After hosting the classic quiz show
Jeopardy! for 36 years,
Alex Trebek may be the most well known game show host of all time. Unfortunately, the quiz master’s time behind the podium has come to an end. After a recent battle with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, Alex Trebek has passed away at 80 years old.
TMZ was the first to report news of Alex Trebek passing away this weekend, and
Jeopardy! made the official announcement:
Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alex. pic.twitter.com/Yk2a90CHIM
Beyond the Vast Social-Media Wasteland
BY
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n May 9, 1961, then-Chair of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Newton Minow delivered a transformative speech to the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC. Now known as the “Vast Wasteland” speech, it offered a public-minded vision for a fledgling sector – television broadcasting – that was quickly reshaping society. A similar vision should be applied to social-media platforms today.
In 1961, TV had entered its teenage years. American families had adopted the new technology in record numbers. Regular network broadcasts had begun only 14 years earlier, in 1947, when there were 44,000 TV sets in US homes, around 30,000 of them in New York City. By 1960, there were 52 million TV sets in the United States – one in nearly nine out of ten households across the country. Not surprisingly, advertisers were flocking to the medium.
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PENDLETON â Gordon Smith is returning home.
Following 24 years in Washington, D.C., first as a U.S. senator then as the chief executive officer of the National Association of Broadcasters, Smith is stepping down to an advisory role with the lobbying group and returning to his birthplace: Pendleton.
In a video message announcing his retirement, Smith said he would step down at the end of 2021 to spend more time on his family business, his church and his family.
âMany of these things I have put on hold this past quarter century to give public service and to be among broadcasters,â he said. âI look forward to time with them, doing things that grandfathers ought to do: attending baseball games, recitals and more.â