![](https://ipmnewsroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/AP23126654786256.jpg)
Newton Minow, ex-FCC chief who dubbed TV ‘wasteland,’ dies
Former Federal Communications Commission head Newton Minow, who famously described network TV as a “vast wasteland,” has died. Minow’s daughter, Nell Minow, confirmed that her father died Saturday at home in Chicago, surrounded by loved ones.