Media Minutes Audio
Media Minutes is the longest-running syndicated radio program of its kind focused on media policy and reform. Media Minutes tracks the latest industry developments, keeps an eye on Washington policy-makers, and talks to the experts and activists dedicated to changing our media environment for the better.
Recent programs have covered the grassroots groundswell in support of Network Neutrality, the FCC's new media ownership rules, and the fights to expand community media on the radio and on TV. Previous interview guests include law professor Lawrence Lessig, journalist Bill Moyers, and FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein. Media Minutes archives go back to 2004.
Check back every Friday for a new installment of Media Minutes.
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July 11, 2008
Forget about collecting trading cards for sports figures. The hot items this year are Media Heroes trading cards. And the news for newspapers has been brutal, as a sagging economy and plummeting advertising sales take their toll on news staff and content.
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July 4, 2008
Online advertising firm, NebuAd, may have stepped over the line with its ad-targeting scheme that monitors Web browsing and alters computer codes. And Philadelphia has announced a deal with local investors to keep its muni wi-fi project alive after Earthlink bowed out earlier this month.
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June 27, 2008
The InternetforEveryone.org Initiative was launched this week to raise public awareness about America’s digital divide and renew the call for a fast, open and affordable Internet as a basic right. And Youth Rights Media premiered their latest documentary, No Haven, in New Haven, Connecticut.
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June 20, 2008
The FCC is beginning to take seriously its job to provide better information about broadband access, which will eventually affect Internet users’ ability to upload and download content faster. And Rev. Romal Tune says that “unity” is the key to success for the media reform movement.
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June 13, 2008
With more than 250 presenters and 3500 attendees, the 2008 National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis was a chance to learn about the issues shaping our media and to strategize for the future.
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June 6, 2008
A new book profiles 10 talk radio “shock jocks” and provides ways to fight “hate radio.” And the National Conference for Media Reform arrives in Minneapolis this weekend during a critical juncture of politics, technology and social activism.
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May 30, 2008
Native Public Media is committed to bringing Native American voices to media policymakers in Washington. And Free Press executive director Josh Silver discusses the House vote to ban Pentagon propaganda and the mainstream media's failure to report the story.
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May 23, 2008
In an historic bipartisan vote, the Senate overwhelmingly agreed to turn back the FCC’s decision to relax longstanding media ownership rules. And the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination works within the media across all media platforms to promote fairness and equality for the LGBT community.
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May 16, 2008
As editor-in-chief of a publication for African immigrants, Edwin Okong’o strives for journalistic excellence to build a bridge between cultures and dispel American stereotypes of Africa and African communities. And the FCC was in the news last week for a couple of ill-considered decisions that raised the hackles of public interest and media reform groups.
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May 9, 2008
The Media Giraffe Project encourages sustainable and innovative ways of using media to foster participatory democracy and community. And the House held a hearing this week on the Internet Freedom Preservation Act.
