GLG News by Radio Advertising Experts

At the NAB Radio Show in Austin, CEO David Rehr challenges the radio industry to avoid negatism sweeping the industry and encourages operators to promote the success of the medium at both reaching audiences and through new technologies.

SIrius XM releases new information post-merger on financials for 2009 and some programming notes about the company.

Nielsen has released new data on audiences and TV households as the 2008-2009 television season begins as of 9/1/2008.

Analyst David Miller for Caris & Co. tells Bloomberg that Disney might sell its ten television stations to exit the distribution business.  Such a move would be a huge change for the traditional network powers.

Article summarizes the latest Veronis Suhler Stevenson report which predicts that TV advertising will surpass newspapers in 2008, but in just three years the Internet will be in first place.

Article suggests there is limited if any future for satellite radio.  The FCC's decision to let the companies merge suggests otherwise.

CBS Corp., the second largest radio operator in the U. S., announced it will divest 50 radio stations located in mostly medium size markets in order to reduce expenses and focus on large market clusters.  The question is who will buy these stations?

Article discusses the woes facing TV broadcasters in India, including both terrestrial companies and pay-TV companies.

AdWeek article details advertising spending across Spanish Language media for 2007; the data shows most categories having positive gain.

NBC Universal, the only bidder left in the hunt for the Weather Channel, will acquire the service along with two private equity firms.  NBCU claims the Weather Channel will function separately from NBC Weather Plus.  Don't bet on this happening too long.