Latest articles by Deborah McAdams
2025 NAB Show: Dive Deep Into the Business of Entertainment
NAB Show Inaugural business-focused track to feature WWE’s Nick Khan and Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque
FCC Ponders Secondary Audio for Emergency Alerts
Federal regulators are proposing that emergency broadcast information be provided on secondary audio streams and possibly via text-to-speech technologies.
One-Fifth of Americans Rely on Social Media for News
Around 20 percent of Americans get news from social media platforms—the upshot of market data from Scarborough Research. This particular group of Americans comprises Millennials—people aged 18 to 29.
McAdams On: Me for Chairman
In light of Chairman Genachowski’s rumored possible exit, I wanted to take this opportunity to inform you that I, too, enjoy cupcakes.
Details Sparse on Broadcast Spectrum Seller Coalition
Just how many broadcasters are part of a new spectrum sellers’ coalition is a known unknown.
McAdams On: Dim Bulbs
I don’t see movies in theaters as often as I once did. I still love the art form. The delivery system, not so much.
NAB Holds Fast on Keeping Minority Investors Off of Ownership Reports
The broadcast lobby stuck to its guns on how station ownership should be reported to regulators in comments filed with the FCC.
Hearst Ventures Makes Equity Investment in Science Inc.
Hearst Ventures, a unit of Hearst Corp., has made a minority investment in Science Inc., a technology operating company specializing in the creation and rapid scaling of digital businesses.
McAdams On: ZombiEAS
The good people of Great Falls, Mont., are not about to fall for some malarkey about bodies rising from graves in February. Not unless great-granddad was buried with a set of chisels and a blowtorch.
On Top of It
Who cares where TV comes from besides TV people? Conceptually, it's like water from a faucet. It's just there.
Dear Mr. Murdoch
I doubt you've heard of me. I worked my way through journalism school planting trees.
Mixed Martial Retrans
Federal regulations require that retransmission consent negotiations be conducted in "good faith." Whatever that means.
