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Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 08/14/2017 - 11:351988
1988
Benton: Benton awards multi-year grants to the Campaign Finance Research Institute to develop a research library on Money in Politics
World: More than half of US homes own a VCR with the cost falling to less than $200; George H. Bush elected President of the United States
1987
1987
Benton: 1. Benton publishes Justice for All: A Guide to the Supreme Court of the United States for C-SPAN; 2. Benton awards a series of multi-year grants to protect and expand public access to vital government information by supporting "Right-to-Know" projects of the American Library Association, OMB Watch, and People for the American Way
Policy World: Dennis Patrick is appointed FCC Chairman
World: Half of US homes subscribe to cable TV services
1986
1986
Benton: 1. Benton provides seed money for the development of POV, the acclaimed and long-running anthology series for independent producers of nonfiction programs on PBS; 2. Benton awards NPR a two-year grant for coverage of, and commentary on, communications and information technology issues
1985
1985
Benton: Benton awards multi-year grants to the Institute for Public Policy Advocacy for a program to train non-profit leaders and the public interest community to use media strategically in public policy advocacy campaigns
1984
1984
Benton: Alert to new public interest issues raised by emerging communications, Benton awards multi-year grants to ACLU's Project on Computer Technology and Privacy and ACLU's Project on Information Technology and Civil Liberties
Policy World: AT&T monopoly broken up; Cable Communications Act permits municipalities to collect a 5 percent franchise fee, but does not mandate money be used for local programming; President Reagan reelected
1983
1983
Benton: Benton enters a collaboration with the Council on Foundations to produce the video, We Don't Fund Media, and the publication, How to Fund Media, to encourage and challenge foundations to support media projects. From the start, Benton makes media education and capacity building for non-profit organizations central to its mission. Communicating in the '80s: New Options for the Nonprofit Community is a primer on new technology applications
Policy World: FCC Chairman Fowler famously declares TV is nothing more than a "toaster with pictures"
World: The "network of networks" model is born, and the term Internet is used for the first time