The Sacramento Press and The Sacramento Bee co-sponsored a panel discussion titled "Paying for Content" on June 22. The third floor of The Bee housed 37 people who gathered to listen to panelists discuss paywalls, online revenue and the relationship between consumer and organization. Independent journalist JT Long moderated. The panelists were Tim Foster, editor of Midtown Monthly; Michael Sanford, KVIE's vice president for content creation; Geoff Samek, co-founder of The Sacramento Press; Tom Negrete, Bee managing editor for the online edition and production; Ron Trujillo, editor of The Sacramento Business Journal; and Mike O'Brien, co-publisher and owner of Sacramento Magazines Corpor

After nine days of intense deliberations, a jury of seven men and five women today rendered a verdict against a local Sacramento radio station in the civil trial of William A. Strange et al v. Entercom Sacramento LLC and Entercom Communications Inc. et al. The trial was to determine accountability for the death of Jennifer Strange, who died as a result of a water drinking contest sponsored by Entercom Sacramento's radio station KDND. By unanimous vote, the jury decided that Entercom Sacramento was negligent in Strange's death; by unanimous vote, they also decided that the parent company, Entercom Communications of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania was not responsible. By a vote of ten to two, the

Photo credit: www.freepress.net/node/40272   Q: How long have you been making film?  Sue: This is my first film. I thought it would take six months. It’s taken four years. I’ve produced television for many years professionally. I produced radio for many years professionally. This is a far bigger deal than I ever dreamed it would be.  Q: Could you please explain what Broadcast Blues is about?  Sue: Broadcast Blues really is about what the public interest obligations are to ‘we the people’. Broadcasters make a lot of money by broadcasting on the air waves. And in return for the license to make all that money, they’re all supposed to be taking care of the public interest. Now, what exac

Emmy-award winner Sue Wilson has been involved in the media for over twenty years. Throughout her career, though, she noticed things around her changing. She saw the deregulation of media giants controlling the airwaves. She saw journalists losing their scruples. She even saw how the media was literally killing people. She could not handle it any longer. “I saw what was happening to real people and to society and journalism as a result of bad policies and said ‘No more.’” She had to speak up and let the people know. The best way she knew how to do that was to make a movie. "Broadcast Blues" is the name of her documentary premiering at the Crest Theatre in Downtown Sacramento on Sunday,