Tag Archives: FCC

GateHouse Media’s Free-Rent Sweepstakes a Gate-and-Switch

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

Imagine the hardworking staff’s delight when we received an email from GateHouse Media with the subject line Win a Mortgage-Free or Rent-Free Year! Excellent! (We’ll pass over in silence the inconvenient fact that up to $15,000 would … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Apollo Global Management, Cox Enterprises, FCC, Gannett, GateHouse Media, Journal Star, New York Post | 1 Comment

Ads ‘n’ Ends From the Campaign Trail

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Itemizing some deductions from the 2016 presidential race. Item: Local TV Stations Love All White House Wannabes Nobody profits from a presidential race more than the broadcast and cable outlets in the early primary states. From Bloomberg Politics: Local TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomberg Politics, Buzzfeed, BuzzFeed Motion Pictures, BuzzFeed Politics, Campaign Media Analysis Group, CMAG, Dale Woods, Des Moines, Dustup 2016, enail Clinton, FCC, Friskies cat food native ads, GOP, Hillary Clinton emails, Iowa, Jeb Buh, Kantar Media, native video ads, New Hampshire, Pandora, Rena Shapiro, Republican National Committee, Right to Rise, RNC, the art of the pussyble, Washington Times, WHO-TV | 1 Comment

VNRs = Vexing News Replacements

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Or Vulpine News Replicas. Or, what they’re technically called, Video News Releases. Whatever you call them, whether they come from business, the government, religious institutions or academia, VNRs are simply Faux News (not to be confused with Fox Ne- . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bush administration, Center for Media and Democracy, Communicator, Faux News, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, New York Times, PR Watch, prepackaged news, RTNDA, SourceWatch, Toshiba, video news release, VNR | 3 Comments

WCVB = We Could Vanish, Basically

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Boston’s ABC affiliate WCVB-TV has officially entered the retransmission wars. From The Boston Channel website: Information Relating To Negotiations With Cable Operators BOSTON — NOTICE TO CABLE SUBSCRIBERS: WCVB-TV Channel 5’s parent company, Hearst Television, is currently negotiating a renewal of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Channel, Cablevision, FCC, Fox Broadcasting, HGTV, pig pile, retransmission fees, Time Warner, WCVB | 2 Comments

Newton Minow’s Vast Wasteland, Take 2

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Fifty years ago today, Federal Communications Commissioner Newton Minow delivered a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters that became a landmark in television-industry criticism. From the Museum of Broadcast Communications: Newton Minow was one of the most controversial figures … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1961, A Vaster Wasteland, Ad Age, Atlantic, Edward R. Murrow, FCC, Here & Now, Museum of Broadcast Communications, National Association of Broadcasters, Newton Minow, Tim Brooks, vast wasteland | 6 Comments

FCC Decision Only Comcastic For Comcast

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The Federal Communications Commission voted 4-1 on Tuesday to approve the merger of broadband Internet/cable service provider Comcast and NBC Universal, which owns 234 local TV stations, the NBC network, Universal movie studio, Universal theme parks, Telemundo, and cable nets MSNBC, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Comcast, Disney, FCC, Huffington Post, NBC Universal, News Corp, Time Warner, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

Cable TV’s Must-Kerry Provisions

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (D-Am I President Yet?) is apparently up to his old tricks. From MediaPost: Kerry Waffles, Retrans Burns Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry was branded a flip-flopper during his 2004 presidential run. Notably, there was his infamous comment … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cablevision, FCC, Fox Broadcasting, John Kerry, MediaPost, retransmission fees, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Time Warner | 3 Comments

Dead Blogging the ‘GBH Classical Radio Rumpus, Part 2

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Grace notes from Tuesday night’s future-of-classical-music-in-Boston hoedown (all statistics via WGBH general manager John Voci): • Classical audience for WGBH: 120,000; for WCRB: 340,000 • WGBH classical audience: 71% are 55 or older; WGBH news audience: 1o-15 years younger • … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Symphony Orchestra, FCC, repeater stations, WCRB, WGBH | 3 Comments