Broadcast

Maui Condos or Public Trusts?

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Npr, Fcc, Kusf, Kcsm, College, Radio, Broadcast, Community, Consolidation, Daystar, Media, Alliance, Public, Borg, Capital, San Francisco News

As part of an epidemic of higher education institutions ridding themselves of educational TV and radio licenses, the San Mateo Community College District announced the upcoming sale of KSCM-TV, the noncommercial TV station it has owned and operated for 48 years.

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Newsroom Summit Highlights Digital Engagement

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 08.19.2011

The newsroom concept is an idea that has been catching on in countless communities where hyperlocal news is now king.

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New Documentary On The Genius And Insanity Of Bobby Fischer

Dan Lybarger | Posted 08.05.2011

By the time he died in 2008, Bobby Fischer had proven that chess was more than a simple board game. His takedown of world champion Boris Spassky from ...

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GEN Launched To Foster Mutualization and Cooperation Among World's Editors

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Newspapers, French, Apps, Knight Foundation, Broadcast, Journalist, Media, Paris, Multimedia, Broadband, Peru, Sylvie Kauffmann, Gallo Multimedia, World Editors Forum (WEF), Argentina, spot.us, Nigeria, David Cohn, Engineers, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), Spanish, Shaping the Future of the Newspaper, Bertrand Pecquerie, Germany, Morocco, Tv Stations, Hyperlocal, Conference, El Pais, Digitization, Czech, France, Roman Roman, Martha Stone, Le Monde, Xavier Vidal-Folch, Cross-Media, Press Association, Developers, Webinar, Global Editors Network (GEN), Media News

A new worldwide organization is bringing together editors from different platforms, engineers and developers in news media in a bid to foster more sustainable professional journalism.

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The F Word: Media Miss the Al Jazeera Story

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Detention, Free Speech TV, Frank Rich, Broadcast, Mosaic, Media, Uprising, Grit Tv, Linktv, Television, Big Noise Films, Cable, Laura Flanders, Cairo, Grittv, Al Jazeera, Independent Media, Detained, Media News

One of the biggest stories of the past few weeks has been the story of Americans discovering Al Jazeera English. It shouldn't have been so hard. As ...

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The F Word: Learning From Health Care Reform

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Capitol Hill, F Word, Stupak, Black Caucus, John Lewis, Pelosi, Broadcast, Nelson, Obama, Immigration, Media, Grit Tv, Tea Parties, Barney Frank, The F Word, Television, Cspan, Laura Flanders, Grittv, Racism, Health Care, Tea Party, Politics News

So this is what I learned from the last weekend of the health care reform debate. First, lay a coffin at a White House fence and you're subject to arrest.

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Big Media and the FCC Roadshow: Controlling the Message Online and Off

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Television, Prometheus, FCC. Media, Information, Cross-Ownership, Radio, Broadcast, Alliance, Justice, News, Telecom, Ownership, Media News

The FCC is coming to Silicon Valley, asking if "legacy media" (radio, television, and newspapers) even matter in the Internet age.

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Geeks Rule: Why Media Ownership Still Matters

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcast, Fcc, Communications, Media, Media Ownership, Journalism, Crossownership, Nbc Comcast Merger, Nbcu, Media News

After years of clearly destructive consolidation and lawsuits, the FCC will hold a public hearing next week to debate modifying the existing anti-trust regulations for print and broadcast outlets. Does any of this matter any more?

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Howard Stern: Diamond in a Rough Patch

Mario Almonte | Posted 05.25.2011

For a man who almost single-handedly revolutionized the broadcasting industry, Stern continues to be spectacularly disrespected by the media that he so radically transformed.

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Jordanian Parliament is Back on Air... Indirectly

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Internet, Parliament, Jordan, Radio, Broadcast, Israel, Palestine, Broadcast TV, World News

Two and a half years after being taken off the air, Radio Al Balad was able to broadcast live during the afternoon session of Parliament on July 6, 2009.

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The Upfront That Could Have Been

Jack Myers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcast, Scatter-Market, Cable, Upfront, Media News

As the broadcast network television Upfront moves forward quietly, it's becoming clear that procurement and financial officers of major marketers are dictating the pricing decisions and driving Upfront purchasing models.

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71.5 Million Americans Tune In For Election Coverage: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 6, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Election 2008 Coverage, Election Night, Mobile, Jerry Yang, Jurassic Park, Sprint, Broadcast, Mediabytes, Carl Icahn, Yahoo, Department of Justice, Cable, Nfl, Shelly Palmer, Barack Obama, Media News, Technology, Michael Crichton, Media News

Analysts estimate that nearly 71.5 million viewers tuned in to watch election coverage Tuesday night. ABC bested NBC as the most watched broadcast n...

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The Chickens Have Come Home To Roost: Primary Coverage Drinking Games

Reny Monk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msnbc, News Politics, Pundits, Broadcast, Politicos, Television, Talking Heads, Cnn, Chris Matthews, Bloviator, Abc, Fox, Nbc, Home News

"Clinton's Last Stand" "Obama Can't Close the Deal" "Bitter and Angry" Argh. It's a bad TV drinking game. For me, the hackneyed vocabulary of these politicos drains all meaning from the process!

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