tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post121402638065131645..comments2024-03-06T05:30:41.694-05:00Comments on Pho's Akron Pages: Media Reform Event with FCC Commissioners [Updated]Scott Piephohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849171870929674248noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-63300626533058164272007-02-28T09:42:00.000-05:002007-02-28T09:42:00.000-05:00Its great that commissioners are traveling around ...Its great that commissioners are traveling around the country listening to citizens. Sometimes Washington operates in a bubble so its nice they're getting out.<BR/><BR/>I work with the National Association of Broadcasters. I wanted to emphasize how the media landscape has changed in just the last year. <BR/><BR/>As <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR2007022201507.html" REL="nofollow">Frank Ahrens</A> puts it, "Citizens exercise their greatest power when they act as a market, which they did by choosing new media over old. Old-style media empires -- radio, TV, newspapers -- no longer have the eyeballs to support the kind of audience scale that justified '90s consolidation and so alarmed media activists. Why? Because of MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, satellite radio, XBox, iPods, et al."<BR/><BR/>Bottom line - Local broadcasters would like to see the FCC modernize its outdated rules to allow them to be more creative and competitive in this new marketplace we live in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com