REHR URGES BROADCASTERS TO UPDATE LINGO
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
National Association Broadcasters President/CEO David Rehr urged broadcasters to rebrand their issues in new terms—ones that don't make them sound like Luddites in a changing digital world.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6435499.html
TEXAS STATION INTERRUPTS COMMERCIAL INTERRUPTIONS
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Sarah McBride sarah.mcbride@wsj.com]
THE IMPACT OF VIRGINIA TECH ON THE NEWS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
[Commentary] The media onslaught. Local newscasters reporting before they could grieve. The incisive power of one shaky cellphone video and the sickening redundancy of another. The power of the Web to inform. A brushfire of debate set off by a barrage of bullets. The Virginia Tech murders, the worst shooting spree in U.S. history, flashed a bright light on the modern news cycle. A look at how this tragedy played out and why it will affect the business of news.
VIRGINIA SHOOTING RESTARTS MEDIA BLAME GAME
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Lisa Baertlein]
In the rush to explain massacres like the one at Virginia Tech, experts including popular TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw dusted off a familiar scapegoat -- violent video games, movies and other media. Researchers said focusing on the role of youth-oriented entertainment could mask deeper, intractable issues such as child abuse, poverty, suburban alienation, declining parental involvement and shrinking school budgets that result in fewer nurses and counselors who might interrupt the cycle.
BILL MOYERS ON WHY THE PRESS BOUGHT THE IRAQ WAR
[SOURCE: AlterNet]
PHILADELPHIA JOURNALISM'S NEW ORDER
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Katharine Seelye]
FCC CHIEF WANTS BETTER 911 ACCESS FOR CELLPHONES
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Leslie Cauley]
YOUTUBE DELETES VIDEO OF MCCAIN SINGING 'BOMB IRAN'
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Declan McCullagh]
YouTube confirmed Friday that it had erroneously deleted and would restore a video of presidential candidate John McCain singing an impromptu ditty about starting a war with Iran. The Arizona senator joked about attacking the sovereign nation during a campaign stop in South Carolina this week, singing, to the tune of the Beach Boys song "Barbara Ann": "That old, that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, anyway."
ACA DIGS IN ON RETRANS, JULY 1 SET-TOP BAN
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Linda Moss]
DIGITAL SUBSCRIBERS LIKE FREE RADIO, TOO
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Alex Mindlin]
As a group, fans of digital radio do not listen to traditional radio less than everyone else. In fact, they listen to slightly more, according to a study recently released by Arbitron and Edison Media Research. The data suggest that, generally speaking, fans of digital radio are seeking to supplement, not replace, traditional radio.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/23/technology/23drill.html
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