Help ACM Invest in Young Community Media Talent
Want to join ACM in making a bet?
We’re making a bet that investing in people and ideas will help grow our cause – vibrant, community-based media that serve local needs and local folks not served by other media in every American community.
Between now and the end of April, (…)
Help ACM Invest in Young Community Media Talent
Want to join ACM in making a bet?
We’re making a bet that investing in people and ideas will help grow our cause – vibrant, community-based media that serve local needs and local folks not served by other media in every American community.
Between now and the end of April, (…)
ACM Western States Region Spring Conference
I hope to see you at the ACM West Spring Conference in Sacramento, CA next week. The ACM Board of Directors will be meeting at the conference site, and I will be doing several presentations as part of what looks to be a very interesting program. If you haven’t registered (…)
New Member Benefit
I’m pleased to announce a new benefit for Members of ACM. Starting this week, members get discount pricing on the already low prices at B&H Photo and Video. We think this will help stretch your equipment dollars and will increase your impact in the community you serve!
To take advantage of the benefit, click (…)
Here on President’s Day 2018, it’s appropriate to talk about leadership and what it means in community media.
ACM has extended our deadlines for our National leadership awards to Tuesday – and I’d like to urge you to consider nominating the people who have made a difference in your work, and in the collective work of (…)
The hits just keep on coming from the FCC. Over Thanksgiving the Commission announced its December agenda, which will push an effort to eliminate current Net Neutrality regulation AND preempt state and local efforts to enforce internet fairness regulations.
What’s especially infuriating about the Commission’s expected order is that the Commission’s leadership has said they will (…)
Rules on Media Ownership to Loosen
On the heels of last month’s vote to eliminate the main studio rule for broadcasters, last Thursday the FCC voted to eliminate barriers to media cross-ownership and consolidation.
What does it mean?
Well, it means that holiday shopping for media conglomerates starts before this Black Friday. Already there are rumors of multiple (…)
ACM hosted 30 members from around the country last week for our ACM Capitol Hill Day event. In all, ACM visited 35 offices in the Senate, House and the FCC, pressing the importance of PEG for local communities, the need for technical fairness for our channels, and the need to ensure local media is preserved (…)
ACM Northeast Regional Updates and Conference & Tradeshow Recap
Thanks again to all the ACM Members who attended the Northeast Regional Conference in Falmouth, MA this last week! Over 200 people and 40 vendors came to Cape Cod area for the event. A big thank you to Deb Rogers from Falmouth Community TV who hosted (…)
FCC Votes to Eliminate ‘Main Studio Rule’
Halloween tricks came early for media localism this last week.
The FCC voted 3-2 to eliminate the requirement for broadcasters to maintain local studios to keep their licenses. Lifting the requirement continues paving the way for a media consolidation wave that Chairman Ajit Pai hopes to induce when the Commission (…)
