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Join the AWM Foundation's Legacy Campaign AWM Share    
As we celebrate our 60th anniversary, we challenge our supporters, stakeholders and community to help create a rich and vibrant future for our organization. Your contribution to the AWM Foundation's Legacy Campaign allows us to maintain and expand our stellar PSA campaign, support emerging media professionals with scholarships to further their career development, and our continued work to celebrate and promote the best of media by, for and about women. More 
Female cable executives talk the future of TV Fast Company Share
As television shows become less tied to the TV — and to the hour they're aired — the networks that thrive may be the ones that know how to answer this question: Do you corral your audience, or follow it wherever it wanders? Fast Company sat down to lunch with three of cable's most powerful women to discuss: Bravo President Frances Berwick, Comedy Central's Michele Ganeless and Animal Planet President Marjorie Kaplan. More New Time Inc. CEO Laura Lang talks with 'Adweek' about leading companies through transitions Adweek Share
Time Warner surprised the media world recently when it picked Digitas CEO Laura Lang, a digital expert but publishing newbie, to run its magazine division, Time Inc. Lang spoke with Adweek a few hours after the announcement about facing Time Inc.'s baggage, being collaborative and her favorite Time Inc. titles. More 
Melissa Francis leaving CNBC for Fox Business mediabistro.com Share
Melissa Francis is leaving CNBC and joining Fox Business Network. Francis was a co-anchor of daytime programs "Power Lunch" and, before that, "The Call." The Harvard graduate has been on TV since she was 1 year old, staring in a Johnson & Johnson commercial. She would later play the role of Cassandra Cooper Ingalls on "Little House on the Prairie." More SBS ups Jackie Nosti-Cambo to vice president All Access Music Group Share
SBS has promoted Jackie Nosti-Cambo to vice president of business analytics. She will focus on the business practices of SBS in all of its markets. Previously vice president and general manager, she will also develop new insights and understanding to improve business performance in order to grow revenue in all of the company's markets. More Chelsea Clinton NBC News debut set for Dec. 12 The Hollywood Reporter Share
Chelsea Clinton's first appearance as a NBC News correspondent is set for Dec. 12. The former first daughter will appear on "Rock Center With Brian Williams" during a segment about a nonprofit organization in her home state of Arkansas. The report is part of the network's "Making a Difference" franchise and was spearheaded by Clinton, notes the New York Times. More 
New trend: A drop in TV households Media Life Share
It is still too early to say Americans are tossing away their TV sets. But clearly a growing number of people are giving up their sets, enough that Nielsen has recorded a decline in the number of households with TV sets for just the second time in history, the first being two decades ago and tied to a change in data collecting. In its recently released annual television audience report, Nielsen noted that the number of TV households will drop in 2012, from 115.9 million in 2011 to 114.7 million. That's a dip of only 1 percent, but it could be a harbinger of declines to come. More At TV and radio outlets, little-known trove of kudos and complaints The New York Times Share
When television and radio stations receive compliments or complaints, they put them in their "public files," a little-known but rich trove of teeth-gnashing, hand-wringing and sometimes heartfelt correspondence. Under federal law, all television and radio outlets must maintain public files and make them available for viewing. Besides the letters, the public file includes nuts-and-bolts information about each station, including descriptions of its programs and Federal Communications Commission license, and information on political advertisement spending. More House Communications Subcommittee OK's spectrum auction bill Broadcasting & Cable Share
The House Communications Subcommittee approved a spectrum incentive auction bill that would give the FCC the authority to pay broadcasters for voluntarily exiting the spectrum to be auctioned for broadband use, and set aside as much as $3 billion to compensate broadcasters left behind for moving or sharing channels. The bill will now go to full committee for markup. The auction is projected to return at least $15 billion to the treasury for deficit reduction after paying broadcasters. More 
New research shows that women are the world's most powerful single demographic MediaPost Share
According to a new study, Women of Tomorrow: U.S. Multicultural Insights, women are the world's most powerful single demographic. They control the majority of household spending decisions, their influence is growing and they are increasingly exercising this new-found power in a variety of ways. From 21 countries, representing 60 percent of the world's population and 78 percent of GDP, there is one very positive commonality: women believe their roles are changing for the better. More 
Submit today for the 2012 Gracie Awards AWM Share
For 37 years, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has been a leader in celebrating and honoring programming for, by and about women, as well as individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the media industry. The Gracie Awards encourages the realistic and faceted portrayal of women in entertainment, news, commercials and other programs. This year we are pleased to present a brand new entry site, complete with increased functionality, a smoother design and new options to make your submission process easier than ever. The 2012 entry deadline is Jan. 6. More AWM Foundation releases Special Report on Digital Literacy for Women & Girls AWM Share
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the Special Report on Digital Literacy for Women & Girls. This latest Special Report, supported by AT&T, addresses how to increase digital opportunity for women. Featured article topics include digital literacy initiatives by a variety of media companies and nonprofits, engaging girls with digital content in the classroom and at home, women making both personal and professional connections through social media and many more. More AWM Foundation and Ford Motor Company release new Empowering America video AWM Share
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation and the Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, announced that University of Massachusetts student Amanda Shapiro is winner of the Empowering America video contest. Shapiro will be awarded a $5,000 scholarship and her winning video, "Steering Their Own Course: Celebrating the Women of Empowering America," can now be viewed on AWM's website. More 
FCC's Office of Communications Business Opportunities hosts its 3rd annual Capitalization Strategies Workshop Federal Communications Commission Share
The Federal Communications Commission's Office of Communications Business Opportunities will host its third annual Capitalization Strategies Workshop focused on capital acquisition for small and diverse businesses in the communications industry. The workshop is free and open to the public, and will be held Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the FCC Headquarters, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th St., SW, Washington, D.C. More |
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