Archive for October 4th, 2006
The NY Post is reporting that ABC paid as much as $1 million dollars to secure the rights for archive footage of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. Oh, and the deal came along with an exclusive interview with Irwin’s widow, Terri. “We do not pay for interviews. Period,” said ABC News spokesman Jeff Schneider. “We paid a fair license fee for hours of exclusive material of Steve Irwin. Compensating rights-holders for their video is something that is a standard industry practice.”
October 4th, 2006
From the Radio and Internet Newsletter: Radio analyst firm Bridge Ratings finds that radio stations that “aggressively embrace, utilize and market new digital technologies enhance their competitive position against other terrestrial radio stations as well as against the stand-along digital technologies.” The Internet Radio Scorecard from JP Morgan finds that AM and FM station sites have seen monthly growth of an average of 6% over the past year, compared to 1.5% monthly growth by internet-only radio. And Arbitron’s winter 2006 survey reports streamed listening of AM and FM accounts for 1% of total listenership now - a small number, but double the previous measurement. (Thanks LR Reader Andy L.)
October 4th, 2006
Las Vegas
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R.W. Apple, Jr., the legendary New York Times correspondent, has died at the age of 71 of complications from thoractic cancer. Apple wrote up until Sunday, delivering a piece on food and travel destinations in Singapore. In addition to being the food and travel writer for the Times, Apple wrote about Richard Nixon, Vietnam, war in the Gulf, and the many other stories of the late 20th and early 21st century. Prior to joining the Times in 1963, Apple worked for the Wall Street Journal and NBC News. Read some of his work at the NY Times archives. MORE: Jeff Gralnick on Apple: “Great man. Great Reporter. Great writer. Great raconteur. Not much left to say other than if you care about reporting and writing, read R.W. Apple.”
October 4th, 2006
Unsportsmanlike conduct. 15 yards. On the NFL. Unfortunately, it’s journalism that doesn’t get the first down. Instead, the NFL has made its latest control freak intentions clear by banning news websites from showing so much as a postgame interview. First they banned the game highlights, then the cameras from the sidelines, now the interviews. Enough. The web is an integral part of our mission of journalism - to tell a story. In no other case would we allow a subject to dictate the terms under which we tell a story. But for some reason we’re doing that in sports. (More, after the jump…)
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