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Author: Joseph Miller currently works as a contract attorney in Washington, D.C.

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Recent Posts from JDWired Blog

  • Educational Equality and the President’s Cabinet

    Why is it that the Obama administration has spent so much energy trying to prevent lobbyists from overrunning government, but spends little time on the fact that most (more than 50%) of the Cabinet is…

  • U.S. Media Companies Should Employ More Asian Talent, Before Seeking Expansion into Asia

    It’s not news that large U.S. media companies have a deplorable record  when it comes to hiring and promoting people of color.  While Asians have made some strides in television dramas, there is a persistent…

  • Radiohead to Testify Against RIAA in File-Sharing Case

    Something we need to see more of–actual artists standing up for themselves against RIAA’s disingenuous claims that it cares about artists more than it cares about deep-pocketed record labels.  According to Radiohead’s legal team at…

  • So What if Facebook Fails?

    Facebook is in the unique position of being able to change the entire online ecosystem–if it hasn’t done so already.  The five-year-old company expects to register its 200 millionth user this week, making it equivalent…

  • Univision Fights to Survive

    Univision reported a 7.8% drop in ad revenue for the fourth quarter today, bringing the company’s net 4Q08 loss to $1.99 billion.   The company has been mired in declining ad revenues, lawsuits, and longstanding…

  • Things McDonald’s Can Teach Us About How to File an FCC Complaint

    OK we get it — calling 911 over a McDonald’s incident isn’t an emergency.  But if it’s not an emergency, then why does big media need to devote valuable airtime to reporting on this woman’s…

  • Why the NY Post’s Advertisers are Today’s Racist Lynch Mob

    A few weeks ago, I discussed five reasons why the media reform effort is the civil rights movement of our time.  In one example that I gave, I pointed out the similarities between the way…

  • Netflix is Taking Over

    How much do you pay for cable?  Exactly.  Diane Mermigas, over at MediaPost, wrote on the factors that have created a perfect storm that is allowing Netflix to take an increasing share of business from…

  • Trouble in Big-Media Land

    Media consolidation didn’t work.   For all of their lobbying efforts to consolidate 95% of our media experiences to a handful of companies, now look where we are. If it ended there–just with the failure…

  • Georgetown/UCLA/NHMC Sound Death Knell for Hate Broadcasting

    Back in November, I wrote a post on hate speech in broadcasting and discussed some of the known examples of hate speech being broadcast on The O’Reilly Factor, on Fox News Network, and Clear Channel’s…


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