iokevinsMay 31, 2024

Today I learned the S.S. Minnow boat from Gilligan's Island was named after FCC Chairman Newton Minow 🤯 🛥️

https://x.com/nminow/status/1796366818359321077

#GilligansIsland #SSMinnow #NewtonMinow #Minow

Nell Minow (she/her) @nminow at Spoutible (@nminow) on X

Yes, the Minow family is very proud of this and Dad's law partners gave him an SS Minnow lifesaver for his 90th birthday. He and Mr. Schwartz had a very cordial exchange of correspondence.

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Ecologia DigitalFeb 21, 2018

The "#Minow’s “vast wasteland” speech (on the role of #TV in 1961) encouragement of more #competition helped inspire the expansion of #publicbroadcasting in the United States… it’s time for similar efforts today, to support more varieties of #socialmedia."

https://t.co/XhF8jdlcE0