Bill Moyers in the New York Times today. …Mr. Moyers noted, [that] PBS announced an additional version of “Antiques Roadshow” just a few weeks after the Census Bureau released figures showing the number of people living in poverty had risen to more than 46 million. Moyers also points out the lack of concerted vision and [...]
“We’re not going to kill Big Bird,” Romney said. “But Big Bird is going to have advertisements. Alright?” via hollywoodreporter.com
Good overview on where media may be headed. “MSO” refers to multiple system operators, the big cable companies. The first wave of commercialization on the Internet had a tremendous impact on our lives and has disrupted most — if not all — industry value chains. The print industry was in the eye of the storm, [...]
Tags:cable television·Future of public media·future of television·internet television
Trina Cutter has outlined an agile business model for PBS stations that needs to be seriously embraced by stations facing budget shortfalls, increased expectations and younger workers with different workplace expectations. Even stations such as ours (Mountain Lake PBS) that still operate with full-time staffers can adopt a “gig economy” mindset. (This article is abridged [...]
Tags:Agile business·future of PBS·Gig economy·MHZ Worldview·Mountain Lake PBS·PBS·PBS production
Both sides have claimed early victories in the case of documentarian Joe Berlinger vs. Chevron over access to the raw footage he shot for his expose “Crude” on Amazonian oil exploitation. I’ve blogged about the case and the filmmaking community reaction here. On Thursday, the appeals judge ruled that Berlinger must turn over Crude footage [...]
Tags:crude·Documentary·film distribution·Filmmaking·first amendment·freedom·freedom of the press·Future of public media·independent film·joe berlinger·journalism·Public Affairs
Today the States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision that found the the FCC’s 2006 decision to punish broadcasters for Cher and Nicole Richie’s “fleeting expletives” was based on vague and inconsistent standards. It is likely that this decision and possibly the upcoming decision on Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” in the [...]
Tags:Cher·content flags·FCC·Indecency Policy·Nicole Ritchie·wardrobe malfunction