Encyclopedia > Newton Minow

Article Content

Newton Minow

Newton Minow is a former U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman, who in May of 1961 delivered a presentation critical of television's future, the so-called "Wasteland Speech".

He is one of the most recent presidents of The Carnegie Foundation, who are one of PBS' most influential sponsors, along with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Anna Karenina

... first complete appearance was in book form. Related Topics Madame Bovary Molly Bloom's Soliloquy Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers Outline of the Plot The ...