Public broadcasters from around the world are meeting this week in Singapore, and so far two major themes have emerged – digital technology and money. Matteo Maggiore, Controller of International Policy at the British Broadcasting Corporation spoke about investing and even surviving in a difficult financial atmosphere. "The problem is, of course, the financial straits that all public sectors in the UK and elsewhere is facing these days, and that puts a lot of financial pressure on the BBC," said Maggiore, according to the Straits Times. "The main challenge will be to sustain the resources for an investment that has……
Month: October 2011
Richard Reeves Looks at Technology’s Place In Upcoming Election
In the Oct. 19 installment of Road to the White House 2012: Politics, Media & Technology, USC professor Richard Reeves discussed the impact of television in a seemingly social media dominated campaign. Reeves makes the point that we should not rule out the significance of television because "the more that things change, the more they stay the same." While social network have made the movement of information a lot quicker and more public, television is still where people go to evaluate their presidential candidates. Reeves said that televised programs of the campaign provide the public the illusion of a story…….
Senior fellow Dan Glickman participates in Healthy Food, Healthy Planet summit
CCLP senior fellow Dan Glickman recently took part in the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition's Healthy Food, Healthy Planet summit. You can read about the conference and Mr. Glickman's role in here…….
Senior fellow Warren Bennis cited in Middle East North Africa Financial Network Article
CCLP senior fellow Warren Bennis has been referenced in an article published at Menafn.com entitled Leadership By Example. Read it here…….
Cinny Kennard on Radio
CCLP senior fellow Cinny Kennard appeared on The Michael Eric Dyson Show to take a look back at the Anita Hill hearings and what has changed for women in the workplace since then. Listen here…….
Senior fellow Morley Winograd
Jayne Black of the iOme Challenge group cited CCLP senior fellow Morley WInograd's research dealing with the millennial generation in an editorial published at Forbes.com. Click here to read the piece…….
BBC executives describe deep cuts, new investments
WASHINGTON — Faced with a 16% budget cut, BBC executives decided to focus resources on top priorities – peak viewing hours and the "best journalism in the world." That was the word today from top managers at the BBC, speaking at a CCLP communication forum at the USC Washington DC Center. The budget cuts were the result of across-the-board reductions by the UK government, and 16% was comparable to the cuts at museums and other cultural institutions. But the BBC was also determined to invest in new programming. "It's all very well cutting," said Caroline Thomson, the BBC's Chief Operating……
Senior fellow Dan Glickman named as member of APCO Worldwide Health Advsiory Board
CCLP senior fellow and former US secretary of agriculture Daniel Glickman has been named to APCO Worldwide's new health advisory board, which is a subgroup of APCO's International Advisory Council. Read more about the group here…….
New venture fund for public TV, and launch of all-pledge PBS channel
WASHINGTON – New revenue models to support public television have been announced – one a new twist on venture philanthropy and another taking a traditional source of funds to what may be its logical extreme. The venture philanthropy comes from the formation of Independent Public Media last week. Fuelled by revenue from spectrum leases, IPM will "acquire and recapitalize television stations at risk of closing or selling their licenses to organizations that may not represent a community's interests at large," according to its news release. To illustrate the threat to local public television stations, IPM's announcement cited three stations: "Three……
Cinny Kennard
Senior Fellow Cinny Kennard reflects on covering the Anita Hill trial twenty years later for The Huffington Post. Read her article here…….