Pentagon strategy to place former military officers in networks to be ’surrogates’ for Bush administration

John Stauber, Center for Media & Democracy, debates with Robert Zelnick, Boston University on PBS NewsHour April 24 2008, New York Times report ‘Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand’ by David Barstow 20 April 2008. Major networks refuse to appear in PBS story.
NYT, following 2 year investigation, reports Pentagon’s use [...]

Frank S Foster, MediaPost, on Project Canoe

Frank S Foster on Project Canoe, via MediaPost’s TV Board blog 28 April 2008
Project Canoe has tremendous potential. Imagine a single sales entity that might allow cable to compete in the national spot market with a variety of new television advertising vehicles. Perhaps Madison Avenue might be interested in on-demand and addressable advertising [...]