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Steve Sergeant 10/22/2005Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield of New York Public Radio host this show about the audio/video/mass-media business. A typical one-hour show contains late-breaking news on the media industry...
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- July 18, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 18 July 2008)
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Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:06 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio) - Supply and Command (On The Media: Friday, 18 July 2008)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:31 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
Economic turmoil was the story this week, with oil and gas prices causing much of the anxiety. The rise in prices are often cited as a simple issue of supply-and-demand but Howell Raines, media columnist for Portfolio Magazine, says journalists haven't pushed back hard enough against oil companies' explanations for the high prices. - Unhealthy Reporting (On The Media: Friday, 18 July 2008)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:31 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
In a series of blog posts for the Columbia Journalism Review, CJR Contributing Editor Trudy Lieberman takes the press to task for its under-coverage of both candidates' proposals for health insurance reform. And she explains why Obama's plan is neither 'national' nor 'universal.' - Weathering the Storm (On The Media: Friday, 18 July 2008)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:32 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
Katharine Weymouth took the post of publisher for The Washington Post during a difficult time. Layoffs, a shrinking news hole and drops in circulation have created a grim climate for The Post and newspapers in general. Weymouth explains why she still has hope for her paper and the industry. - Unfair Use? (On The Media: Friday, 18 July 2008)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:32 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
When the Associated Press busted a little-known website for posting excerpts from AP stories, the blogosphere responded with indignation. After all, appropriating content with a link back to its source is common practice. Media scholar Siva Vaidhyanathan looks at the ongoing battle between blogs and the mainstream media. - Tough Love (On The Media: Friday, 18 July 2008)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:33 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
It's no great mystery that newspapers are struggling with a near-apocalyptic business forecast. Most readers are settling for smaller papers, fewer reporters and less coverage. But Keith Hemstead is a newspaper reader who won't settle for less, and he's suing his paper to try and save it. - The Intelligence Community (On The Media: Friday, 18 July 2008)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:33 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
The satirical cover of The New Yorker magazine was chattering class fodder this week, with pundits and more pundits wondering aloud if 'other people' would understand the joke. Brooke wonders aloud why so many supposedly smart people assume the rest of us are so dumb. - I Am Whatever You Say I Am (On The Media: Friday, 18 July 2008)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:34 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
At the forefront of retail medicine are the many companies selling genetic testing over the internet. But in recent months over a dozen of these companies have received cease-and-desist letters from state regulators. Biomedical ethics professor David Magnus explains the stakes when we lose the right to hear the story our genes tell about us. - Search and Destroy (On The Media: Friday, 18 July 2008)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:35 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
The ability to search through massive amounts of data, Google-style, is having far-reaching effects. And, according to Wired Magazine's Chris Anderson, one of the most significant casualties may be the venerable scientific method. He explains why in the age of the petabyte, scientific testing is forever changed and why the numbers now speak for themselves. - July 11, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 11 July 2008) (21mb)
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:23 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio) - Meet the New FISA (On The Media: Friday, 11 July 2008)
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:24 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
After years of debate, President Bush signed a warrantless wiretapping bill on Thursday. It allows foreigners outside the U.S. to be wiretapped without court oversight, grants immunity to the telecoms who made wiretapping possible and invalidates dozens of legal challenges. Tim Starks of Congressional Quarterly explains how the bill became a law. - Who's Watching the Watchers? (On The Media: Friday, 11 July 2008)
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:24 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley has served as counsel in a variety of national security cases. He says the new FISA law puts extra pressure on media outlets because they're the only form of oversight left when it comes to wiretapping. - Google Can't Keep Secrets (On The Media: Friday, 11 July 2008)
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:25 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
Users of YouTube, which is owned by Google, are screaming mad because a judge has ruled that Google should hand over information about who is watching what to Viacom. Peter Kafka of Silicon Alley Insider looks into the case. - Resisting Google (On The Media: Friday, 11 July 2008)
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:25 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
What happens when a single company becomes the gateway to the Internet? Critics are raising concerns about Google, where over 60 percent of all internet searches in the U.S. originate. Boston Globe reporter Drake Bennett investigated the Google juggernaut. - The Google Defense (On The Media: Friday, 11 July 2008)
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:25 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
In a recently-settled obscenity lawsuit the defense lawyer planned to deploy Google Trends as a tool. By showing what locals were looking for on the web, he could prove that his client's website was in line with community standards, and therefore not technically obscene. Slate's William Saletan analyzed the suit. - New Times at The Washington Times? (On The Media: Friday, 11 July 2008)
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:26 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
The new editor of The Washington Times John Solomon talks about his plans for the future of the paper, which he sees as an important part of the capital's media landscape. But writer John Gorenfeld, author of Bad Moon Rising, argues that the Times can't escape its origins in Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. - Public Relations Retaliation (On The Media: Friday, 11 July 2008)
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:57 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
Last week Fox News aired doctored photos of a New York Times reporter and editor in retaliation for a story Fox didn't like. The New York Times' David Carr wrote about the incident and exposed the unusually aggressive tactics the Fox News public relations team sometimes uses against reporters. - July 4, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 04 July 2008) (21mb)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
Show Summary: Tyranny in Zimbabwe, the evangelical avant-garde and border radio - Zimbabwe (On The Media: Friday, 04 July 2008)
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:29 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
Zimbabwe is no longer, as The New York Times put it back in 1999, ?sliding into tyranny.? It has long since arrived. Freelance correspondent Joshua Hammer, who traveled to the country earlier this year, says it?s still possible to do journalism, that is if you pose as a tourist. - The Eat Beat (On The Media: Friday, 04 July 2008)
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:30 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
Food prices are soaring and cupboards are empty the world over. No longer consigned to the features page, food has become the political and economic story of the day. Paul Roberts, author of The End of Food, assesses whether American journalists are ready to cover it. - Empty Pews (On The Media: Friday, 04 July 2008)
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:30 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
Former Dallas Morning News religion reporter Christine Wicker set out to write a book about the growing influence and strength of evangelical churches. But she found a community more fractured and less numerous than typically reported by the media. She explains that numbers for evangelicals in the U.S. are grossly inflated. - The Evangelical Elite (On The Media: Friday, 04 July 2008)
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:31 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
Religion author Jeff Sharlet argues that if mega-churches and televangelists receive too much attention by the media, the influence of an elite group of evangelicals receives too little. Sharlet says that a group known simply as "The Family" has powerful sway among some of Washington's top lawmakers, and that their media strategy is simple: avoid it. - Talking A Red Streak (On The Media: Friday, 04 July 2008)
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:37 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
On the eve of his 20th anniversary, Rush Limbaugh has re-upped his contract - 400 million dollars over the next eight years. With at least 14 million listeners a week, and a political muscle flexed as recently as this spring?s primary season, Rushbo is at the top of his game. New York Times Magazine contributor Zev Chafets explains Rush?s reach. - Clay Felker, RIP (On The Media: Friday, 04 July 2008)
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:32 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
A word from Bob about the founding editor of New York magazine who died this week. - The X Factor (On The Media: Friday, 04 July 2008)
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:33 GMT Author: onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)
For over 50 years, outlaw American radio broadcasters exploited a legal loophole and aired powerful pirate radio from the Mexican side of the border. So called ?border blasters? - or ?X stations? - were true innovators whose influence continues to be felt today. OTM?s Jamie York tells the story.
