"Television and the Public Interest"
Speech
By: Newton Minow
Date: May 9, 1961
Source: Minow, Newton. "Television and the Public Interest." Speech to the National Association of Broadcasters. May 9, 1961. Reprinted online at http://www.janda.org/b20/News/%20articles/vastwastland.htm; website home page: http://www.janda.org (accessed April 7, 2003).
About the Author: Newton Minow (1926–) was the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1961 to 1963. He served on the boards of CBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 1987, he became the director of the Annenberg Center for Communications in Washington.
Introduction
Newton Minow had worked in the Illinois state administration during Adlai Stevenson's governorship and was a leading figure in the governor's...
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