New NAB President Meets With Genachowski

On October 28, new National Association of Broadcasters President Gordon Smith, NAB Joint Board Chair Steven Newberry and General Counsel Jane Mago all met with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski. Smith made a pitch for "modest" media ownership reform, suggesting it would help preserve "quality journalism." He also put in a plug for reinstating the minority tax certificate program as a way to promote diversity, though that reinstatement will have to come from Congress.