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The genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March, after years of slowing sales, legal trouble, and a declining stock price. And now, the valuable trove of genetic data the company owns is for sale, sparking privacy concerns. On today’s Big Take, Bloomberg biotech reporter Gerry Smith traces the rise and fall of 23andMe, and bankruptcy reporter Jonathan Randles outlines what a possible sale could mean for millions of users’ genetic data. Read more: Bankrupt 23andMe’s DNA Data Gets Sale Nod as Concerns LingerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Matthew Corey got the win over Gerry Smith in the Primary and now he turns his attention to November against Chris Murphy
Gerry Smith is running against Matthew Corey for the right to face Chris Murphy in this year's election
Matthew Corey is running against Gerry Smith for the right to face Chris Murphy in this year's election
In Part 2 of "Energy Medicine: The Path to Wellness," we're excited to welcome special guest Dr. Gerry Smith, a leading expert in the field of energy medicine. Dr. Smith will share his extensive experience on how energy medicine is applied both diagnostically and in healing. We'll explore how practitioners use energy-based assessments to identify imbalances in the body and the innovative techniques they employ to restore harmony and vitality. Dr. Smith will also discuss real-world examples of how energy medicine has transformed the health of his patients, offering insights into its practical applications and powerful potential for healing. Whether you're curious about how these methods work or eager to hear about their success stories, this conversation promises to deepen your understanding of energy medicine in practice.
Gerry Smith joins us to discuss his campaign and his upcoming primary against Matthew Corey.
Gerry Smith calls in to discuss his campaign among other things!
Connecticut Republicans nominate Gerry Smith, the first selectman of Beacon Falls, to challenge U.S. Senator Chris Murphy this November. Stony Brook faculty vote not to censure the school's president over the handling of campus protests. An old movie theater in New Haven will transform into a childcare center. Oyster Bay could put more limits on shellfish harvesting. And sex trafficking in Connecticut has spiked since the pandemic.
Gerry is a lecturer in sociology and in the school of religion at University of Sydney and also at University of Tasmania. She has a lot to say and Bob also shares his views about text-based religion. It's Passover week; the Bible verse is a hit. This episode is actually part 2 of 2, concluding the episode we began last week.Historical markers of the week include Hank Aaron, William Shakespeare and Sirhan B Sirhan, a Palestinian assassin who killed Bobby Kennedy in 1968 and continues in a life sentence in a California jail. To read the article that is featured in this episode, click on this link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00377686211065980 Support the showThanks for listening. Please share the pod with your mates, and feel free to comment right here! Write to Bob on his email -- bobmendo@AOL.comLink to https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078996765315 on Facebook. Bobs Your Uncle features the opinions of Bob Mendelsohn and any of his guests.To financially support the podcast, go to the Patreon site and choose Gold, Silver or Bronze levels. Thanks for that! https://www.patreon.com/BobsYourUncle To read Bob's 1999 autobiography, click this link https://bit.ly/StoryBob To see photos of any of Bob's guests, they are all on an album on his Flickr site click here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobmendo/albums/72177720296857670
Gerry Smith is originally from Sydney and spends half the year lecturing there and in Hobart, Tasmania on religion, on religious movements, and especially with a bent on the sociology of religion. She has a lot to say about young people and inclusion, about key challenges to those involved in interfaith activity (or non activity), and this is only part 1 of 2 parts in this podcast series. Historical marker of the week includes Pope Julius II, the San Francisco earthquake, and the midnight ride of Paul Revere. By the way, Passover is this Monday evening. Have a blessed week.Gerry's article is here: https://bit.ly/GerrysArticle Support the showThanks for listening. Please share the pod with your mates, and feel free to comment right here! Write to Bob on his email -- bobmendo@AOL.comLink to https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078996765315 on Facebook. Bobs Your Uncle features the opinions of Bob Mendelsohn and any of his guests.To financially support the podcast, go to the Patreon site and choose Gold, Silver or Bronze levels. Thanks for that! https://www.patreon.com/BobsYourUncle To read Bob's 1999 autobiography, click this link https://bit.ly/StoryBob To see photos of any of Bob's guests, they are all on an album on his Flickr site click here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobmendo/albums/72177720296857670
Gerry Smith, First Selectman, Beacon Falls Running for US Senate against Chris Murphy.
Hosts Michael Barr, Scarlet Fu and Damian Sassower welcome Mountain West Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez, the first Latin woman to lead a D-1 college league. She joins the shows to discuss the latest upheaval across the NCAA landscape as more teams depart the Pac-12, and what it could mean for her own conference. Also on the agenda is Disney-owned ESPN's sports betting deal with Penn National with analysis from Bloomberg media reporter Gerry Smith and the US women's national soccer team's surprising World Cup exit with Bloomberg Originals correspondent Vanessa Perdomo. Plus, National Cycling League President Paris Wallace takes a look at the future of professional cycling and previews some of his league's upcoming events. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kriti Gupta, markets editor and host of Bloomberg Surveillance: Early Edition, joins to talk about the potential UPS strike. Ira Jersey, Chief US interest rate strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence, previews Fed minutes and discusses the yield curve. Nimrit Kang, co-CIO and Senior Portfolio Manager at North Star Asset Management, joins to discuss investing strategies and gives her market outlook. Mike McGlone, Senior Macro Strategist with Bloomberg Intelligence, and Fernando Valle, Senior Analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, join in a roundtable on oil, global energy, OPEC+ cuts, and other notes they're working on. Gerry Smith, Media Reporter with Bloomberg News, discusses Amazon weighing TV cost concerns and ESPN's huge layoffs. Ward Bortz, ETF Portfolio Manager at Angel Oak, joins the program to discuss ETF outlook for the year and how it's performing against the broader market. Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Molly Smith.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
DirecTV customers have lost access to hundreds of station following a contract dispute with Nextstar. This isn't the first time DirecTV has had to drop stations. For more on this, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke to Bloomberg's Gerry Smith.
The Utah Jazz are the latest pro sports team to cut the cord with its cable company. The team will instead offer its games over a combination of local tv...and a new streaming service. For more on this, KCBS Radio's Matt Bigler spoke to Bloomberg News reporter Gerry Smith.
Jack Selby, Managing Director at Thiel Capital, discusses the fallout from banking turmoil on the startup sector. Gerry Smith, CEO of ODP Corporation, discusses the retail space and how machine learning can improve operating efficiencies. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg Municipal Finance Reporter Fola Akinnibi talk NYC's universal pre-k program and why it's falling short on funding. Plus we Drive to the Close with Stacey Sears, Emerald Advisers Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Small Cap Growth Fund. Hosts: Matt Miller and Paul Sweeney. Producer: Sara LivezeySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jack Selby, Managing Director at Thiel Capital, discusses the fallout from banking turmoil on the startup sector. Gerry Smith, CEO of ODP Corporation, discusses the retail space and how machine learning can improve operating efficiencies. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg Municipal Finance Reporter Fola Akinnibi talk NYC's universal pre-k program and why it's falling short on funding. Plus we Drive to the Close with Stacey Sears, Emerald Advisers Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Small Cap Growth Fund. Hosts: Matt Miller and Paul Sweeney. Producer: Sara LivezeySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Officials at ESPN says it's not a matter of if, but when it'll make its content available to cord-cutters. Today, KCBS Radio's Pat Thurston spoke with Bloomberg News sports media reporter Gerry Smith.
Eric Ortiz (center), district manager of Step Energy Services (USA) Ltd. in Floresville, is surrounded by appreciative Floresville Food Pantry volunteers and Director Rose Holcombe (fifth from left) March 30, after he delivers a generous monetary donation on behalf of the company. Volunteers present include (l-r) Susan Reed, Kyle Keener, Denise Roy-Garcia, Ann Rhew, Gerry Smith, Gloria Morales-Cantu, Gayle Gleeson, Elaine Mendoza, and Sandra Earl. The donation will help the Food Pantry continue to assist many Floresville families in need.Article Link
Fernando Valle, Senior Analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, and Mike McGlone, Senior Macro Strategist with Bloomberg Intelligence, join for an energy roundtable to discuss the surprise OPEC+ cuts and what it means for prices and domestic production going forward. Bloomberg's Kriti Gupta joins us from downtown Manhattan to discuss the latest on the ground from the Trump indictment. Nick Akerman of the Law Office of Nick Akerman and former assistant special Watergate prosecutor, discusses the latest on the litigation angle of the Trump indictment. Alison Williams, Senior Global Banks and Asset Managers Analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, joins to discuss the UBS jobs cuts and the Swiss investigation into UBS' acquisition. Robert Teeter, Head of Investment Policy & Strategy Group at Silvercrest Asset Management, joins in studio to discuss sectors and stocks on the move and what could outperform the market amid various economic headwinds. Gerry Smith, media reporter with Bloomberg News, joins the program to talk about Endeavor striking a deal to buy WWE. Jeff Langbaum, Senior REIT/CRE Equity Analyst, joins to discuss his note on the office sector and mortgage maturity issues that may be mounting. Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Matt Miller.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hosts Michael Barr, Scarlet Fu, and Damian Sassower speak with Bloomberg's Gerry Smith on how standalone streaming apps to watch your favorite local sports team will actually cost you MORE... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join B and D as we watch Rick And Morty - S02E02: Mortynight Run and Magic For Humans - S01E05: Guilt Trip. We talk about magic, science, religion, polytheism, simulation theory, as well as The Matrix, Harry Potter, Ender's Game, The Prestige and Infinite Jest!
Epigenetics is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. Dr. Jaffe had to cancel so Dr. Gerry Smith and I discuss epigenetics and longevity. Each of us can choose to thrive rather than just survive. Your chemistry, your relationships, and your history all interconnect to make you who you are. You are unique. Now is the time for you to nurture and engage your innate healing capacities. Let's each of us rise above life's burdens and afflictions. By finding daily rituals and habits that are the keys to a long, healthy, happy life that works for you. DrJ
Last fall, Amazon agreed to pay the NFL a whopping $1 billion a year for 11 years to air Thursday Night Football exclusively on its Prime streaming service. The high price tag made headlines–and executives at broadcast television networks, cable companies and other streaming services like Netflix and Apple TV+ are watching closely to see if Amazon's risk is rewarded. As Super Bowl LVII approaches, Bloomberg reporters Gerry Smith and Felix Gillette join this episode to explain why this deal has drawn so much scrutiny: If Amazon is successful in luring viewers, and dollars, away from the networks, it could shake up the way we watch not just football but other sports–and eventually TV of all kinds. And maybe not in ways we like. Listen to The Big Take podcast every weekday and subscribe to our daily newsletter: https://bloom.bg/3F3EJAK Have questions or comments for Wes and the team? Reach us at bigtake@bloomberg.net.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
LIV Golf is entering a deal with Nexstar Media Group, making the Nexstar-owned CW Network the TV and streaming home of LIV Golf competition starting this season. Hosts Scarlet Fu and Damian Sassower welcome Bloomberg's Gerry Smith to discuss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mandeep Singh, Senior Tech Analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, and Dan Ives, Senior Equity Analyst at WedBush Securities, join the program for a tech roundtable. Pasquale Romano, CEO of ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT), joins the program to discuss his company, electric cars, and outlook for the technology. Mick Mulroy, Marine and co-founder of the Lobo Institute, discusses the latest on the war in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin's proposed ceasefire. Gerry Smith, media reporter with Bloomberg News, discusses Vince McMahon's attempted return to WWE and wrestling/sports media viewership. Ben Emons, Head of Fixed Income for NewEdge Wealth, joins the show in studio to break down the jobs numbers and the state of the economy. Jeffrey Cleveland, Chief US Economist at Payden & Rygel, discusses the latest jobs numbers, the bond market, and what the latest economic data tells us about a recession outlook for the US. Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Matt Miller.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Host Michael Barr welcomes Bloomberg's Gerry Smith and Bloomberg's Brian Chappatta to talk about some of the big money sports headlines to look out for in the New Year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dick Ebersol, former NBC Sports chairman, co-creator of Saturday Night Live and creator of Sunday Night Football joins hosts Michael Barr, Scarlet Fu and Damian Sassower to talk about his new book, "From Saturday Night to Sunday Night", and he shares his thoughts on the current sports media landscape. Plus, Bloomberg's Gerry Smith joins to talk about the massive Amazon Prime/NFL Thursday Night Football deal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is medicine the third leading cause of death? Is acupuncture healing energy? How about sound and light? Special guest is Dr. Gerry Smith renowned natural healer. Thanks to all who called into the Live show.
Join Shorewords! host, Lesley Ewing, in conversation with Gerry Smyth, talking about his book Sailor Song. Explore the world of sea shanties that provided the on-board rhythm for many of the sailing clippers that would ply the oceans. For a period of 30 or 40 years, clippers were the main vessels for water-borne transportation and sailors were constantly trimming sails and hoisting lines in groups. Songs were used to get everyone to push or pull in unison, so the work would be more efficient. Shanties arose during the clipper era and have stayed firmly entrenched in seafaring lore. Gerry Smith, literature professor and shanty singer has combined his two interests in Sailor Song, in which he delves into the origins and variations of many of the shanties that are still sung today. As a Shorewords! first, he even entertains us with a song.
Chance Finucane, Oxbow Advisors Chief Investment Officer, talks about investing strategies amid inflation and rising interest rates in 2022. Daniela Braga, founder and CEO at Defined.ai, joins the show to talk about artificial intelligence in big tech and its growth outlook in the coming years. Vivek Ramaswany, founder of Strive Asset Management and author of the book “Woke, Inc.,” joins us in studio to discuss his company, “excellence capitalism,” ESG and “anti-woke” investing, and other economic and finance-related topics. Mark Elfenbein, CEO of X1 Esports, discusses the global video game market, why it's falling for the first time since 2015, and the outlook for it in the coming years. Gerry Smith, media reporter with Bloomberg News, talks about Big Ten sports moving away from ESPN and the state of streaming after Disney earnings. Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Matt Miller.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hosts Michael Barr, Scarlet Fu and Damian Sassower are joined by veteran sports journalist and Executive Director of Seton Hall University's Center for Sports Media Jane McManus to discuss Brittney Griner's imprisonment in Russia and female equity in sports. Plus, Bloomberg's Gerry Smith joins to talk about the latest with LIV Golf, Vince McMahon's misconduct allegations and Champions League soccer TV rights bidding in the US. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hosts Michael Barr, Scarlet Fu and guest host Damian Sassower are joined by Bloomberg's Gerry Smith to dive deeper into LIV Golf, the misconduct scandal that might bring down Vince McMahon, and how Champions League soccer is looking to top more than $2 billion in US TV rights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today's guests: Steve Ballmer, founder of USAFacts, Gerry Smith, Bloomberg Media reporter, Democratic Congressman John Garamendi of California and Republican Congressman Dusty Johnson of South Dakota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Major League Baseball is teaming up with several streaming services. This will give them exclusive rights to broadcast certain games. However, the move has some fans scratching their heads, figure out how to watch. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Melissa Cullross spoke with Bloomberg News reporter Gerry Smith.
A new Saudi-backed professional golf league that seeks to rival the PGA Tour is drawing interest from streaming services, and Todd Boehly, the U.S. dealmaker planning a takeover of Chelsea Football Club, has added some PR and advisory muscle to his consortium bidding for the west London team. Michael Barr, Scarlet Fu, and Mike Lynch get the details with Gerry Smith, Bloomberg News Media Reporter, and David Hellier, Bloomberg U.K. Business Reporter. All that and more on this weekend edition of Bloomberg Business of Sports. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Sylvia Jablonski, Chief Investment Officer, Co-Founder at Defiance ETFs, discusses inflation and investing. Gerry Smith, Bloomberg News media reporter, discusses Super Bowl ad prices, Olympic ratings, NBC, and Peacock streaming. Dave Ellison, Portfolio Manager of Hennessy Large & Small Cap Financial Funds, talks markets and investing in 2022. Sanjay Mirchandani, Commvault CEO, discusses his company, data security, and ransomware threats. Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Matt Miller. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
HBO Max is launching a new podcast based on the Batman franchise.For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Rebecca Corral spoke with Bloomberg News Reporter Gerry Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
EMF radiation that reaches the human body can permanently alter our cells after enough time has passed, leading to symptoms later on in life. This sort of radiation has many hazardous health effects that can be cumulative, taking anywhere from 5 to 10 years of exposure to finally surface.
EMF radiation that reaches the human body can permanently alter our cells after enough time has passed, leading to symptoms later on in life. This sort of radiation has many hazardous health effects that can be cumulative, taking anywhere from 5 to 10 years of exposure to finally surface.
On this episode of FOF'cast, Owen Smith is the host, as we are joined by regular contributors Scott Tanfield, Gerry Smith and Mike Gregg to discuss the following FFC topics. Thoughts about our old foe the EFL Championship, what players do we fear losing the most, and who do we think will leave? Silva's comments, and who else is linked? The Charlton friendly, Middlesbrough game on Sunday, and Middlesbrough predictions. Thanks once again for listening, your feedback is always appreciated to help improve future shows.
What is the Schumann frequency and why should you know it? What are frequencies and how can they heal? With Guest Dr. Gerry Smith we will discuss energy healing.
What is the Schumann frequency and why should you know it? What are frequencies and how can they heal? With Guest Dr. Gerry Smith we will discuss energy healing.
What's Your Story Podcast: Season #2 Episode 5 with Gerry Smith, CEO of Densify. Densify provides a Cloud & Container Resource Management Platform that leverages our patented machine-learning analytics engine to make cloud and container instances self-aware of their precise resource requirements and to automate the resource management process. Gerry started his career as a consulting engineer and soon after took the plunge into the world of high-tech start-ups with two other co-founders as the CEO of Changepoint for 12 years. After selling the company he partnered with Riyaz and Andrew to start Densify. Gerry takes us through a great story of the past year and how his company has adapted and evolved through the pandemic culturally. Lots of great lessons for other CEO's in this podcast.
Ever stood on a youth soccer sideline with a whistle, befuddled? There's an app for that. Legendary media executive Ben Sherwood has launched a new company, Mojo, aimed at the youth sports market, leveraging his experience running TV networks into an all-too-familiar pain point. He joins Jason and Mike to break down the business case, and weigh in on the ever-changing media landscape. Plus, the guys catch up with Gerry Smith to talk about the business of Tiger Woods as the star recovers from his accident and hear from Alex Rodriguez about his new adventures in the world of SPACs.
The Super Bowl takes place this Sunday and, besides the game, there is major interest in the TV ads. One of the big goals for advertisers this very unusual year is to get noticed and avoid upsetting viewers. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Contributor and Bloomberg News Media Reporter Gerry Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dr. Gerry Smith joins me to discuss the covid virus. Testing, treatment, and factors that affect us all.
Dr. Gerry Smith joins me to discuss the covid virus. Testing, treatment, and factors that affect us all.
Bloomberg's Felix Gillette and Gerry Smith write, "OAN, or One America News Network, is a 24/7 Trump boat parade—and maybe even a future safe space for Mr. MAGA." Host: Carol Massar. Producer: Doni Holloway.
Bloomberg's Felix Gillette and Gerry Smith write, "OAN, or One America News Network, is a 24/7 Trump boat parade—and maybe even a future safe space for Mr. MAGA." Host: Carol Massar. Producer: Doni Holloway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Today with guest Dr. Gerry Smith, we can talk about vaccines and what exactly is mRNA and can it change humanity. We welcome your questions. Should the government mandate that you get a vaccine or else you give up your constitutional rights? Is the vaccine safe and are there conflicts of interest? Thank you.
Today with guest Dr. Gerry Smith, we can talk about vaccines and what exactly is mRNA and can it change humanity. We welcome your questions. Should the government mandate that you get a vaccine or else you give up your constitutional rights? Is the vaccine safe and are there conflicts of interest? Thank you.
Dr. Gerald H. Smith is a brilliant integrative natural medicine doctor who specializes in chronic pain, specifically head, neck, and facial pain. Dr. Gerry uses an integrative approach to medicine that incorporates spirituality into healthcare. He shares his knowledge on how root canals and metal fillings can negatively impact our entire bodies, why we should be getting our vitamins and nutrients from real foods, and how toxic chemicals in vaccinations and the environment wreak havoc on our bodies. FIND DR. GERALD H. SMITH ONLINE About Dr. Gerry: https://www.icnr.com/about.html International Center for Nutritional Research, Inc.: https://www.icnr.com/ Reversing Cancer Book: https://www.amazon.com/Reversing-Cancer-Journey-Cure/dp/0961783826 Want more Nateurious? Website: www.agentnateur.com/ Instagram: @nateurious @agentnateur @jenacovello
Listen as Gerry Smith continues to introduce the book of Joel to us and the many connections this book has with all the other scriptures. www.ReformedRookie.com
The Braw and The Brave is a podcast about people and their passions. Episode 47 is in conversation with The Scottish Jazz Awards Best Vocalist 2019, Georgia Cecile. From singing at family gatherings to performing sell-out gigs at festivals and prestigious music events across the country, Georgia follows in the footsteps of her jazz pianist grandfather Gerry Smith, to pursue her passion in life. Enjoy! Website http://www.georgiacecile.com/ Social https://www.instagram.com/georgia.cecile/?hl=en Follow The Braw and The Brave https://www.instagram.com/thebrawandthebravepodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/TheBrawandTheBrave https://twitter.com/BrawBrave See https://soundcloud.com/ for privacy and terms of use
What makes a company choose to prioritize security as a strategic play? In this episode, Jon Prial talks with Gerry Smith, the CEO of Densify (an analytics company) and Jay Haynes, the CEO of eSentire (a cyber security business). They discuss the relationship between these two companies, and why an analytics business would be thinking so much about, and become a customer of, a cyber security business. Find out why cyber security is so important for every business, how security has changed over the years, and how these two very different companies both think about it.
Hello! And welcome to another episode of Inside The Newsroom. Today’s guest is… my former boss and editor, Scott Brodbeck. In 2015, I stayed in Washington D.C. for the summer before I took myself to Missouri to begin my master’s, and I reached out to Scott via LinkedIn looking for absolutely any work experience I could get my hands on. A quick chat or two later and I was running the streets of D.C. (D.C. is extremely hot in the summer and I lost many pounds in body weight) covering hyperlocal news in two neighbourhoods. Scott’s a pretty remarkable person. He started his network of local news blogs in 2010 while studying for an MBA at Georgetown. He previously worked for the local NBC and Fox affiliates in town, and has thus been on both sides of the local journalism spectrum, both as a reporter and now an owner. Scott’s take on the current state of local journalism is completely unique, and listening to how he’s survived this period is nothing short of inspiring. Anyway, listen to the podcast and let me know what you think. Meanwhile, below are the highlights of everything we talked about including some extra reading 🤓Local News Is Dying, and Americans Have No IdeaA recent study by Pew Research found that 71 percent of U.S. adults think their local news outlet is doing “very or somewhat well financially”, despite just 14 percent of respondents saying they had paid for local news in the last year. That gap between perception and reality has meant that an estimated 13,000 communities have completely lost their local news coverage, according to a study by the University of North Carolina’s School of Media and Journalism. Alexis C. Madrigal, The AtlanticThanks to the amazing folks at Pew Research for building a tool that allows you to find out about local journalism in your home city.God Bless CharityIf Facebook and Google continue to shrink the advertising market for everyone else in the game, the only way for local journalism to survive might be to rely on billionaire philanthropists and reader donations. The U.S. now has 200 nonprofit newsrooms, according to the Institute For Nonprofit News, and that number is growing. Having seen it work from the inside at The Texas Tribune, I’m extremely high on this type of business model. That said, most startups can’t rely solely on rich people’s cash. So keep giving to your local news organisation, if you can afford to.Gerry Smith, BloombergHow Did The Texas Tribune Do It?I had the fortune of working for one of America’s greatest journalism success stories last year, which was launched in 2009 and has thrived ever since. The Tribune focuses on everything politics in the state of Texas, and is read by 1.9 million monthly users. Led by its CEO, Evan Smith and EIC, Emily Ramshaw (amazing people), the Tribune hopes to double its number of paying members to 10,000 by the year 2025. Oh, it also wants to build on the astonishing $56 million it‘s raised since its inception. The Tribune is an excellent example of how local news can not only stay alive, but change the landscape in the process. Expect to see a lot more Tribunes in the next decade. Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman LabPlease Just Like MeBefore you read on, please like this edition of Inside The Newsroom by clicking the ❤️ below the title. That way I’ll appear in clever algorithms and more people will be able to read. Cheers.Yes Google! Finally 🙏I’ll try not to rip on Google tooooo much, but they’ve finally got serious about fixing local news. Now, whether or not you believe Google is responsible for creating the thousands of holes in local journalism, we can all agree they have too much money to know what to do with and have the ability to fill said holes. Together with McClatchy, the first city to receive the benefits of this joint initiative is Youngstown, Ohio. And just as well, as the city’s long standing publication, The Vindicator, closed its doors on August 31st. Christine Fisher, EngadgetWhy Do Newspapers Still Endorse Politicians? The ritual of newspapers endorsing political candidates has always baffled me. Knowing how newsrooms work and why journalism even exists makes this age-old practice of taking sides all the more dangerous. Especially in today’s angry climate. There is evidence that newspaper endorsements do make a difference. But that’s not the point. Newspapers shouldn’t be in the business of taking sides and telling people who to vote for. Or in the Orlando Sentintel’s case, who not to vote for. I think that’s why The Texas Tribune is so well-respected from both Democrats and Republicans. Their business model would be ruined if they didn’t stick to just reporting. In any case, data viz whiz Noah Veltman neatly visualized every newspaper’s endorsement since 1980. Thank you Noah.How Much Do You Pay For News?What I admire about Scott’s network is that it’s completely free for readers. I mean, he kind of has to keep it free, because his audience is so small and niche, and unlikely to pay for news about a single neighbourhood. An excuse often used in favor of the paywall is that people used to spend money on newspapers, but I don’t sign up to that theory. Newspapers earned billions of dollars from advertising, let alone whatever they made from selling the physical papers on top. They probably could have got away without charging for the actual newspaper. Today’s digital paywall once again excludes certain audiences from consuming news. Doesn’t that go against a principal of journalism to spread factual information as far and wide as possible? It’s why I love working for the Guardian so much who I’ll unashamedly plug. The Guardian made its first profit this year in more than two decades, primarily through reader donations. I get that the Guardian is an international brand, but the fact here is that good, factual reporting will always earn the trust, and money, from readers.Joshua Benton, Niemen LabRelated Podcasts#43 — Kashmir Hill (New York Times)#39 — Henry Abbott (TrueHoop)#36 — Richard Deitsch (The Athletic)Last Time#47 — Ryan Grim (The Intercept)Thanks so much for making it all the way to the bottom. If you haven’t already, please consider subscribing to get a newsletter about a cool news topic in your inbox every time I release a new podcast (1-2 times a week). 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Dr. Gerry Smith is interviewed in this Documentary featuring opinions from doctors and dentists from around the world on the health effects of the root canal procedure. We will interview the producer. Root Cause is a feature length documentary featuring opinions from doctors and dentists from around the world, that try to postulate the health effects of the root canal procedure. Root Cause is one man's personal journey of self-discovery and subsequent attempt to prove that a long accepted safe procedure might have health impacts.
Gerry Smith, Bloomberg News Media Reporter, talks about HBO and Cinemax programs pulled from Dish Network's satellite service after the companies failed to reach a new distribution agreement. Dr. Paul Keckley, Managing Editor of The Keckley Report, talks about the health care concerns of midterm voters. Rebecca Lindland, Executive Analyst at Kelley Blue Book, explains why October was a good month for auto sales. And we Drive to the Close of the market with Olivia Engel, CIO of Active Quantitative Equities at SSGA. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Gerry Smith, Bloomberg News Media Reporter, talks about HBO and Cinemax programs pulled from Dish Network’s satellite service after the companies failed to reach a new distribution agreement. Dr. Paul Keckley, Managing Editor of The Keckley Report, talks about the health care concerns of midterm voters. Rebecca Lindland, Executive Analyst at Kelley Blue Book, explains why October was a good month for auto sales. And we Drive to the Close of the market with Olivia Engel, CIO of Active Quantitative Equities at SSGA. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan
Joining the Bloomberg Markets AM show is Scott LI, Principle of CRG private health sector, discussing their acquisition of Envision health care corporation. Also joining the show is Bob Eisenbeis, Vice Chairman and Chief Monetary Economist at Cumberland Advisors, and Former Director of Research at the Atlanta Fed, on the FOMC meeting and economic outlook. We also speak with Gerry Smith, Bloomberg Media Reporter, on his recent article "Disney Under Gun to Respond to Comcast's $65 Billion Fox Bid”. Rounding out the show is Eric Stein, Co-Director of Global Income at Eaton Vance, on the bond market, the yield curve and current market outlook.
Bloomberg News Global Economics and Policy Editor Kathleen Hays and Bloomberg Economics Senior U.S. Economist Yelena Shulyatyeva discuss Federal Reserve official leaving borrowing costs unchanged. Dr. Kenneth Davis, President and CEO at Mount Sinai Health System, looks at how the Amazon, JPM, Berkshire health-care venture could impact the health industry. Bloomberg Stocks Editor Dave Wilson's shares his "Chart of the Day.” Gerry Smith, Bloomberg News Media Reporter, talks about Thursday Night Football coming to Fox. We Drive to the Close with Jim Russell, Portfolio Manager at Bahl & Gaynor. And Carol and Cory hit today’s “Movers and Shakers” and Dave Wilson is back with his “Stock of the Day.”
Bloomberg News Global Economics and Policy Editor Kathleen Hays and Bloomberg Economics Senior U.S. Economist Yelena Shulyatyeva discuss Federal Reserve official leaving borrowing costs unchanged. Dr. Kenneth Davis, President and CEO at Mount Sinai Health System, looks at how the Amazon, JPM, Berkshire health-care venture could impact the health industry. Bloomberg Stocks Editor Dave Wilson's shares his "Chart of the Day.” Gerry Smith, Bloomberg News Media Reporter, talks about Thursday Night Football coming to Fox. We Drive to the Close with Jim Russell, Portfolio Manager at Bahl & Gaynor. And Carol and Cory hit today's “Movers and Shakers” and Dave Wilson is back with his “Stock of the Day.” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Geetha Ranganathan, Senior Media analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, and Tara Lachapelle, deals columnist for Bloomberg Gadfly, on Disney buying $52 billion of Fox assets in a breakup of the Murdoch empire. Danielle Dimartino Booth, Founder of Money Strong and Bloomberg Prophet, discusses the Fed, her outlook for the economy, and why strong demand in jobs data may falter. Gerry Smith, media reporter for Bloomberg, on the FCC vote to end net neutrality. Terry Sullivan, partner at Firehouse Strategies and senior Republican strategist, and former campaign manager for Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign, to discuss what GOP strategy for tax plan and mid-terms.
As The Bachelorette wraps up another season, a mating dance is developing in the telecommunications world. SoftBank is desperate to find a match for Sprint, the fourth-largest U.S. wireless company, of which it owns 84 percent. It has at least two potential suitors in mind: T-Mobile, the No. 3 U.S. wireless company, or Charter, the second-largest U.S. cable company. With T-Mobile, SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son would probably have to sell majority control of Sprint. Charter, on the other hand, would be a takeover target -- and would come with an enterprise value price tag of $200 billion or more. Will Sprint find a match, or will both partners turn down Son's money-losing asset? Bloomberg reporters Gerry Smith and Scott Moritz give host Alex Sherman their predictions.
Many online news media outlets, especially those that were borne out of print publications, have paywalls. You might be able to view a handful of articles, but you have to pay to keep reading. However, some paywalls are stricter than others. The Financial Times is strict. I was able to read one article, via a Twitter link, and then no more. How does having such a strict paywall affect on-site community building? Community manager and “comments advocate” Lilah Raptopoulos joins the show to talk about it. Plus: What having wealthier commenters does to the comments How the Financial Times identifies the value of on-site community efforts The thing Lilah would like to do next when she secures development resources for the FT comments Our Podcast is Made Possible By… If you enjoy our show, please know that it’s only possible with the generous support of our sponsor: Higher Logic. Big Quotes “[Having a strict paywall] means that we don’t really have a major troll problem. We don’t have a lot of comments that are spamming or going in to wreak havoc or distract people consciously. … That means that some of these issues that a lot of news organizations, with more open paywalls or no paywalls, have are things we don’t have to worry about. But it does mean that, yes, we have fewer comments, and it means that we have different issues that we’re facing around contentious topics than a news organization that doesn’t have such a high barrier to participate.” -@lilahrap “You [have] a commenter who has commented very thoughtfully on a number of topics, but about the European migration crisis, they leave a comment that could be considered Islamaphobic. It’s careful in its wording, but clearly prejudiced, or maybe a questionable interpretation of the facts. It gets a hundred likes. If you delete it as a moderator, you lose the opportunity for someone to respond and have a conversation happen that could actually build empathy and develop these opinions. I’ve seen it happen before in our comments. You delete the comment and the opportunity is gone. The person, and all those who agree with them, continue on unchallenged and convinced of media bias. But if you don’t delete it, and the conversation doesn’t happen, that comment thread could make a Muslim reader feel unwelcome on our pages, and not willing to participate, in a place where otherwise, if it felt more open to that point of view, might. I don’t want that either.” -@lilahrap “We have this robust community of commenters on-site. Even though a very small percentage of our readers comment, like most news sites, a surprising, shockingly large percentage of them read the comments. That’s important to us, because these people are our most loyal and engaged subscribers. We care about growing that community, because they’re in our sphere. They’re on our site, they’re having conversations based on our guidelines. It’s a space where they can interact with our journalists. We don’t want to lose them to off-site platforms, which are often thinking quite commercially about creating an experience that’s addictive.” -@lilahrap About Lilah Raptopoulos Lilah Raptopoulos is the community manager at the Financial Times, where she is responsible for reader comments and all other forms of on-site reader participation. Lilah has had a penchant for community journalism since college, where she developed a self-designed major called New Media Studies to explore how new technology has changed the way people interact with each other and their news. After two years in finance, she joined NYU’s Studio 20 masters program in journalism, where, under media critics Jay Rosen and Clay Shirky, she focused on how journalists can use their community of readers as a resource. Lilah worked at The Guardian on a number of community journalism stories and projects, including the British Journalism Award-winning Keep it in the Ground environmental campaign. In 2015, she reported from Greece on the human side of their financial crisis. She has been published in the FT, The Guardian, Public Radio International, Quartz, BuzzFeed News and Fusion. 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In 2012, Congress created a new government agency called FirstNet and tasked it with building a high-speed wireless network that would allow all first responders in the United States to communicate with each other daily and in times of emergencies. In July, FirstNet awarded AT&T with a 25 year contract to do the actual work. In this episode, hear highlights from a recent hearing about this new network as we examine the wisdom of contracting such an important part of our public safety infrastructure to the private sector. Please visit Podchaser.com to nominate your favorite Congressional Dish episode. Password: Patreon Please support Congressional Dish: Click here to contribute using credit card, debit card, PayPal, or Bitcoin Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Additional Reading Article: PayPal, GoFundMe, And Patreon Banned A Bunch Of People Associated With The Alt-Right. Here's Why. by Blake Montgomery, Buzzfeed News, August 2, 2017. Article: U.S. Virgin Islands becomes first territory to 'opt-in' to FirstNet by Donny Jackson, Urgent Communications, August 1, 2017. Article: New Mexico becomes eighth state to 'opt in' to FirstNet by Donny Jackson, Urgent Communications, August 1, 2017. Article: FirstNet Becoming a Reality as the Number of States Opting in Grows to Seven by Adam Stone, GovTech, July 27, 2017. Interview: Executive Spotlight: Interview with Mike Leff, VP for Strategy and Operations for AT&T Global Public Sector by Andy Reed, Executive Biz, July 27, 2017. Article: AT&T in Early Talks With U.S. Officials for Time Warner Approval by David McLaughlin, Gerry Smith and Scott Moritz, Bloomberg, July 24, 2017. Article: FirstNet Gets its Teeth: Implications for Turf, Tech, and Tower Vendors by Daniel Vitulich, Wireless Week, July 21, 2017. Article: National Cell Network For First Responders Could Mean Better Coverage For Vermonters by Amy Kolb Noyes, VPR, July 14, 2017. Article: Some may be kept in the dark on future of public safety telecom by Dave Gram, VTDigger, July 9, 2017. Article: States Deserve A Complete Picture In Evaluating FirstNet/AT&T Coverage Plans by Al Catalano, Keller and Heckman LLP, Lexology, June 29, 2017. Article: Leidos and AT&T to Implement Software Defined Networking for the Defense Information Systems Agency by Leidos, PR Newswire, June 26, 2017. Article: State, Territory Plans and Next Step in FirstNet Build-Out Arrive Ahead of Schedule by Theo Douglas, GovTech, June 19, 2017. Report: FirstNet Has Made Progress Establishing the Network, but Should Address Stakeholder Concerns and Workforce Planning, U.S. Government Accountability Office, June 2017. Article: AT&T and Maxwell Air Force Base Pilot IoT Connected "Smart Base", AT&T Newsroom, April 4, 2017. Article: FirstNet Taps Telecom Giant AT&T for First Responder Network Buildout by News Staff, GovTech, March 30, 2017. Article: Incident Management Teams and FirstNet: A Perspective on the Future by Lesia Dickson, GovTech, January 26, 2017. Article: AT&T Powers NASA's Deep Space Network, AT&T Newsroom, December 14, 2016. Article: Wilbur Ross: From 'king of bankruptcy' to face of American business by Paul Davidson, USA Today, November 30, 2016. Article: AT&T and NASA Collaborate on Drone Traffic Management System, AT&T Newsroom, November 10, 2016. Article: AT&T Agrees to Buy Time Warner for $85.4 Billion by Michael J. de la Merced, The New York Times, October 22, 2016. Article: FirstNet Makes Progress, But Cost and Quality Concerns Remain by Colin Wood, GovTech, May 18, 2016. Website: AT&T's History of Invention and Breakups, The New York Times, February 13, 2016. Article: AT&T Completes Acquisition of DIRECTV, AT&T Newsroom, July 24, 2015. Article: FirstNet: Is Opting Out an Option? by Adam Stone, GovTech, November 17, 2014. Article: FirstNet Hires Friends, Skirts Competitive Bidding by Greg Gordon, McClatchy News Service, GovTech, September 26, 2014. Article: Millions in federal emergency communications funding lost, diverted by Greg Gordon, McClatchy DC Bureau, July 14, 2014. Article: How AT&T got busted up and pieced back together by Jose Pagliery, CNN, May 20, 2014. Article: FirstNet Explained by Tod Newcombie, GovTech, April 17, 2014. Article: FirstNet: Anwsers to Key Questions by David Raths, GovTech, October 10, 2012. Article: FirstNet Board Filled by Public Safety Officials, Telecom Execs by Sarah Rich, GovTech, August 20, 2012. Article: Communications Giant: The Deal; With Cable Deal, AT&T Makes Move to Regain Empire by Seth Schiesel, The New York Times, June 25, 1998. Article: Communications Bill Signed, And the Battles Begin Anew by Edmund Andrews, The New York Times, February 9, 1996. Article: Company News; AT&T Completes Deal To Buy NcCaw Cellular by Edmund Andrews, The New York Times, September 20, 1994. Article: AT&T Buying Computer Maker In Stock Deal Worth $7.4 Billion by Eben Shapiro, The New York Times, May 7, 1991. Article: U.S. Settles Phone Suit, Drops I.B.M. Case; AT&T to Split Up, Transforming Industry by Ernest Holsendolph, The New York Times, January 9, 1982. Article: No. 1 U.S. Utility Is Investor Favorite by Gene Smith, The New York Times, November 21, 1974. References Website: FirstNet FirstNet Board Members Website: National Telecommunications & Information Administration Offices GovTrack: H.R. 3630 (112th): Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 House Vote Senate Vote Document: FirstNet Partnership Factsheet Infoplease: Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population and Rank YouTube: Patreon CEO on Content Policy, Lauren Southern, and IGD YouTube: Lauren Southern: Patreon Banned My Account?? Visual References Image Source Image Source Image Source Sound Clip Sources Hearing: National Public Safety Network; Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications; July 20, 2017. Witnesses: Curtis Brown: Virginia Deputy Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Security Dr. Damon Darsey: University of Mississippi Medical Center Professor Mark Goldstein: GAO Physical Infrastructure Issues Director Chris Sambar: AT&T FirstNet, Senior Vice President Michael Poth: FirstNet CEO Timestamps & Transcripts 1:10 Sen. Roger Wicker (MS): In 2012 Congress created the First Responder Network Authority to lead the development of a nationwide interoperable public-safety broadband network in the United States. Following the communication’s failures that plagued recovery efforts during 9/11 and other national emergencies, including Hurricane Katrina, there was and still is a clear need for a reliable communications network to support the essential work of our public-safety officials. Such a network would improve coordination among first responders across multiple jurisdictions and enhance the ability of first responders to provide lifesaving emergency services quickly. 6:37 Sen. Brian Schatz (HI): With FirstNet, firefighters will be able to download the blueprint of a burning building before they enter; a police officer arriving at a scene can run a background check or get pictures of a suspect by accessing a federal law enforcement database; most importantly, emergency personnel will not be competing with commercial users for bandwidth. They will have priority on this network, which will be built and hardened to public-safety specifications. It will have rugged eyes and competitive devices and specify public-safety applications. 9:40 Curtis Brown: Last week the governor was proud to announce that Virginia was the first state in the nation to opt in to FirstNet. Virginia opted in to provide current AT&T public-safety subscribers with the benefit of priority services now at no cost to the Commonwealth, as well as the green light to build out of Virginia’s portion of the national public-safety broadband network. We believe that decision to opt in will promote competition within the public-safety communications marketplace, that will reduce costs and drive innovation across all carriers. Opting out was _____(00:31-verily) considered, but the unknown cost and risk associated with deploying and operating a network was not feasible. 19:45 Mark Goldstein: In March 2017 FirstNet awarded a 25-year contract to AT&T to build, operate, and maintain the network. FirstNet’s oversight of AT&T’s performance is very important, given the scope of the network and the duration of the contract. Among GAO’s findings in the report are the following: first, FirstNet has conducted key efforts to establish the network, namely releasing the requests for proposal for the network and awarding the network contract to AT&T. As the contractor, AT&T will be responsible for the overall design, development, production, operation, and evolution of the network. 24:35 Chris Sambar: The AT&T team that I lead is dedicated exclusively to FirstNet. I expect this group to grow to several-hundred employees by this year’s end as we hire people across the country with a broad range of skill sets to help us ramp up our network build out. Overall, AT&T expects to spend $40 billion over the lifetime of this contract and to build an operating unique, nationwide, interoperable, IP-based, high-speed mobile network, encrypted at its core, that will provide first responders priority, primary users with preemption and all other users during times of emergency and network congestion. The First Responder Network will be connected to and leverage off AT&T’s world-class telecommunications platform, valued at nearly $180 billion, including a wireless network that reaches 99.6% of the U.S. population. In addition, AT&T will support first responders 24 by 7 by 365 with a dedicated security-operation center and help desk. We will provide first responders with a highly secure application ecosystem as well as a highly competitive flexible pricing on equipment and services that they select for their unique needs. One of the most important resources that AT&T brings to bear on the new First Responder Network is our best-in-class national disaster-recovery team. We have spent more than a 130,000 working hours on field exercises and disaster-recovery deployments over the last two decades. This team combines network infrastructure, support trailers, recovery engineering-software applications, and boots on the ground filled by full-time and volunteer AT&T disaster-response team members. In order to support the First Responder Network, AT&T will increase its disaster-recovery fleet by adding 72 new custom-designed vehicles, just for the FirstNet mission. 26:55 Chris Sambar: Possibilities include near real-time information on traffic conditions, which can help determine the best route to an emergency for a first responder; wearable sensors and cameras for police and firefighters to help give them better situational awareness and camera-equipped drones and robots that will be able to deliver real-time imagery. Our FirstNet efforts are expected to create 10,000 U.S. jobs over the next two years as well as significant public-private infrastructure investment. 30:25 Michael Poth: We’ve created and delivered state plans on June 19 to 50 states, two territories, and the District of Columbia three months ahead of schedule, and as mentioned, the five governors from five great states have already opted in. None of this could be possible, though, without the public-private framework that Congress established for the FirstNet network, by leveraging private-sector resources, infrastructure, cost savings, public-private partner synergies to deploy, operate, and maintain the system. FirstNet can be now deployed quickly, efficiently, and cost effectively. 36:10 Sen. Roger Wicker (MS): Dr. Darsey mentioned that the Mississsippi wireless communications commission has expressed concerns about FirstNet’s commitment to hardening the network. You mentioned this in your testimony, the need for FirstNet infrastructure to be hardened. Can you discuss why that’s important, and is it more important in the rural areas, and also, in your experience, how do broadband needs differ between urban and rural communities with respect to providing emergency medical services? Dr. Damon Darsey: Sure. Thanks for the question. I’ll give you an example. Couple years ago we had a tornado, as you well remember, that took out a hospital in the northeast part of our state. And the medical center has got a pretty robust program to respond to that, and we did. The challenge in that was it took out a couple of commercial towers, but it did not, after a fairly close hit, take out one of our hardened public-safety communication towers. What that did for us is we lost all ability to communicate data out of that area, which was vital in moving and evacuating the hospital, nursing home, and recovering the people that were there. That’s the piece that is the concern that I think we share, all of us here, of how do we make that as hardened as possible. In terms of rural and urban, from a medical perspective we can do a lot more, as our team is showing in Mississippi and other states, if we know about the patient well before they get close to a hospital. If we can reach out and touch the stroke patient in the middle of the Mississippi Delta, we can dramatically increase their chances of survival and meaningful use after arrival to the hospital. Currently, we’re doing that over radio, and it’s working really well, but now imagine that in the rural areas. In urban areas, it’s vital in the medical world, but here we’re five minutes from multiple hospitals. Now take that as a 45 or 50 minutes away, and what we can do with broadband data in that time is truly life saving and saving of healthcare dollars. There’s a nexus here that FirstNet can combine both of those. 41:00 Michael Poth: Numerous bids were in, and they were analyzed with a great level of detail, and through that process that the Department of Interior assisted us with as the acquisition experts, AT&T came out as the prevailing solution and prevailing company provider. Sen. Bill Nelson (FL): The question is why. Poth: Well, the value that they’re bringing with their existing infrastructure, their ability and size, their financial sustainability to be able to take on something of this nature, and their lowest-risk approach to implementing this in the shortest time was truly some of the value propositions that made them more competitive than some of the other bids that were analyzed. 42:13 Chris Sambar: The initial RFP that FirstNet released contemplated building out a public-safety broadband network using just band class 14, and we responded accordingly. But through discussions, we decided we would extend it beyond just the band class 14, which is the spectrum that was allocated for first responders in 2012. We said we would open up all of the spectrum bands within AT&T. So, essentially, what that means is the day that a state opts in, they have immediate access to AT&T’s entire network, all spectrum bands, and they will see the benefits of FirstNet on all spectrum bands, all wireless towers, from AT&T that are LTE enabled. So I think that’s a tremendous benefit that FirstNet was not expecting when they contemplated the original RFP. But when we brought that, I think they were very pleased with that, and that helped us. Sen. Bill Nelson (FL): So, you’re going to have a level playing field for all device manufacturers. Sambar: Absolutely, sir. 43:15 Sen. Bill Nelson (FL): There must have been some folks in Virginia that suggested that you opt out of the network and chart your own path. Tell me the benefits to Virginia’s first responders of the governor’s decision to opt in. Curtis Brown: Thank you, Senator. The decision to opt in was really based on looking at the benefits that comes with opt in, the immediate priority and preemption services that would come for those who are subscribers to the network. And a major thing, Senator, is to the fact that it comes at no cost to the Commonwealth. We have been disproportionately impacted by sequestration and other aspects—the governor had to close a 300-million-dollar budget deficit—and so looking at the cost it would take to build a network and sustain it, it just was not feasible. 47:45 Chris Sambar: We initially envisioned, when we launched the State Plan portal on June 19, that we would have roughly 50 user IDs and passwords per state. That would be 50 individuals who would access the portal. We immediately got feedback that states wanted more, and we are offering more. So, we have a state right now, as a matter of fact, 227 login and user IDs have been issued. So, it shouldn’t be an issue for a state if they have additional people. The only requirements we have, Senator, is that, as Mr. Poth said, that it’s an official email address, somebody in the state who works for the state— Unknown Senator: Right. Sambar: —or an authorized consultant. Either of those is fine. We just don’t want, like, a @gmail, @hotmail, someone that we don’t know who they are. Unknown Senator: Right, okay. 53:14 Michael Poth: How do the states hold us accountable? As FirstNet shifts gears from developing a proposal and making an award, for the next 25 years we are going to be in a position to work with the states, continuous and public safety in all of those states, to make sure that all of their expectations, both from the State Plans and in the future, are being met and translated. If appropriate, we back into contractual actionable items. Or if AT&T, for example, is not meeting the requirements or the expectations, FirstNet will, on behalf of public safety and those states, enforce the terms of the contract. 54:55 Michael Poth: Canada is using the same exact spectrum that we’ll be utilizing with AT&T, so there’s a lot of synergies. We’ve spent a great deal of time coordinating and comparing notes with Canada and the public-safety entities in that country as to what we’re doing so that there is the inoperability between the countries will also be realized. 1:08:50 Chris Sambar: So we have had a number of states as well as federal agencies we’ve been in communication with, and some of the states have been very direct that they’re interested us putting our LTE equipment on state-, city-, municipal-owned assets. That would give them the benefit of revenue from AT&T through a lease agreement. It would also give us a benefit of being able to build out the network faster. 1:24:20 Michael Poth: AT&T’s already been doing this, as mentioned, for years with their fleet of 700 deployables. Now with the 72 dedicated, which are much smaller units which is going to give us the ability to maybe get those into areas that are a little tougher to get to, we’re very excited about that. That is an absolute addition to the solution that we’re going to be able to bring to public safety quickly. 1:25:50 Chris Sambar: So, we will be building out band class 14 over the coming five years across a significant portion of our network. In the meantime, before band class 14 is built out, we will be using our commercial network. There are requirements in the contract with FirstNet over how quickly we need to build out band class 14, and we have to hit those milestones in order to receive the payments due to us from FirstNet. If we don’t hit those milestones, we don’t receive the payments, so we will be aggressively building out band class 14 for first responders. Again, in the meantime, they will have access to all of AT&T’s bands. So to say it simply, if you are a first responder, Senator, you will not know whether you’re on band class 14 or any other AT&T band, but you will have the exact same experience regardless of what band you are on on AT&T network. Sen. Roger Wicker (MS): Your position isn’t the service that’s provided, and the consumer and the public-safety user, to them it will be immaterial where it’s coming from. Sambar: The way I like to say— Exactly. The way I say it is this: public safety has been told for many years that the magic of FirstNet happens on band class 14, and we’ve changed that. That’s not correct anymore. The magic happens on the AT&T network period, and it doesn’t matter where you are, you’re going to have the exact same experience. So we’ve extended it far beyond the band class 14 to our entire network. Wicker: Will you build out the class 14 spectrum only where it is economically viable, or will you build it out where there is written requirement in the arrangement between you and FirstNet? Sambar: We are building band class 14 where we need the capacity in our network. So in order to provide priority and preemptive services to first responders and have enough capacity for everyone that’s on the network, including the first responders, there are places where we will need additional capacity; that’s where we’re building— Wicker: And you will determine that need. Sambar: AT&T, based on capacity triggers—obviously, we’ve been doing this for a long time—based on capacity triggers that we see in the network, we build out band class 14 as additional capacity on individual—and this is done on a tower-by-tower basis. 1:28:00 Sen. Roger Wicker (MS): Are you able to say what approximate percentage of the lower 48 landmass will be covered by band class 14 build out? Chris Sambar: Unfortunately, I am not, Senator. That’s proprietary between FirstNet and AT&T. I would say, again, it’s a significant portion, though. Wicker: Can you be more specific than “significant”? Sambar: That would be proprietary, Senator. I apologize. Wicker: And what makes it proprietary? Sambar: The specific details of the contract between FirstNet and AT&T. There’s a number of specific details that are proprietary, Senator. Wicker: That is proprietary and not available to the public— Sambar: That’s correct, Senator. Wicker: —or to the Congress. Sambar: That’s correct, Senator. 1:29:35 Sen. Roger Wicker: Then in terms of this coverage, which you said really shouldn’t matter what band it’s coming over— Chris Sambar: Mm-hmm. Wicker: —are you able to say what percentage of the lower 48 landmass will be covered in one way or the other? Sambar: One way or the other? Wicker: Yes. Apart, of course, from the deployables. Sambar: So, 99.6% of the U.S. population will be covered by AT&T’s network. 1:39:05 Chris Sambar: The vast major—as we understand it, based on our research and FirstNet’s research—the vast majority of firefighters, for example, are not issued devices for their daily use at work, especially volunteer firefighters. Greater than 70% of police officers are in the same situation: they are not provided a device. They’re using their personal devices. We are going to make available the FirstNet network to all of those first responders, regardless of whether you’re a volunteer, whether your agency provides you a device, or whether you bring your own personal device. They will have access to the FirstNet network. Once we can verify their credentials and ensure that we have the right people on the network, they will have access to all of those features and benefits, and it will come at a significantly lower price than they’re paying today for their personal or commercial service. So it’s a tremendous benefit to all first responders. 1:39:55 Sen. Roger Wicker (MS): On user fees, will they cost the same for all network users, or will they vary by regions, public-safety agencies, or states? Chris Sambar: It’s difficult to answer because there are different use cases, so it depends. If you’re a large department and you want unlimited data and you have a number of applications that you want preinstalled on the device and you have mobile-device management software, that would be one use case. There may be a rural department that wants to connect body cameras and dashboard video camera from a police department. It will depend on the use case. Wicker: So it’s use case and not regions and states. Sambar: That’s correct, sir. Wicker: That would be the variable. Sambar: That’s correct. Hearing: Public Safety Communications; House Committee Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, September 29, 2005. Witnesses: David Boyd: Homeland Security Dept SAFECOM Program Director Timothy Roemer: Member of the 9/11 Commission, Director of the Center for National Policy Art Botterell: Emergency Information Consultant Timestamps & Transcripts 30:44 David Boyd: Interoperability’s not a new issue. It was a problem in Washington, D.C. when the Air Florida flight crashed into the Potomac in 1982, in New York City when the Twin Towers were first attacked in 1993, in 1995 when the Murrah Building was destroyed in Oklahoma City, and in 1999 at Columbine. Too many public-safety personnel cannot communicate by radio, because their equipment is still incompatible, or the frequencies they are assigned to are different and they haven’t got bridging technologies available. They operate on 10 different frequency bands, and they run communication systems that are often proprietary and too often 30 or more years old. Over 90% of the nation’s public-safety wireless infrastructure is financed, owned, operated, and maintained by the more than 60,000 individual local jurisdictions—police, fire, and emergency services—that serve the public. 1:43:00 Timothy Roemer: Let me give you a couple examples of what the 9/11 Commission found as to some of these problems. We found all kinds of compelling instances of bravery and courage, people going into burning buildings and rescuing people. They might have rescued more. We might have saved more of the fire department chiefs, officers, police officers, emergency personnel, if they would have had public-radio spectrum to better communicate. At 9:59 in the morning on 9/11 four years ago, a general evacuation order was given to firefighters in the North Tower. The South Tower had collapsed. A place that held up to 25,000 people had been diminished to cement, steel, and ash. The people, then, in the North Tower, many of the chiefs in the lobby, didn’t even know that the other tower had collapsed, or else they might have been able to get more people out more quickly. We had comments from people saying such things as, we didn’t know it had collapsed. Somebody actually said, Mr. Chairman, that people watching TV had more information than we did in the lobby on 9/11 in the North Tower. People on TV in Florida or California knew more than our first responders on site in New York City. 1:45:10 Timothy Roemer: Mr. Chairman, then we had a disaster happen in the southern part of our country in New Orleans where we had other communication problems. In New Orleans, there’re three neighboring parishes were using different equipment on different frequencies. They couldn’t communicate. We had National Guard in Mississippi communicating by human courier, not by radio frequencies; and we had helicopters up in the air looking at our own citizens on the roofs of their homes in New Orleans, screaming and yelling for help, but they couldn’t talk in the helicopters with the boats in the water to try to find out who was rescued, who wasn’t, and who needed help. 1:55:45 Art Botterell: Third, we can no longer afford to rely on vendor-driven design of our emergency-communications infrastructure. Businesses are responsible for maximizing shareholder value, not for protecting the public welfare. We need independent sources of information and planning for our future emergency infrastructure lest we continue to get updated versions of the same old thing. Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio) Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations
Scripps Networks's HGTV has become a household name (pun intended) through its popular reality programming, including Property Brothers and House Hunters. Viacom and Discovery are circling the family-owned cable programmer, which is in advanced talks to sell, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg media reporter Gerry Smith and media analyst Paul Sweeney join host Alex Sherman to discuss why a deal is overdue for all three companies.
TPG's latest $450 million investment values Vice Media at a whopping $5.7 billion. That's about double the size of the New York Times. One explanation: Vice's access to millennials, according to Bloomberg media reporter Gerry Smith and Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Paul Sweeney. Still, it's hard to make the numbers add up without taking a giant leap of faith. Gerry and Paul discuss with host Alex Sherman.
Dr. Ron and Dr. Gerry and Dr Dan will discuss diabetes and vitamin D. Pharmacist Joe will give us his insight into toxic syndromes and what he experiences in his pharmacy. I have been an MD for 52 years with a Specialty in Family Practice and Emergency Medicine and I am a licensed Acupunturist. We try to bring you the latest commentary and opinions of recent news articles and an alternative treatment plan. We like to keep you happy, healthy and high on life. docronradio@gmail.com Dr Ron Unfiltered Uncensored on Facebook Check out ICNR.com for Dr Gerry Smith"s new e book on Advances in Chronic Pain Treatment
Round and round it goes, and where will it stop? Nobody knows! Spin the wheel of telecom M&A. Will it match T-Mobile and Sprint? T-Mobile and Dish? Verizon and Dish? Verizon and Charter? Comcast and Charter? Or something else entirely? More than a year has passed since these companies were allowed to discuss merging, a byproduct of the government's wireless spectrum auction. That all ends April 27, when the anti-collusion quiet period concludes. Will the telecommunications world see major changes? Bloomberg reporters Scott Moritz and Gerry Smith discuss with host Alex Sherman.
If the FCC rolls back TV regulations this month, as anticipated, broadcasters may jump at the chance to get bigger. The first deal to be announced may be Sinclair Broadcast Group acquiring Tribune Media. But 21st Century Fox is concerned the deal could give the combination too much leverage in so-called retransmission fee negotiations. It's not just boring jargon, as Bloomberg media reporter Gerry Smith, FCC reporter Todd Shields and host Alex Sherman explain.
Here's what we know: Verizon Chief Executive Officer Lowell McAdam asked Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei to discuss acquiring Charter Communications, the $100 billion U.S. cable provider that bought Time Warner Cable last year. Liberty is Charter's largest shareholder. The government's ongoing wireless spectrum auction forbids Verizon from speaking directly to Charter until March, according to people familiar with the matter. We also know Verizon is contemplating more than a dozen purchases -- both large and small -- now that Donald Trump has become U.S. president. Trump-appointed regulators may be more likely to allow telecommunications megadeals than Obama's administrators. Still, Charter may not be Verizon's top takeover choice. Bloomberg wireless reporter Scott Moritz and media reporter Gerry Smith discuss the art of the deal and the art of the possible with host Alex Sherman.
John Vail, chief global strategist for Nikko Asset Management, discusses global equities and the Bank of Japan. Alex Sherman, Bloomberg M&A reporter, and Gerry Smith, Bloomberg media reporter, outline how the AT&T-Time Warner deal got struck, and regulatory hurdles the companies may face. Bloomberg View columnist Mark Gilbert discusses how pessimism is growing about the economic consequences of leaving the European Union.
Dr.Ron Uncensored and Unfiltered Dr. Ron has over 50 years exxperience as an MD with specialities in Family Practice and Emergency Medicine and he is a licensed Acupuncurist. This is a weekly program that tells it like it is with no influence from the Drug Companies. We are like Paul Harvey with the "Rest of the Story" We have Dr. Smith on the program to bring us the latest in diagnosis and treatments. We always discuss and comment on drug reactions, EMF radio frequencies and the tesla effect. Our goal is to give you information that you and your family can act upon and be able to make objective decisions. We will have interesting and informative guests for you to make decisions about your health. Look for a series of programs relating to dental health and its relation to your heart health and a series on dementia//Alzheimer. Almost all disease has a basis in chronic inflammation.
Newspapers might have a future. Surprised? There's more! Two of the last remaining big publishers -- Tribune, owner of the LA Times and Chicago Tribune, and Gannett, publisher of USA Today, are embroiled in merger talks. Here's the intrigue: In February, Tribune sold 5.2 million new shares to its chairman for just $8.50 each. And now, Tribune says Gannett's hostile offer of $12.25 per share ``understates the company's true value.'' Deal of the Week host Alex Sherman and media reporter Gerry Smith discuss Tribune's tactics -- and whether the two sides can ultimately strike a deal.
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When the biggest companies prepare to announce mergers and acquisitions, they frequently hire specialized public relations firms. Steve Lipin, who heads the M&A practice at Brunswick Group, talks about what happens when M&A stories leak, how he handles anxious clients and how he helps companies such as Anheuser-Busch, Pfizer and Pepsi explain to both investors and reporters why they're buying and selling businesses. Plus, Bloomberg media reporter Gerry Smith tells us why Univision, known for its Spanish-language television, is buying a large stake in The Onion, the satirical news group. Deal of the Week host Alex Sherman and Smith also share their favorite Onion headlines.
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