Apr 15
Not being one to avoid making enemies, Tim Robbins took the opportunity of his keynote speech at the NAB Show in Vegas.
“We don’t want any kind of reporting outside the soundbite,” said Robbins. “I don’t know
about you, but show me a drunk starlet getting out of a car with no
panties on, and I think the world is a better place.”
But it’s what he said about satellite radio which will be of most interest to folks here. Here’s an excerpt from Variety, which has one of the better accounts of the keynote:
“Robbins stepped on sensitive ground when noting that ‘just when we were
getting close to a national music playlist, along comes satellite radio
that actually plays music people want to hear.’ NAB battled to stop the
proposed XM and Sirius merger, which the Justice Dept. recently
approved. Despite NAB’s ongoing, bitter protests, the Federal
Communications Commission is likely to approve the merger, too.”
The article ends saying that about two-thirds of the packed ballroom rose to a standing ovation.
[Variety]
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