Houston by would-be competitor The Media Audit/Ipsos, but the Arbitron boss said he had no information. Later in the call, Morris said that Arbitron was continuing to look into the possibility of using cell phones to gather PPM data, but noted that there are also problems with using cell phones, as opposed to the single-purpose pager-like devices now used for PPM. Use of Smart Cell Phone technology is a key part of the challenger's business model. But while the wannabe is still in the testing phase, Arbitron is running full speed ahead with the PPM rollout and PPM-related projects. A key decision is coming in early 2008 on whether major advertisers will continue to back Project Apollo and pay up to increase the national panel and commercialize the operation. Apollo uses PPM to track consumer behavior and produce very detailed single-source marketing information for advertisers and agencies. But that detailed data is also quite expensive, so going the decision to go forward will require a big financial commitment by the marketers.
RBR note: As an entire company Arbitron has a lot of work to do in the area of marketing and educating simultaneously in 2008 to over come consistent picking at the technology. The future of PPM is in the hands of Arbitron marketers to brand the importance of PPM. Remember, Technology Waits for No One.
10/19/07 RBR #205
Who bid for Lincoln
Financial Media?
Bids were due this week for the potential sale of the Lincoln Financial Media stations. There was, indeed, lots of interest in the portfolio of primo properties, both radio and television - the former Jefferson-Pilot Communications. The real question, though, given the current credit market, is whether the bidding will be strong enough for Lincoln Financial Group, primarily an insurance company, to exit broadcasting.
10/19/07 RBR #205
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