07/22: Media Briefing for Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The reliance of broadcast news on newspapers for news stories is "broadcasting's dirty little secret" and broadcasters will regret the demise of coverage in newspapers, says Variety.
Product placement in the news? Product placement - the embedding of commercial products within TV shows - is increasing on entertainment shows. But now in Las Vegas, McDonald's cups can be seen on the set of the morning news show on the Fox network affiliate, KVVU channel 5, says the New York Times.
Conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage has angered the parents of autistic children, says Associated Press.
Newspapers are reducing content as they cut staff, says Editor & Publisher.
CBS says 46% of its audience are watching the network's TV shows online, but its regular TV viewership is not being hurt, reports Media Week.
A study confirms widespread cheating on exams for good jobs at tech firms. Among other things, 1 in 200 of the applicants have a proxy take the exam, instead of the actual applicant, says the Boston Globe.
Broadcast Towers: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Money on Vertical Real Estate, a new e-book by communications attorneys Erwin Krasnow and Henry Solomon, offers information on the business, technical, and legal aspects of owning a broadcast tower and the opportunities available with tower ownership. Radio Ink reports.
Sherman L. Maxwell, a chronicler of Negro league baseball and, some believe, the first black sports broadcaster, died on Wednesday in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Maxwell, known as Jocko, was 100 and had lived most of his life in Newark, New Jersey. The New York Times reports. His broadcasts were heard on AM station WHOM 1480 (now WZRC New York).
A conservative group has created an ad and documentary depicting Barack Obama as the darling of the liberal media, says the New York Times.
NBC's Saturday Night Live is beefing up its cast to do political humor this fall, running up to the election, says the New York Daily News.
Former KYW-TV channel 3 Philadelphia news anchor Larry Mendte has been charged with hacking into the personal email of his coanchor, says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
China is not living up to the promises it made when awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics, that it would allow open coverage for foreign media. Instead it is trampling all over those promises. The New York Times editorializes.
In China, Ku6, the online video sharing site based in Beijing, has received "tens of million" of dollars of funding. paidContent. reports.
The Federal Trade Commission has a bully pulpit on privacy, says the New York Times.
PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley is tackling Barack Obama and the issue of race, says the Associated Press.
TiVo and Amazon are teaming up, says the New York Times.
How much impact is the promise of the iPhone having on venture capital? Plenty, according to Rutberg & Company, a San Francisco-based technology research firm. The New York Times reports.
The new iPhone is music to users' ears, says Reuters.
A facelift for the social networking site Facebook is targeting aging users and new competitors, says the New York Times.
It's a blog-eat-blog world. Blogging has become talk radio on steroids, says the Washington Post.
Microsoft is still lurking in its desire to take over Yahoo, says the Los Angeles Times.
To secure a truce, three seats on the Yahoo board of directors have been given to billionaire investor Carl Ichan, says the San Jose Mercury News. It's a ceasefire, says the Los Angeles Times.
Apple has defied gravity: its quarterly profit is up 31%, says the Los Angeles Times.
The FCC indecency fine against CBS for the so-called Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction has been thrown out by a federal appeals court. FCC Republican chairman Kevin Martin says he is disappointed, and awaits the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of the FCC fine system this fall, says All Access.
Here is chairman Martin's response:
"Today the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided that the Janet Jackson incident during the Super Bowl Halftime show was not indecent and declared that the FCC was wrong to fine CBS for the broadcast. I am surprised by today?s decision and disappointed for families and parents. The Super Bowl is one of the most watched shows on television, aired during the hours when children are most likely to be in the audience. Hundreds of thousands of people complained about the show, and a unanimous Commission found that it was inappropriate for broadcast television. In fact, following this incident, Congress said we should be assessing greater fines - as much as 10 times the amount we actually fined CBS - for incidents like these in the future. I continue to believe that this incident was inappropriate, and this only highlights the importance of the U.S. Supreme Court?s consideration of our indecency rules this Fall." There are reports on the ruling in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press and New York Times.
Working on towers, climbing them and erecting them, is the most lethal job in the U.S., says the Tampa Tribune.
Behavioral marketing could increase 1,400% in the next 5 years, says Media Daily News.
Nielsen says global ad spending is up, but is flat in the U.S., reports Media Daily News.
Digital media is on the rise globally, says Media post.com.
YouTube is up and Fox is down in video, says TV Week.
A reporter an anchor for Savannah, Georgia TV station WTOC channel 11 has been killed while covering an accident on Interstate 95, reports the Savannah Morning News.
Jimmy Fallon is launching his NBC Late Nightshow online first, says New York magazine.
Sporting News is rolling out a digital sports daily. The new digital newspaper's content will be heavily news driven, aimed at die-hard sports fans on the Web, says Media Week.
Can local Web ads save newspapers? eMarketer reports.
In Connecticut, Broadcast House on Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford - the former home of WFSB-TV channel 3 and originally dedicated in the early 1960s as the home of channel 3 and WTIC-AM 1080 and FM 96.5, is being torn down to make way for a new building, says the Hartford Courant. The TV, AM and FM studios are all in the suburbs now. WFSB channel 3 is now in facilities in Rocky Hill and WTIC AM and FM are in studios in Farmington.
In the state of Washington, state troopers are cracking down on the use of cellular telephones in automobiles, says the Seattle Times.
Product placement in the news? Product placement - the embedding of commercial products within TV shows - is increasing on entertainment shows. But now in Las Vegas, McDonald's cups can be seen on the set of the morning news show on the Fox network affiliate, KVVU channel 5, says the New York Times.
Conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage has angered the parents of autistic children, says Associated Press.
Newspapers are reducing content as they cut staff, says Editor & Publisher.
CBS says 46% of its audience are watching the network's TV shows online, but its regular TV viewership is not being hurt, reports Media Week.
A study confirms widespread cheating on exams for good jobs at tech firms. Among other things, 1 in 200 of the applicants have a proxy take the exam, instead of the actual applicant, says the Boston Globe.
Broadcast Towers: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Money on Vertical Real Estate, a new e-book by communications attorneys Erwin Krasnow and Henry Solomon, offers information on the business, technical, and legal aspects of owning a broadcast tower and the opportunities available with tower ownership. Radio Ink reports.
Sherman L. Maxwell, a chronicler of Negro league baseball and, some believe, the first black sports broadcaster, died on Wednesday in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Maxwell, known as Jocko, was 100 and had lived most of his life in Newark, New Jersey. The New York Times reports. His broadcasts were heard on AM station WHOM 1480 (now WZRC New York).
A conservative group has created an ad and documentary depicting Barack Obama as the darling of the liberal media, says the New York Times.
NBC's Saturday Night Live is beefing up its cast to do political humor this fall, running up to the election, says the New York Daily News.
Former KYW-TV channel 3 Philadelphia news anchor Larry Mendte has been charged with hacking into the personal email of his coanchor, says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
China is not living up to the promises it made when awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics, that it would allow open coverage for foreign media. Instead it is trampling all over those promises. The New York Times editorializes.
In China, Ku6, the online video sharing site based in Beijing, has received "tens of million" of dollars of funding. paidContent. reports.
The Federal Trade Commission has a bully pulpit on privacy, says the New York Times.
PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley is tackling Barack Obama and the issue of race, says the Associated Press.
TiVo and Amazon are teaming up, says the New York Times.
How much impact is the promise of the iPhone having on venture capital? Plenty, according to Rutberg & Company, a San Francisco-based technology research firm. The New York Times reports.
The new iPhone is music to users' ears, says Reuters.
A facelift for the social networking site Facebook is targeting aging users and new competitors, says the New York Times.
It's a blog-eat-blog world. Blogging has become talk radio on steroids, says the Washington Post.
Microsoft is still lurking in its desire to take over Yahoo, says the Los Angeles Times.
To secure a truce, three seats on the Yahoo board of directors have been given to billionaire investor Carl Ichan, says the San Jose Mercury News. It's a ceasefire, says the Los Angeles Times.
Apple has defied gravity: its quarterly profit is up 31%, says the Los Angeles Times.
The FCC indecency fine against CBS for the so-called Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction has been thrown out by a federal appeals court. FCC Republican chairman Kevin Martin says he is disappointed, and awaits the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of the FCC fine system this fall, says All Access.
Here is chairman Martin's response:
"Today the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided that the Janet Jackson incident during the Super Bowl Halftime show was not indecent and declared that the FCC was wrong to fine CBS for the broadcast. I am surprised by today?s decision and disappointed for families and parents. The Super Bowl is one of the most watched shows on television, aired during the hours when children are most likely to be in the audience. Hundreds of thousands of people complained about the show, and a unanimous Commission found that it was inappropriate for broadcast television. In fact, following this incident, Congress said we should be assessing greater fines - as much as 10 times the amount we actually fined CBS - for incidents like these in the future. I continue to believe that this incident was inappropriate, and this only highlights the importance of the U.S. Supreme Court?s consideration of our indecency rules this Fall." There are reports on the ruling in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press and New York Times.
Working on towers, climbing them and erecting them, is the most lethal job in the U.S., says the Tampa Tribune.
Behavioral marketing could increase 1,400% in the next 5 years, says Media Daily News.
Nielsen says global ad spending is up, but is flat in the U.S., reports Media Daily News.
Digital media is on the rise globally, says Media post.com.
YouTube is up and Fox is down in video, says TV Week.
A reporter an anchor for Savannah, Georgia TV station WTOC channel 11 has been killed while covering an accident on Interstate 95, reports the Savannah Morning News.
Jimmy Fallon is launching his NBC Late Nightshow online first, says New York magazine.
Sporting News is rolling out a digital sports daily. The new digital newspaper's content will be heavily news driven, aimed at die-hard sports fans on the Web, says Media Week.
Can local Web ads save newspapers? eMarketer reports.
In Connecticut, Broadcast House on Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford - the former home of WFSB-TV channel 3 and originally dedicated in the early 1960s as the home of channel 3 and WTIC-AM 1080 and FM 96.5, is being torn down to make way for a new building, says the Hartford Courant. The TV, AM and FM studios are all in the suburbs now. WFSB channel 3 is now in facilities in Rocky Hill and WTIC AM and FM are in studios in Farmington.
In the state of Washington, state troopers are cracking down on the use of cellular telephones in automobiles, says the Seattle Times.
