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| Public TV’s William Baker spoke on “State of American Television” at Canton Forum luncheon |
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Baker is CEO of WNET New York, the nation’s flagship PBS station, and the one-time Cleveland station exec who created Morning Exchange In his speech, “The State of American Television,” Baker drew upon his more than 40 years in the broadcast industry to share insights featured in a book he coauthored, titled Down the Tube: An Inside Account of the Failure of American Television. Baker reviewed the enormous changes taking place in American media in the first decade of the 21st century, exploring the role that new technologies are playing and the potential for new kinds of media experiences. He also reflected on the many problems of the way media is functioning in our lives today, and he considered the place and contribution of public television in this increasingly challenging environment. View William Baker's Canton Forum Speech
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