"Channels of Communication" was founded in
1981 and began as a non-profit publication by television
industry writer and commentator Les Brown.
Norman Lear acquired it in 1985 and renamed it
simply "Channels", making it a trade
journal.
Completely re-designed, "Channels" was re-launched in March1986 as
a for-profit trade publication. Its frequency was
changed from bimonthly to monthly and Les Brown
hired additional staff. The editorial content of the
magazine was still focused on the television
business, it shifted from a mix of the art,
technology and business of television to feature a
considerable emphasis on the business side. Channels became a
controlled circulation publication, distributed
free to media and entertainment
industry members to whom the advertising could be
precisely targeted.
This collection is made possible thanks to contributions made by Susan Burchfield and
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From the first issue:
"CHANNELS is a magazine about television, but it is
not a television magazine. Our aim is to sort out
and interpret the developments in the booming
business of tele-communications
with a view to the public's stake in them. We will
be covering the dazzling new electronic landscape,
one providing amazing new consumer services and
great financial opportunities -- and promising, at
the same time, to accelerate the rate of social
change." |
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