Local TV News Project (from the Project for Excellence in Journalism) http://www.journalism.org/resources/research/reports/localTV/
Grade the News (outstanding resource focusing on local news in the San Francisco Bay
Area)http://www.stanford.edu/group/gradethenews/
News Lab (affiliated with Columbia University
Journalism School) http://www.newslab.org/
Tyndall Report (monitors network TV news coverage) http://tyndallreport.com/
Columbia Journalism Review (well-respected publication covering journalism and the
mass media business)http://www.cjr.org
Society for Professional Journalists (one of the biggest journalism associations in
the world) http://www.spj.org/
Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Florida-based journalism
think-tank) http://www.poynter.org
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (monitors print and broadcast media from a left/liberal
perspective)http://www.fair.org/
Center for Media and Public Affairs (monitors media from a right-wing/conservative
perspective) http://www.cmpa.com/
Media Education Foundation (excellent resource that produces highly acclaimed media
literacy videos) http://www.mediaed.org
Media Channel (features media criticism from journalist Danny Schechter
and links to hundreds of media organizations worldwide) http://www.mediachannel.org
National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) http://www.nppa.org/
Adbusters
Regulatory Agencies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
FCC’s “The Public and Broadcasting”page: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/decdoc/public_and_broadcasting.html
FCC’s “How to Apply for a BroadcastLicense” page: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/howtoapply.html
A brief history of the FCC's public interest standard in broadcasting.
Federal Trade Commisssion (FTC)
General Media News
Media Info Center – Northwestern University
http://www.mediainfocenter.org/
Programming and Ratings
Nielsen Media Research
Arbitron – Radio Ratings
Syndication Programming Ratings Analysis by Katz Programming
Cable and Syndication Program Ratings by Nielsen
Media Onwership/Economics
A site maintained by the Columbia Journalism Review. Shows media holdings of major firms.
Site operated by the Center for Public Integrity. Includes a "Media Tracker," which enables user to find out who owns
local media outlets.
Hoovers.com
A company research service with details about key executives and industry information.
The Street.com
TheStreet.com provides investors, with timely, to-the-point financial news and analysis you
can use to succeed in today's markets.
Veronis, Suhler & Associates
A media merchant bank that provides business info. on media companies
Web Mergers
A San-Franciso-based WWW marketplace analyst firm. The site
features information for buyers and sellers of web properties, as well as news and information about web mergers and related
business activity.
Industry Journals
Advertising Age
A weekly magazine on the advertising and media industry with plenty of industry
statistics and news.
Billboard magazine. Radio
airplay & sales charts plos lots of music industry news.
http://www.billboard.com/bb/index.jsp
Broadcasting and Cable
B&C covers Radio, TV & Cable industries. Major resource for media executives, managers
& researchers.
Business2.0
A magazine on online company technology and management with plenty of references to media industries.
Cable Channel
Webcasts of major conferences about the TV indusry
and interviews with cable TV executives
Cable World
A weekly news and analysis magazine for the cable TV industry. It provides data to executives for
staying abreast of technological changes and competitive challenges -- while staying within budget.
Communication News
Summarize important developments in the dynamic world of communications compiled by Boston University.
Digital Television
A monthly publication on the development of technology in television industry especially in interactive
and digital technolgy.
TelevisonWeek (Formerly Electronic Media)
A weekly magazine that covers the programming business of television in broadcasting, cable and syndication,
including local stations, broadcast and cable networks, direct broadcast satellite and the Web
Fast Company
A monthly magazine on current topics in management and leadership
Media Life Magazine
An online daily news source about media industry
Media Week
A weekly magazine that covers advertising business and management issues of commercial media
Multi-Channel News
The current week's important news to the cable television and telecommunications industries both
domestically and internationally.
Newsweek Media Research Index
A searchable database of articles on media industry compiled by Newsweek.
Radio and Records Online
A magazine on news of the radio and sound recording industry
Radio Business Report
A monthly report on the radio business
Radio Advertising Bureau Radio Facts. (Annual) www.rab.com
Radio Ink. (Fortnightly)
Streamline Publishing, Inc. http://www.radioink.com/
Revolution
A magazine on business and marketing in the digital economy
TV Spy
A web site listing hot topics in the TV industry with discussion forum, job listings and professional
service listings.
Variety
Variety is weekly magazine about news on the entertainment industry published since 1905.
Zap2it (formerly Ultimate TV)
Guide to What's Onscreen TV, Movies and the Internet.
Industry Associations
American Cable Association (ACA) - for independent cable system operators
American Women in Radio and Television
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
Association of Regional News Channels (ARNC)
Association for Interactive Media (AIM)
Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers
Association of Interactive Media
Broadcast Education Association (BEA)
Cable in the Classroom
Cable-Television Advertising Bureau (CAB)
Cable TV Center
Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM)
Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association (CTHRA)
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association
International Radio and Television Society (IRTS)
Media Communications Association - International
National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communication (NAMIC)
National Association of Broadcasters(NAB)
National Association of Programming Executives(NAPTE)
National Cable Communications (NCC)
National Cable Television Association(NCTA)
National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc.
North American Broadcasters Associaton (NABA)
Ohio Association of Broadcasters (OAB)
Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association (OCTA)
Radio-Television News Director's Association
Radio Advertising Bureau(Radio Advertising Bureau)
Satellite Broadcasting and Communication Association
Satellite Industry Association
Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA)
Telecommunications Industry Association
Television Bureau of Advertising (TvB)
United States Telecom Association
Women in Cable and Telecommunications (WICT)
Market Research/Statistics
American Demographics Magazine
Easy Demographics
1990 US Census
The US Government Census
Census graphs of African Americans
Stat-USA
USA DATA (Market Information and Research)
Zipcode Demographics and Psychographics (An example of Geodemographics)
