Broadcasting

Dick Clark's Business Lesson

Nelson Davis | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, Ryan Seacrest, Dick Clark, Donald Trump, Radio, Merv Griffin, '70s Music, Walter Annenberg, Tv Programming, Media, Entrepreneur, American Bandstand, NBC Network, James Brown, Business News

Unbridled enthusiasm is a success magnet. While many people of his age were eyeing a rocking chair, Dick was fishing for opportunities.

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Broadcast Transparency: A No Brainer for the FCC

Timothy Karr | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: National Association of Broadcasters, News Corp, Political Ads, Fcc, Citizens United, Fox News Channel, Broadcasting, Federal Communications Commission, Technology News

By requiring full disclosure, the FCC could go a long way toward shedding light on political influence peddling in 2012, and exposing the media's role -- both constructive and otherwise -- in our democracy.

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My Colleague, Mike Wallace

Beth Knobel | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, Mike Wallace, Vladimir Putin, News, 60 Minutes, Journalism, Mike Wallace Obit, Mike Wallace Dead, Mike Wallace Putin Interview, Media News

At CBS, I got to see the tough Mike in action several times. My favorite was in 2005, when Mike came to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Where Is Current TV Headed?

Tom Athans | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, Ed Schultz, Bill Press, Current TV, Media, Keith Olbermann, Stephanie Miller, Keith Olbermann Fired, Keith Olbermann Current TV, Media News

If Current has hopes to evolve away from being the fringe network that it is and connect with a larger mainstream audience, firing a talented pro like Keith and replacing him with a non-professional broadcaster like Eliot Spitzer was probably a bad move.

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Yahoo!-ABC News Tie-up Dominates Online Video News by Wide Margins, comScore

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, Television News, Yahoo!, ABC News, Journalism, Network News, Yahoo, Video, Media News

For the first time since the collaboration of ABC News and Yahoo! was announced in October, comScore has reported online traffic for the joint effort...

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Gender Slurs: Why What Rush Limbaugh Said Is So Damning to Women

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, Hate Crimes, Political Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, AM Radio, Liberal Talk Radio, FCC Media Consolidation, FCC Chairman, Male Sexuality, Conservative Talk Radio, Sandra Fluke Rush Limbaugh, Religion and Sexuality, Kevin Martin FCC, National Association of Broadcasters, Clear Channel Communications, Rape, Rush Limbaugh, Broadcast Indecency, Clear Channel, Sandra Fluke, Radio Stations, Defamation, Sexual Assault, Sexuality, Women's Sexuality, Talk Radio, Right Wing Talk Radio, Anti-Defamation League, Fcc, Radio, FCC Net Neutrality, Objectification, Media News

Rush Limbaugh's use of "slut" and "prostitute" was a textbook example of how horrifically damning gender slurs are, and why such forms of abuse deserve swift and serious action.

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The Women of NPR

The Daily Beast | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Nina Totenberg, Broadcasting, Npr, National Public Radio, Female Journalists, Women News

You're familiar with the stereotype: humorless, ever so slightly imperious, Birkenstock-wearing brown-rice enthusiasts. These are the women of NPR, fo...

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Unclear Motives Behind Raid on Two Palestinian TV Stations

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, Politics, Terrorism, Palestinian, Media, Foreign Affairs, Tony Blair, Palestinian-Tv, Palestine Tv, Palestinian Tv Censorship, Palestine Tv Censorship, Palestinian Ministry of Communications, Media News

Diplomacy and nonviolent struggle remain the keys to advancing Palestinian freedom. But with the U.S. focused elsewhere and the Israeli government plowing ahead with illegal activities, there is a very real possibility of a return to the violence of a decade ago.

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Blind Ambition

Alex Belida | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, News Agencies, News, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Voice of America, Walter Isaacson, Media News

When the Broadcasting Board of Governors unveiled a new Strategic Plan, it set an ambitious goal: "To become the world's leading international news agency by 2016." But based on its latest budget proposal, global news organizations like Reuters and AP have little to fear.

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Help Me Understand...

John Joss | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, Television, ' Mammon, Advertising, 'Infotainment, Ethics, Radio, Morals, Network Television, Network Radio, Media, Communications, Media News

... how supposed news reporters can get away with being advertising spokespeople. Lots of our local (San Francisco) radio people -- for example, spor...

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Christiane Amanpour, Brian Williams, Charles Osgood and Me!

April Rudin | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Cnn, Christiane Amanpour, Library of American Broadcasting, Reporters, Ad Council, Cbs, Charles Osgood, News, Charles Kuralt, Brian Williams, Sunday Morning Talk Shows, Media News

I scanned the room quickly to get a sense of who was there. Immediately, I noticed Christiane Amanpour talking quietly with Charles Osgood. I walked over and began listening as Christine told Charles of their first meeting.

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What the !#$@%*?: Will the Rise of Spanish Redefine Indecency?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Insults, Broadcasting, Latinos, Latino, Ranchera, Univision, Broadcast Indecency, English, Hispanic, Bilingual, Spanish, Bilingualism, Hispanics, Cussing, Obscenity, Broadcast Media, Indecency, Broadcast TV, English Language, Vulgarity, Multilingualism, Fcc, Multilingual, Spanish Language, Federal Communications Commission, Bleep, Los Angeles Times, Spanish Broadcasting, Liz Lemon, Sue Sylvester, Swearing, Media News

It stands to reason that as America grows more multilingual, we'll hear more Spanish on the airwaves. And some of that Spanish will be of the naughty variety.

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College Radio: You Will Be Assimilated

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Fcc, Npr, Media Justice, Community Radio, Public Radio, Radio, Media Reform, Media Alliance, Capitalism, Grassroots Media, Independent Music, Kusc, Kdfc, Kusf, College News

College radio is part of the diverse package of community media voices around the country that keep the radio waves open to the public, training millions of young people in technology.

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Broadcasting RIP: Let's End the Spectrum Giveaway

John M. Eger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Wireless, Spectrum, Politics, Regulation, Media, Policy, Treasury, Technology News

As the long battle over frequency spectrum or airwaves escalates, consumer demand for more wireless services will compel the FCC to stop the free give-away of spectrum to broadcasters. It's sad in a way.

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What Are They Hearing in North Korea These Days?

Libby Liu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Day, Broadcasting, Human Rights, Public Diplomacy, Censorship, Article 19 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, North Korea, World News

It's essential for international powers to consider ways of working together to keep the North Korean people informed. Radio is proving to be one of the answers.

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Happy 90th Birthday...Radio

Sheila Shayon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010 Midterm Elections, Broadcasting, Kdka, AT&T, Radio, Media, Media News, Mass Media, Public Broadcasting, Media News

Ninety years ago last week, 100 people heard that first KDKA broadcast that Warren G. Harding defeated James M. Cox. Happy 90th birthday Radio, the original Wi-Fi, and thanks for the roots, the memories, and the lessons learned.

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Awarding for Ability, Not Disability

Deborah Calla | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Glee, Breaking Bad, Lauren Potter, Social Responsibility, Disability, Vince Gilligan, Casting, Slidepollajax, Charlie Crist, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News

The disability label, like any other label, keeps people in a box and robs them of opportunities that we able bodied people claim as our right.

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Why Are Family Jewels Just for Men?

Christine Bronstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vag Magazine, Broadcasting, Gentials, Erectile Disfunction, Fcc, Cnn, Sexism, Vagina, Censorship, Cbs, Media News

Perhaps Vag Magazine is a start, a subversive way to help our daughters one day feel as confident about what makes them women as our boys do about what makes them male.

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Professional Pictures: Movies About Our Day Jobs

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Charlie Sheen, Kirk Douglas, Lawyers, Oliver Stone, William Holden, Billy Wilder, Faye Dunaway, Best Movies on DVD, Real Estate, Rock Hudson, Best Movies by Farr, Business, Professions, Kevin Spacey, Sidney Lumet, Peter Finch, Finance, William Wyler, Ingrid Bergman, Doris Day, Paddy Chayefsky, Jack Lemmon, The-Corporation-2004, David Mamet, Alec Baldwin, Gregory Peck, Michael Douglas, Rod Serling, Entertainment News

As seen through the revealing lens of timeless film, you can derive a measure of comfort and perspective amidst the seeming complexity of it all, because the pressures and vicissitudes of the work place go back a very long way.

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Keeping America Connected: End the Static at the Broadcasting Board

Sen. Dick Lugar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Cybersecurity, Diplomacy, China, Broadcast TV, Technology News

Our ability to respond to fast-moving changes in the global technological and demographic environment is hampered by chronic functional problems with the organization in charge, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG).

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Cute as a Button: The Schemes and "Confessions" of Reed Hundt

Patrick Maines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Common Medium, Fcc, Broadband, Reed Hundt, Nab, Julius Genachowski, Media News

There's this one small problem with the government picking the winners and losers in the media and telecom world: What happens if they're wrong?

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NAB Show -- March of the Independents

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, New Media, Internet, Video, Old Media vs. New Media, Nab, Technology News

The NAB Show is all about the big new toys that filmmakers and TV production companies will build their budgets around for the next year.

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Pics From The NAB Show Floor

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, NAB Show, Blackmagic Design, Gadgets, Steadicam, Nab, Wacom, Technology News

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Does PBS Know That "The Washington Institute" Was Founded By AIPAC?

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, Media, Washington Institute, Middle East, Broadcasting, Television, Living News, Politics News

The Washington Institute, often featured on news outlets as an independent source, is an American Israel Public Affairs Committee cutout. How do I know? I was in the room when AIPAC decided to establish WINEP.

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NAB SHOW- At Play in the Land of Tech Make-Believe

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Sony, Canon, 3d, 3D Television, Nab, 3D TV, Technology News

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By Noah J. Nelson The National Associatio...

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