Archive | June, 2009

7 June 2009 1 Comment

Vermont Bill Would Disclose Drugmaker-Doctor Payments : NPR

Pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars on marketing every year, and a big chunk of it goes directly to the doctors who prescribe their products to patients. Several states have decided to clamp down on these practices, requiring drug companies to disclose all gifts or payments to doctors.
The Vermont Legislature recently passed the strictest bill [...]

3 June 2009 Comments Off

Why NPR is the Future of Mainstream Media

In March of this year, National Public Radio (NPR) revealed that by the end of 2008, 23.6 million people were tuning into its broadcasts each week. In fact, NPR’s ratings have increased steadily since 2000, and they’ve managed to hold on to much of their 2008 election coverage listenership bump (with over 26 million people [...]

Tags: , ,