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Media, Communication & Entertainment with Bravo’s Andy Cohen

Rebecca Loya — Mon, 23 May 2011 10:00:48 +0000

The Alumni Network of Greater NYC hosts the launch of their newest professional network, Media, Communication and Entertainment. Featuring insights from BU Alum and Bravo TV‘s Executive VP of Original Programming and Development Andy Cohen (COM ’90), the event will take place at Capitale (130 Bowery Street, New York, NY) hosted by Seth Greenberg (SMG ’82). Stop by for a night of networking and professional development on behalf of the BU Alumni Association. The event is $20. Drinks and light appetizers will be served. To RSVP click here or call (800) 800-3466. Advance registration is required.

Google blinks at publishers

Dick Taffe — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:20:11 +0000

Google has agreed, as a concession to publishers of paid content news, to let them limit the number of free articles accessed through the Internet search engine. Journalism Department Chairman Lou Ureneck calls it a positive development for the media indusry, and ultimately for consumers.

“The free traffic in articles that news organizations have put significant money into developing is unsustainable in the long term. This moves the Internet and media closer to a consumer-paid model.”

Contact Lou Ureneck, 617-353-4095, lureneck@bu.edu

A President’s “Bully Pulpit”

Dick Taffe — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:45:51 +0000

President Obama has been hammering away his healthcare-reform message with the media — Lehrer, Couric, Vieira, “Nightline,” Washington Post, bloggers, prime-time press conference, etc. Is there a danger of overusing the presidential “bully pulpit?” College of Communication Professor John Carroll, a long-time media analyst, can talk about the dangers of media overexposure.

Contact John Carroll, 617-353-3493, carroll7@bu.edu

How the media is covering Iran

Dick Taffe — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:42:23 +0000

With authorities expelling journalists and limiting access to demonstrations, “user-generated” content — text via Facebook or Twitter and cell-phone video posted to YouTube — have become the staple of news coverage of post-election Iran. College of Communication journalism Professor Anne Donohue, who covered the 1979 Iranian revolution (and soon was evacuated with the Shah), can offer perspective on media coverage of then and now.

Contact Anne Donohue, 617-353-3418, adonohue@bu.edu

Newspapers in Troubled State

Dick Taffe — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:44:29 +0000

Newspapers are in a quandry. Print advertising revenues are dropping but Web ads can’t make up the difference, and the industry is reluctant to ask for a bailout from the government it covers. In the latest move, the Sunday Times of London reportedly plans to launch a standalone Website and is considering charging readers for it. College of Communication Dean Tom Fiedler, a Pulitizer-winning former executive editor of the Miami Herald, can discuss the state of the industry.

Contact Tom Fiedler, 617-353-3488, tfiedler@bu.edu

Easing antitrust policy for newspapers smart move

Dick Taffe — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:38:00 +0000

College of Communication Professor Lou Ureneck, chairman of the Journalism Department and former executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, says the Justice Department’s willingness to consider easing antitrust policy for newspapers would be good for the struggling industry.

“This is a positive and reasonable government response to the newspaper crisis. Newspapers are the chief source of journalism in the U.S., and the country has an interest in seeing them survive. This intiative doesn’t solve root problems, but it may offer some help at a time when it is sorely needed.”

Contact Lou Ureneck, 617-353-4095, lureneck@bu.edu