The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Media Matters
NBCUniversal has paid $7.5 billion to extend its U.S. Olympics media rights until 2032.
“The athletes, they’re not the priority. Television is the priority.”—Olympic historian David Wallechinsky.
“We stand by him.” That was WEDU president and CEO Paul Grove, in defense of Rob Lorei, who will continue to host “Florida This Week.” Lorei had been fired by local radio station WMNF for using an ethnic slur (“kapo”) in an email response to a listener who had defended the actions of the far right. You go, WEDU.
According to a Pew Research Center report, newsroom employment in the U.S. has dropped by 26 percent since 2008.
At the end of 2019, the U.S. had 6,700 newspapers. It had 9,000 in 2004.