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	Newton N. Minow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Newton Norman Minow (born January 17, 1926) is best known for his "Vast Wasteland" speech, given to the National Association of Broadcasters convention on May 9, 1961.
		His wife, Josephine Baskin Minow, serves on the boards of many community organizations, including the Chicago Historical Society.
		He has three daughters, all lawyers, Nell Minow, shareholder activist and movie critic, Martha L. Minow, Harvard law professor, and Mary, a library law expert.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Newton_Minow (441 words)

	Newton Minow is back
		This time Minow asked a new generation of FCC members to adopt rules that would require television and radio stations to provide free time for local political races in their communities.
		Minow, along with former FCC general counsel Henry Geller, argued that such a rule is needed because there’s evidence that many broadcasters are not paying sufficient attention to local elections.
		In an unrelated bit of broadcast trivia on Minow, it is said that the S.S. Minnow (with two “n”s), the 40-foot boat used in the vintage TV series “Gilligan’s Island,”; was named for the former FCC chairman.
	broadcastengineering.com /news/broadcasting_newton_minow_back (355 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Equal Time: The Private Broadcaster and the Public Interest, by Newton N. Minow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newton N. Minow came to the post of Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in 1961 with estimable qualities.
		...Minow unhappily reminds us, there was the U. Congress with, its cadre of influential members who either own or are intimately connected with radio and TV stations in their home states and districts...
		...Minow is on more solid ground when he points out that however distressing the taste of the majority, there is always a sizable minority audience out there and that commercial television has found no way to satisfy it...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V39I2P82-1.htm (1265 words)

	Minow, Newton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newton Minow was one of the most controversial figures ever to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
		Shortly thereafter, Newton Minow framed his critique of television along similar lines, arguing that the medium had become a form of escapism that threatened the nation's ability to meet the challenge of global Communism.
		Shortly after the passage of these key pieces of legislation, Minow resigned from the FCC and returned to a lucrative private practice, later becoming a partner in one of the most powerful communications law firms in the United States: Sidley and Austin.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/M/htmlM/minownewton/minownewton.htm (1088 words)

	Media Management Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Annenberg Professor of Communications, Law and Policy, Newton Minow is the first Annenberg University Professor of Communications, Law and Policy at Northwestern University.
		Minow served as a partner in the law firm of Sidley & Austin for more than 25 years and is now counsel.
		In 1986 Minow was a visiting fellow of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
	www.mediamanagementcenter.org /about/profile.asp?pid=8468 (290 words)

	Encyclopedia: Newton N. Minow
		The Wasteland Speech was given by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Newton N. Minow on May 9, 1961: When television is good, nothing â€” not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers â€” nothing is better.
		World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was by far the bloodiest, most expensive, and most significant war in...
		The Arch, the main entrance to Northwesterns Evanston campus Northwestern University is a private university which has its main campus in Evanston, Illinois, on a 240-acre (970,000 mÂ²) campus along the shore of Lake Michigan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Newton-N.-Minow (1070 words)

	The Newton Minow Page
		Minow was a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for the Study of Smoking Behavior at Harvard University, circa 1987.
		Newton Minow and Daniel Tisch were trustees of each of the Trusts which were the general partners of Wolverine Investors.
		Newton Minow was a director of FCB from 1980 until 1997.
	www.smokershistory.com /Minow.htm (2886 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Abandoned in the Wasteland : Children, Television, & the First Amendment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Minow created news when, in 1961, as head of the Federal Communications Commission, he called television in the U.S. a "vast wasteland." Here, writing with communications scholar LaMay, he presents a cogent argument for replacing violent, brutal TV fare with constructive programs that motivate children to learn while transmitting democratic values.
		Newton Minnow is a former chairman of the FCC.
		Minow has been an advocate for quality television since he was Kennedy's FCC chairman, and he obviously continues to champion for what should be a simple thing.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0809015897?v=glance (1793 words)

	Common Sense Media - Family Friendly Reviews
		Newton N. Minow is Counsel to the law firm of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood.
		Minow was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
		In addition, he is a former chairman of The RAND Corporation, trustee emeritus of the Mayo Clinic, a life trustee of Northwestern University and the University of Notre Dame, a former trustee and chairman of the Carnegie Corporation, former Chairman of PBS (Public Broadcasting Service).
	www.commonsensemedia.org /about_us/our_directors.php?id=9&print=page (386 words)

	JS Online: Decency police told to stay off the beat
		Milwaukee native Newton Minow, who coined one of the 1960s' most famous phrases when he called television a "vast wasteland," said in a phone interview this week that the skirmish over "Saving Private Ryan" illustrated just how tangled the lines of communication from viewers to officials to broadcasters have become.
		Minow, 78, who served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps in World War II shortly after graduating from Washington High School, called the Spielberg film "a movie every American should see." Viewers who felt cheated out of a chance to watch it last week should write to their local station manager and complain, he suggested.
		Minow headed the FCC in the early '60s, under President John F. Kennedy.
	www.jsonline.com /enter/tvradio/nov04/275983.asp (487 words)

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	Newton Minow: The 'vast wasteland' of television speech
		In his first major speech after being appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by the newly elected President John F Kennedy, Newton Minow coined a phrase that was used by critics of American television's programming standards for years to come.
		The speech was made to the convention of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Washington DC on 9 May 1961.
		A lawyer who had worked on the staff of three presidential campaigns and still only 34 when appointed to the FCC, Minow is thought to have been the second most reported member of the government during his two years in office—second only to the president himself.
	www.terramedia.co.uk /documents/vast_wasteland.htm (3607 words)

	The "vast wasteland" revisited
		The special issue, given the theme, "The Vast Wasteland Revisited," includes commentary by 24 leading communications attorneys, government officials, producers, entertainers, commentators and public interest advocates, including a posthumous article by Fred Rogers, creator and host of the longest-running PBS series, "Mister Rogers Neighborhood." The issue is dedicated to Rogers.
		Minow's address in 1961 to the National Association of Broadcasters is among the most quoted of all 20th century speeches.
		The issue marks the 10th anniversary of the co-publishing arrangement and the 40th anniversary of the end of Minow's term as FCC Chairman in 1963.
	newsinfo.iu.edu /news/page/normal/965.html (951 words)

	OCInc: The Everett C. Parker Ethics in Telecommunications Lecture: Newton N. Minow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newton N. Minow is the Director of The Annenberg Washington Program and the Annenberg Professor of Communications Law and Policy at Northwestern University.
		Minow is former Chairman of the Chicago Educational Television Association, and of the Public Broadcasting System.
		He is a former board member of CBS, Inc., and is a trustee emeritus of the Mayo Clinic.
	www.ucc.org /ocinc/parker/minow.htm (380 words)

	Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
		Minow, married to a Washington lawyer and the mother of two college students, graduated from Sarah Lawrence and has a law degree from the University of Chicago.
		Minow says she has appeared many times on CNBC since that episode, most recently to discuss the Google (GOOG) initial public offering.
		To the elder Minow's astonishment, his loving daughter advised Aon Corp. (AOC) not to retain him for its board because he hadn't shown up for 75 percent of the directors' meetings that year.
	www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=23043085&brk=1 (1291 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newton Minow, a former chair of the Federal Communications Commission has proposed a massive undertaking that will see the federal government supply libraries and academic institutions with money to digitize their collections for sharing on the web.
		Minow is working with former NBC News and PBS president Lawrence Grossman, and they already have garnered the support of several senators from both parties.
		The plan is purely in the discussion stage now and Minow would like the NSF to perform a study to "discern the feasibility" of his proposal.
	www.libraryjournal.com /index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA184612 (221 words)

	The Question Students Flunked
		Newton Minow (1926–) was appointed by President John Kennedy as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the agency responsible for regulating the use of the public airwaves.
		On May 9, 1961, he spoke to 2,000 members of the National Association of Broadcasters and told them that the daily fare on television was "a vast wasteland." Minow's indictment of commercial television launched a national debate about the quality of programming.
		After Minow's speech, the television critic for The New York Times wrote: "Tonight some broadcasters were trying to find dark explanations for Mr.
	hnn.us /articles/1513.html (1666 words)

	Wasteland Speech biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In May of 1961, U.S. chairman Newton Minow gave his famous "Wasteland Speech":
		Thirty-five years after making this stunning indictment of the medium, Minow told Canadian magazine Maclean's that little has changed.
		Newton Minow was the chairman of the Carnegie Foundation, a noteworthy philanthropic organization whose cash endowment recipients include many programs on PBS, including Sesame Street, ZOOM, Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV) and Between the Lions.
	wasteland-speech.biography.ms (323 words)

	BW Online \| December 7, 2001 \| The Internet as Classroom
		Minow and Grossman recently spoke with BusinessWeek Correspondent Darnell Little about their proposal and why they believe the resources of museums and libraries should be available online.
		Minow: We made a presentation at the Field Museum in Chicago, and John McCarter, head of the museum, said they've got 22 million objects and specimens in that museum yearning to get out and be reachable.
		Minow: We visited the Library of Congress, which, with very limited resources, is trying to train some teachers in the summer.
	www.businessweek.com /bwdaily/dnflash/dec2001/nf2001127_9481.htm (1108 words)

	Free Press News : Printable Format
		Since then, profitmaking has been the order of the day, and broadcasters are quick learners as to what will bring in profits.
		Minow's 'analysis' really amounts to lightweight apologia for corporate media.
		-RN Newton N. Minow, a Chicago lawyer, was chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1961 to 1963.
	www.freepress.net /news/print.php?id=2469 (878 words)

	Newton N. Minow -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newton Norman Minow (born January 17, 1926) is best known for his (Click link for more info and facts about Wasteland Speech) Wasteland Speech, given to the (Click link for more info and facts about National Association of Broadcasters) National Association of Broadcasters convention on May 9, 1961.
		He also wrote the regulations requiring TV's to receive both (300 to 3000 megahertz) UHF and (30 to 300 megahertz) VHF, which was important in the creation of public television.
		During (A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherl) World War II, Minow served as a sergeant in the US Army in the China/Burma/India theatre.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/newton_n._minow.htm (399 words)

	AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: NEWTON N. MINOW - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED
		Newton Minow was Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission under President Kennedy.
		The S.S. Minnow, the tourist ship that ran aground in TV's Gilligan's Island (1964-1967), was named after Minow who coined the description of television as a "vast wasteland" in a 1961 speech.
		Minow had urged network executives to become more involved in the creative content of their shows which annoyed Gilligan creator Sherwood Schwartz.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/3_2004/law/206468-NEWTON-N-MINOW.htm (163 words)

	TVTechnology - The Big Picture
		Kennard’s "spectrum squatters" address on Oct. 10 at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City is already being compared to the infamous "vast wasteland" speech by his predecessor, Newton Minow, during the Kennedy administration in 1961.
		However, Newton Minow, a former board member of CBS, cheered on his young successor.
		Minow challenged an interviewer who suggested that terrestrial broadcasting is a competitive business.
	www.tvtechnology.com /features/Big-picture/f-FB-Kennard.shtml (777 words)

	Merriam-Webster Online
		Back on this date in 1961, Newton Minow, in his first public address since assuming Chairmanship of the Federal Communications Commission, stood before the National Association of Broadcasters and announced he was there to uphold and protect the public interest.
		He then invited the broadcasters to sit before their television sets from the time their station signs on in the morning and remain there—eyes glued to the set, without a single distraction—until their station signs off.
		Since Minow made his famous prediction, vast wasteland has secured a spot in our lexicon as the phrase to evoke any desolate, extensive, and unproductive environment.
	www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/wftwarch.pl?050905 (210 words)

	The Caucus
		It's also been called "the killing fields," where violence, according to one independent survey, is up 27% from last year, where a homicide takes place once every seventy-eight minutes on prime-time and where, in a single hour, sixty acts of violence have been recorded in one program.
		Listen to Newton Minow's reappraisal of his "wasteland" speech...
		Newton Minow again: "If television is to change, the men and women in it will have to make it a leading institution in American life rather than merely a reactive mirror of the lowest common denominator in the market place."
	www.caucus.org /archives/93spr_season.html (2461 words)

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