The upcoming 50th anniversary of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Newton Minow’s “vast wasteland” speech has prompted some in the media to revisit the speech to assess its relevance — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When one lives for 97 years, you can be assured that this person is filled with a mountain of memories of people, events and ...

President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former FCC Chairman Newton Minow (Getty) Newton Minow, the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in the 1960s who ...

Newton Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a "vast wasteland," died Saturday. He was 97. Minow, who received a ...

Then-FCC chair Newton Minow appearing before a Senate subcommittee in 1961. (AP Photo) More than six decades ago, Newton Minow, a 35-year-old lawyer who had been tapped by newly elected President John ...

Newton Minow, the former chair of the Federal Communications Commission who championed the start of satellite networks, passed away on May 6 at the age of 97. While Minow was an early and powerful ...

As the Mosaic browser turns 26 this year, having ushered in the modern web a quarter century ago, much of our conversation about the web turns around how rapidly it has upended, revolutionized and ...

The article profiling Newton Minow was a fascinating view of a man who has dramatically shaped American awareness of the dark side of television. We are lucky to have his continuing commitment to the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Two FCC Chairmen, separated by 50 years of communications history and progress, got the opportunity to meet and discuss past and present issues in a special May 9 forum arranged by ...

CHICAGO — When one lives for 97 years, you can be assured that this person is filled with a mountain of memories of people, events and accomplishments, especially if fortunate enough to remain active ...

Newton N. Minow, the former Federal Communications Commission chief, died May 6 at his home in Chicago, after suffering a heart attack. He was 97. Minow’s death was confirmed by the Associated Press ...