This Week in MediaI couldn’t have said it better myself. Here are the lede paragraphs of the key stories this week in media.
“Kids TV advocates and representatives and media companies, including the Big Four Networks, have agreed on changes to the FCC’s digital kids TV rules that would allow more promos in kids shows, host selling, and preemptions for sports and other programming.” Broadcasting & Cable
“A senior scholar at the Cato Institute, the respected libertarian research organization, has resigned after revelations that he took payments from the lobbyist Jack Abramoff in exchange for writing columns favorable to his clients.” New York Times
“AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. are lobbying Capitol Hill for the right to create a two-tiered Internet, where the telecom carriers’ own Internet services would be transmitted faster and more efficiently than those of their competitors.” Boston Globe
“Critics and ethicists have long denounced “happy talk” morning shows for blurring the line between news, entertainment, and commerce. Now, the “infomercial” has hatched offspring — advertainment.” Minnesota Public Radio Related story in Star Tribune
“It's been done with stadiums, pools and concert halls. Now, in an unusual move, Madison's WIBA radio station has sold the naming rights to its newsroom. Beginning Jan. 1, the WIBA newsroom will be called the Amcore Bank News Center.” Wisconsin State Journal
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