This Week in Media
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Here are the lede paragraphs of the key stories this week in media.
“Kids TV
advocates and representatives and media companies, including the Big
Four Networks, have agreed on changes to the FCC’s digital kids TV
rules that would allow more promos in kids shows, host selling, and
preemptions for sports and other programming.” Broadcasting
& Cable
“A
senior scholar at the Cato Institute, the respected libertarian
research organization, has resigned after revelations that he took
payments from the lobbyist Jack Abramoff in exchange for writing
columns favorable to his clients.” New York Times
“AT&T
Inc. and BellSouth Corp. are lobbying Capitol Hill for the right to
create a two-tiered Internet, where the telecom carriers’ own Internet
services would be transmitted faster and more efficiently than those of
their competitors.” Boston Globe
“Critics
and ethicists have long denounced “happy talk” morning shows for
blurring the line between news, entertainment, and commerce. Now, the
“infomercial” has hatched offspring — advertainment.”
Minnesota Public Radio Related story in Star Tribune
“It's
been done with stadiums, pools and concert halls. Now, in an unusual
move, Madison's WIBA radio station has sold the naming rights to its
newsroom. Beginning Jan. 1, the WIBA newsroom will be called the
Amcore Bank News Center.” Wisconsin State Journal
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