1 / 10

Steven Brill & Court T.V.

Steven Brill & Court T.V. Jeff Briscoe April 7, 2007. Brill. Inspired by JFK to become east coast elite Deerfield Academy Yale Law School 1975 First publication at 28. Tough Customer. Brill is known for his tough personality. Grew up in Queens “Is English your first language?”

benjamin-morton
Download Presentation

Steven Brill & Court T.V.

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Steven Brill&Court T.V. Jeff Briscoe April 7, 2007

  2. Brill • Inspired by JFK to become east coast elite • Deerfield Academy • Yale Law School 1975 • First publication at 28

  3. Tough Customer • Brill is known for his tough personality. • Grew up in Queens • “Is English your first language?” • Responds to criticism for being both publisher and editor of the now defunct media magazine Custom with: “I’m a damn good editor.”

  4. A Law Media Mogul American Lawyer Media: Creates American Lawyer in 1979 Creates Courtroom Television Network in 1991 Creates Content in 1998

  5. Cameras in the Courtroom • 1991-1994 Federal Courts experiment with allowing cameras in court. • Cameras are allowed in district courts at judge’s discretion. • Steven Brill goes for it after jurors tell him they were hooked by the trial.

  6. Court TV • First Airs July 1, 1991 • Time Warner, Liberty Media and NBC • Original format airs only courtroom footage and some commentary. • “Journalist are probably the only people on the planet who make lawyers look good.”

  7. OJ Simpson Trial • The nine-month, 1995 trial garners first real interest for the station. • Jan. 26 the network scores a 4.2 rating, topping NBC and E!.

  8. Just Like MTV • After NBC sells its share of the station in 1998, alternative programming hits Court T.V. • Cops • Forensic Files • Hollywood Justice • Nancy Grace

  9. Brill to the Future • Leaves Court T.V. in 1997 with big bucks. • Creates Verified Identity Pass, a security system for airports to speed up traveler security checks. • Writes for Newsweek and teaches at Yale.

  10. Bibliography • http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2006-06-12-brill_x.htm • http://gawker.com/news/steve-brill/we-must-get-more-yalies-into-journalism-150865.php • http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/1998/09/ledbetter.html • http://www.answers.com/topic/court-tv • http://www.slate.com/id/2133060/ • http://www.courttv.com/schedule/index.html?tempDate=4&nextWeek=no

More Related