Friday Morning November 13th, 2009, Volume 26, Issue 222
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 Anti-health reformers take to the air
Watchdog 60 Plus Association, which claims to be looking out for senior citizens, is targeting eight House health reform supporters with a television campaign. Meanwhile, a group called the Employment Policies Institute is dropping $10M on a national campaign attacking reform. More...
RBR-TVBR observation: Democratic leaders are doing everything they can to wrap it up before year's end. That means this rich source of issue advertising cash only has limited staying power.
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Q3 revenues fell 1% for Nielsen
There was no announcement Thursday of a sale of The Nielsen Company's media-oriented magazine group, but CFO Brian West certainly kept the door open for such a sale in his quarterly conference call. Meanwhile, the company reported that total revenues declined 1% in Q3, with the media ratings business up and the publications down - a lot. More...
RBR-TVBR observation: It's easy to see why Nielsen might decide that the Business Media segment is more trouble than it's worth.
Ten Senate flip opportunities
The Republican Party has a good chance to grab some Democratic territory back in 2010, of only because the Democrats took so much of Republican territory in 2006 and 2008. And it has some opportunities to narrow the partisan gap in the Senate. But the Democrats are not without some opportunities of their own. More...
RBR-TVBR observation: Senate races tend to bring all in-state media markets into the picture, and if they are competitive, they can attract boatloads of national money.
IAB, Bain & Company study looks at challenges that inhibit growth
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Ikea keeps MEC after review
Ikea has re-upped with Mediaedge:cia for planning and buying in the U.S. after a global media review, beating out independent shop Horizon Media, according to AdAge. APA spokesperson for Ikea told Ad Age the agency's use and integration of digital into the overall marketing strategy was the reason it stayed with Mediaedge:cia:
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McDonald's wants the next "Voice of McDonald's"
Beginning now through 12/4, customers can vote for their favorite voice of McDonald's at www.mcdonalds.com/voice. Of the 1.6 million McDonald's restaurant employees around the world, 30 talented vocalists from 18 countries have made it to the semi-finals in the company's third global Voice of McDonald's singing competition. More...
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Analyst sees M&A activity in 2010
Crystal ball readers at Ernst & Young's Transaction Advisory Services say that as many as 33% of global players may be looking at strengthening their company via the merger and acquisition route during the coming year. More...
RBR-TVBR observation: Somehow we don't think US broadcasting companies are going to be a big factor in that 33% group of active buyers.
Radio Transactions
CP sale in Texas
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McDowell supports tax certificates
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell addressed an FCC sponsored forum on capital formation for small and disadvantaged business. Besides noting that for once, the big boys were having as much trouble scaring up capital as they were, he stated his support for the minority tax certificate and enforcement to combat No Urban and No Hispanic dictates.
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NAB taps Gregory for confab keynote
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Wal-Mart cautious, so is Wall Street
Retail giant issued cautious guidance about holiday sales, saying it is looking for sales to be flat with last year. That was not met by merrymaking on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 94 points, or 0.9%, to 10,197. As you would expect, the downbeat news from the giant retailer was also a downer for broadcasting stocks. The RBR Radio Index was down 2.343, or 1.4%, to 163.043. The TVBR Television Index was down 3.984, or 3.5%, to 108.655. More...
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Disney flip
Long-time Disney CFO Tom Staggs will segue to Chairman, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, effective January 1st. That's a job flip with James Rasulo. Both have been with Disney for two decades.
New GM
Sinclair Broadcast Group has named Audra Swain General Manager for KVMY-TV (MyNetworkTV) and KVCW-TV (CW) Las Vegas.
Rivlin leaves Triton
Ron Rivlin and Triton Digital Media have parted company. Ron's a 25 year media pro who's been helping the radio industry bridge the digital divide. Reach out to him at [email protected] .
Philly bound
Clear Channel Radio in Philadelphia announced the appointment of Ken Johnson to the position of Director of Urban Programming, making him responsible for programming WUSL "Power 99 FM" and WDAS-FM.
Honor for Knopes
Carol Knopes, director of education projects for the Radio Television Digital News Foundation (RTDNF), will be honored with the Friends of Scholastic Journalism Award by the Journalism Education Association.
Chair change
Sirius XM Radio announced that Gary Parsons has resigned as a director and Chairman of the company's Board of Directors. The board has appointed Eddy W. Hartenstein, an independent director, to serve as non-executive Chairman.
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Top level radio posse pushes cellular FM
Group of corner office radio executives paid visits to 4 of the 5 FCC commissioners, explaining the public safety benefits of an FM requirement for cell phones. They also took advantage of the opportunity to push a power increase for HD service.
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Lou Dobbs quits CNN
Surprise, Dobbs Wednesday night was his last night on CNN. See the Video.
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Nielsen said to be
selling trade mags
If one does not have the passion to run them then finding a home is better than pulling an R&R. Print, paper and postage still is and always will be called a Trade or 'Old Media'...businesses only succeed when their ownership is committed with vision coupled with passion.
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Indie musicians tout LPFM
A group of independent musicians joined Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) in a discussion of LPFM with trade magazine Billboard (which is said to be sold). They were looking forward to its emergence as an alternative outlet for artists such as themselves.
11/12/09 RBR-TVBR #221
Nexstar boss: Retrans is all about local, not network
Sook is not about to let Moonves at CBS or any other network muckety muck get his hands on the retrans cash that Sook fought so hard for.
11/12/09 RBR-TVBR #221
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