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Guest Commentary: Kids Deserve Shows That Don’t Talk Down to Them

American satirist H.L. Mencken once said: “No one ever went broke under-estimating the intelligence of the American public.” Take P.T. Barnum’s Feejee Mermaid, for example, purportedly the shriveled remains of a tiny washed-up mermaid that wowed audiences in 1842 and…

Give a Push to Your Message

Photorealistic Ads Can Bring Welcome Personal Touch to Mobile Consumers

TV News’ 10 Most Powerful

Key Executives Must Steer Media Through Economic Turmoil

Web Takes Front Seat at RTNDA

Event Aims to Assist in Digital Transition

Cochran Steps Down

RTNDA’s Outgoing President Looks Back at Accomplishments, Forward at Challenges as She Enters Final Gathering as Group’s Leader

Fred Young: A Lifetime of Local News

The highest honor bestowed by the RTNDA, the Paul White Award, now belongs to Fred Young, the recently retired senior vice president of news for Hearst-Argyle Television. He is the first Paul White honoree since 1984 who has spent his…

Previous NAB Distinguished Service Award Recipients

1953 David Sarnoff 1954 William S. Paley 1955 Mark Ethridge 1956 Robert Kitner 1957 Herbert Hoover 1958 Frank Stanton 1959 Robert Sarnoff 1960 Clair R. McCollough 1961 Justin Miller 1962 Edward R. Murrow 1963 Bob Hope 1964 Donald McGannon 1965…

Making Much of Moore

At the NAB Show in Las Vegas this week, seven-time Emmy Award-winning actress Mary Tyler Moore will be honored with the organization’s grandest prize, the Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes figures who have made “significant and lasting contributions to…

ABC’s McPherson Faces Upfront Heat

As many of ABC’s signature shows continue to see ratings drops, the pressure is on ABC Entertainment Group President Steve McPherson to deliver the next big hit going into this year’s upfronts, the New York Post reports. ABC has lost…

Subway Gets Primetime Treatment on ‘Chuck’

Monday night’s episode of “Chuck” on NBC “pleased” Tony Pace, chief marketing officer of Subway Franchisee Advertising Trustfund, Advertising Age reports. This week’s episode featured a highly visible plug for the sandwich restaurant chain, the trade publication notes. “In a…