Radio Station River FM Sunk As Owner Fails to Find Buyer
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By NO BYLINE  A RADIO station in West Lothian has closed down after just three years on the air.
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The satellite radio provider has gotten ahead of itself, but selling now would be a mistake.
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The second-largest radio company in the U.S. based on station count has agreed to sell the company to a group of investors that includes the broadcasterâs chief executive.
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Business & money: Many have lost their homes after repayment pledge failed to avert repossession.
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Sale process for stricken bank in disarray as private equity firm fails to submit an offer
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Classic FM owner GWR and Capital Radio are to merge in a deal creating a company with a 36% share of the UK commercial radio audience.
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(InfoWorld) - Google has lost the services of the co-founders and top executives of dMarc Broadcasting,Â the radio advertising company Google acquired one year agoÂ to push into that market. Chad Steelberg, dMarc's chairman and CEO, and his brother Ryan Steelberg, dMarc's president, no longer work at Google, a Google spokesman said on Friday. The spokesman declined to answer further questions, so it's not known when was their last day at Google, whether they resigned or were fired, and who is in charge of Google's radio ad operation now. The short and terse way in which Google is dealing with the news of the Steelbergs' departure seems to indicate that tensions and disagreements played a part in the situation and that the rift wasn't amiable, an analyst said. "It could have been handled differently. This is suggestive of a deeper problem," said Greg Sterling of Sterling Market Intelligence. The Steelbergs founded the company in 2002, and Google acquired it in February of last year as part of its attempts to diversify from paid search advertising into other forms of advertising. DMarc's technology links radio stations and advertisers and automates various aspects of the radio ad-selling process in a way that Google has said is very similar to the way it matches ads to the users of its search engine. The Steelbergs' decision to abandon the company they founded could stem from problems Google may be having in carrying out its plan for radio advertising, Sterling said. "This may set back the effort to some degree if there's a larger problem with executing the strategy," he said. Moreover, when founders leave their company, it often happens that loyal employees follow them out the door, and if this happens with dMarc, it could further destabilize the operation, Sterling said. Google paid $102 million in cash for all outstanding equity interests in dMarc and agreed to make up to $1.136 billion in additional payments when and if certain performance goals were met. Google has been integrating dMarc's technology into its AdWords advertising platform to open a new radio ad distribution channel for Google advertisers. Google recently began testing its radio ad system with some advertisers and radio stations. "Google is committed to the audio business. We will continue to gather feedback during the Audio Ads beta test and are happy with the progress to date," a Google spokesman said. "We remain focused on delivering value to the radio industry as we continue to expand radio station inventory and enhance the product so that it's ready for all advertisers."
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Capital Radio and GWR saw Â£45m wiped off their combined stock market values yesterday as investors digested details of their proposed merger alongside trading updates published simultaneously by both companies.
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There's no way Google buys the satellite-radio provider.
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Capital Radio and GWR Group are in talks about an all-share merger in which no premium would be paid. &quot;These discussions are ongoing and may or may not lead to a transaction,&quot; the radio broadcasters said in a statement on Sunday.
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Radio One, the Lanham company that not long ago was leaping over lumbering media conglomerates with its hot urban sound, has stumbled in recent years as tastes have changed and competition grows from satellite and Spanish-language radio and iPods.
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Radio One yesterday restated its financials for 1999 through 2005, reducing profit by about $10.1 million because of inaccuracies in recording stock options in those years. The company also said it was increasing its 2006 loss by $246,000 for the same reason.
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Providence Equity Partners said Sunday it was ''surprised and disappointed'' by a lawsuit filed Friday by Clear Channel Communications Inc. to force the private-equity firm to close a purchase of Clear Channel's television stations. Clear Channel said in the lawsuit that Providence has dragged its feet in the $1.2 billion deal for the TV stations, [...].
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FIRST video killed the radio star. Now it looks like the video recorder&#39;s days could be numbered too, after Britain&#39;s biggest electrical retailer announced an end to sales of the household gadget.
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The Detroit man believed to be the leading candidate to purchase the Milwaukee Brewers issued a statement Monday indicating he was out of the running and that the club had been sold to another buyer.
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Attempts to find an investor for bankrupt German mobile phone maker BenQ Mobile GmbH &amp; Co. OHG have failed, after the last potential buyer ended negotiations, the company's insolvency administrator said Sunday.
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THE sorrows of North West Radio, which was forced to quit transmission on Friday last, may be capitalised on by its sister station, Mid West Radio, which is expected to experience a significant rise in ...