Mediagazer: Radio shocker: Ad revenue grew 6% in first quarter (Crain's New York Business)

5:05 AM ET, May 23, 2010

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New York Times:

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David Goetzl / MediaPost:

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MobileActive.org:

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Brett Michael Dykes / Yahoo! News:

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Crain's New York Business:

Radio shocker: Ad revenue grew 6% in first quarter — Matthew Flamm - Maybe the radio industry has proved a new law of physics: What goes down and down must eventually come up. — For the first quarter, total radio advertising revenue grew 6%, to $3.7 billion, compared to the prior-year period …

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Jeremy Mullman / AdAge:

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

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Nat Ives / AdAge:

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