In the News

• CNN Builds New Year’s Eve Ad With Lots of Spin

  Larry Epstein, a teaching professor in Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, was quoted in a Dec. 21 Variety story about CNN displaying sponsor logos in news segments in the lead-up and during its New Year’s Eve broadcast.

• TV Gets Woke: How Scripted Series Are Confronting Social Issues Like Never Before

  Lawrence Epstein, a teaching professor in Westphal College, was quoted in a March 14 Variety story about rising popularity of television programming about historical social justice events, like ABC's “When We Rise,” and shows that tackle controversial political and cultural issues, like Amazon’s “Transparent.”

• Donald Trump’s White House Takes Page From TV Publicity Playbook

  Lawrence Epstein, a teaching professor in Westphal College, was quoted in a Jan. 26 Variety story about Donald Trump employing the same marketing tactics that he used to hype “The Apprentice” to promote his presidency.
  

• Cable-News Hopes For 'Nightline' Moment For Election-Cycle Shows

  Lawrence Epstein, an teaching professor and department head in Westphal College, was quoted in a Dec. 5 Variety story about post-election cable news coverage. 

• CBS And The Changing Landscape of Radio

  Larry Epstein, a teaching professor in Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, was quoted in a March 25 Philadelphia Business Journal about the sale of CBS radio affiliates.

• Comcast Close to $250 Million BuzzFeed Deal, Report

  Larry Epstein, a teaching professor in Westphal College and interim head of the Entertainment & Arts Management department, was quoted in a July 30 Philadelphia magazine story about Comcast working on a deal to acquire BuzzFeed.

• Comcast-TWC deal could face obstacles with FCC

  Lawrence Epstein, a teaching professor in Westphal College, was quoted in a Feb. 19 Philadelphia Business Journal story about the obstacles facing Comcast in its attempt to acquire Time Warner Cable.

• FCC plan to auction off bandwidth has TV broadcasters upset

  Larry Epstein, an associate teaching professor in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and the interim head of the Department of Arts & Entertainment Enterprise, was quoted in an April 26 Gimby.org blog post about the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to auction off bandwidth.

• Student-Run Radio Stations Being Fined

  Larry Epstein, a professor in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and head of the Department of Arts & Entertainment Enterprise, was quoted in a Communications Daily story about the Federal Communications Commission fining student-run radio stations.