Radio Headlines CELLit Media – April 22, 2010
Radio-info (241,488 Monthly Visits says Compete.com) – Citadel has more trouble getting out of Chapter 11 … Michigan wants back-taxes and says some executives are personally liable. Wall Street sharks buying stock so they can get a chunk of what’s left or a piece of the CEO $10M pay package. Regent saw the same sharks and pays $125,000 for them to go away. Seems Citadel is paying attention to the business with new format changes. Read more …
All Access (103,247 Monthly Visits) – Arbitron and PPM coalition bury the hatchet as Arbitron announced higher profits on lower revenue leaving no excuse for building a more expensive panel. Read more …
RBR (69,924) – Covers stock analyst take away from the NAB show: rev$ to post double digit gains on auto spending rebound; expenses are still under control; top priority is debt repayment; and lenders thinking debt at 2x-4x EBITDA. About buyers and sellers …. Buyers willing to pay 5x. Sellers want 10x. So, asset values are going nowhere. Read more …
Inside Radio (14,153) – Minority owners and Arbitron make peace. Reports on Citadel problems with the finance sharks. CHRs are setting records in a handful of markets. Read more …
Radio Ink (13,505) – Covers the Regent payoff to make the sharks go away. Repeats the Krantz Media Group press release as a second news item [new advertiser?] Read more …
BLOGS
Inside Music Media (Unknown) – Radio Royalty Solution … interesting read worth a look. Read more …
Kurthanson/RAIN (10,397) – Reports Jacobs Media Tech Survey VI results indicating rock radio listeners are taking to smartphones, social networking, and streaming interne radio. Read more …
Hear 2.0 (4,290) – How Radio can “Seduce PPM” it’s not about keeping listeners locked in, it’s about giving them reasons to come back. Read more …
Jacobs Media Blog (Unknown) … Your Advertising Sucks and he means radio. When there is one beaten down employee producing ads for an entire cluster … no one benefits. Read more …
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